irishtimes.com/foodmonthIn 2010, Tara and her husband Ed adapted the tradition, by turning Ed’s talents to making slate homewares. It has a long, dropped blade, with a special pick sticking out, and a short wooden handle, bounded in bronze. It was given to him by his father, who had said: “That’s your grandfather James’s knife.” “There was a serious amount of boys in the family,” says Tara. “We’ve had a great chat, and even met his mum.”“The knife brings thoughts and memories from that passage of time,” continues Ed. .”Serious implementWhile it doesn’t look terribly sharp, the knife is a serious implement.

Source: The Irish Times November 21, 2020 06:00 UTC