Here, we catch up with Norma Kelly of Praline Pastry & Chocolate Cafe to chat about everything from her earliest memories...
Here, we catch up with Norma Kelly of Praline Pastry & Chocolate Cafe to chat about everything from her earliest memories of food to her favourite flavours and culinary inspirations.in Cork, Norma Kelly’s pastry skills have been honed from a very young age, starting when she was just a little girl pulling up a chair to stand beside her mother or grandmother as they regularly prepared cakes and tarts together at home.
More recently, in 2019 Praline was awarded Gold and Silver at the Blas na hEireann Awards for its Praline Opera Pastry and Chocolate Fudge Cake respectively, and in 2022 picked up a Bronze for its Signature Chocolate Box.The food at my maternal grandmother’s house. She used to make jams and I particularly remember crab apple jelly, probably because I hated it but it was given to me on bread all the same – I’m still not a fan.
Personally, I have to mention my mother here. My memories of growing up are centred in our kitchen at home. As well as working as a Nurse, she was always preparing fresh food for her family, and of course she taught me how to bake.
What does food — sitting down to a meal with friends, mindfully preparing a meal, nourishment, etc — mean to you?
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