Tag: Bloomsday

Father’s Day yesterday fell on Bloomsday, a national holiday in Ireland and one of the only ones based solely upon a date in a work of fiction. June 16, 1904 was the setting for all the events in Ulysses, Irish writer James Joyce’s massive doorstop of a novel. I got to say “Happy B...

Food is one of the best ways to get closer to a culture, whether real or fictional, so as part of my social distancing Bloomsday celebrations this year, I wanted to try out some Ulysses-inspired meals. Unlike Mr. Bloom, I do not relish organ meats, but there are plenty of other tempting foods t...