Saint Patrick’s Day always feels to me like the perfect way to celebrate that last moment before the winter farm market bids takes its leave and begins exploding with spring produce. It’s a meal filled with root vegetables, cabbage and slow cured, slow cooked meat. Besides, a holiday like this is everything I love about food - the opportunity to create some joy and sit down at a table to share it.

Colcannon is an Irish blend of cabbage and mashed potatoes. It becomes a wonderful soup for the raw, damp days of March. A combination of waxy (Red or Yukon Gold) and starchy (Russet) potatoes creates the perfect creamy, light texture.