I love doing an Irish dinner party for my American cousins as they seem to like the whole party and mix and so this is what I do and they seem to like it.

Starter: I do Irish salmon potato cakes with mixed leaves and lemon wedges.

For non meat eaters a vegetable soup with Irish soda bread.

Mains: I do Guinness Irish stew with root vegetables and potato mash with fresh parsley and thyme. And for those who do not eat meat A Boxty which is a potato pancake

a traditional Irish Pancake. The dish is mostly associated with the north midlands, north Connacht and southern Ulster, in particular the counties of Mayo, Sligo, Donegal, Fermanagh, Longford, Leitrim and Cavan. There are many recipes but all contain finely grated, raw potatoes and all are served fried.

The most popular version of the dish consists of finely grated, raw potato and mashed potato with flour, baking soda, buttermilk and sometimes egg. The grated potato may be strained to remove most of the starch and water but this is not necessary. The mixture is fried on a griddle pan for a few minutes on each side, similar to a normal pancake. Traditional alternatives include using only raw potatoes, boiling it as a dumpling or baking it as a loaf.

And dessert Irish baileys cake and a nice cup of tea.