Luck o’ the Irish: 8 St. Patrick’s Day recipes

Classic buttermilk Irish soda bread, dotted with raisins -- and not-so-classical caraway seeds.
Recipe: Classic buttermilk Irish soda bread
  (Iris Schneider / Los Angeles Times)

These wings would be a great party appetizer.
Recipe: Muldoon’s whiskey-marinated wings
  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

There’s alcohol in it. That’s what makes beer-battered shrimp a St. Patrick’s Day recipe, OK?
Recipe: Beer-battered shrimp
  (Robert Olding / For the Times)

For an added crispness to this lemon-lime blueberry soda bread, use a cast-iron pan.
Recipe: Lemon-lime blueberry soda bread
  (Iris Schneider / Los Angeles Times)

Corned beef, cabbage and vegetables with a horseradish mustard cream sauce.
Recipe: New England corned beef, cabbage and vegetables
  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

This cooking method makes for a jucier corned beef.
Recipe: Steamed corned beef and cabbage
  (Perry C. Riddle / Los Angeles Times)

Combine light and dark beers to make a half-and-half concoction.  (Eric Boyd / Los Angeles Times)