6 Irish recipes for celebrating St. Patrick’s Day

You deserve so much better than green beer and green-colored food!
(Stacy Zarin Goldberg for The Washington Post/food styling by Lisa Cherkasky for The Washington Post)
(Stacy Zarin Goldberg for The Washington Post/food styling by Lisa Cherkasky for The Washington Post)

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