Corned Beef with Braised Cabbage Wedges

Reporting a story about a great and unexpected food mecca, Dingle, Ireland, I interviewed the father of a chef who recited his weekly menu growing up in what was then a barren and poor culinary land. Corned beef and cabbage and potatoes. Bacon, corned beef, and potatoes. Cabbage, carrots, and potatoes. Fish on Friday, of course. But corned beef was a peasant-style meal prevalent there, brought to America by the wave of Irish immigrants. It remains a stellar meal today when prepared well. Wh