Over 300 recipes from Ireland's heritage
Ireland’s rich culinary heritage is brought to life in this new edition of Darina’s bestselling Irish Traditional Cooking.
With 300 traditional dishes, including 100 new recipes, this is the most comprehensive and entertaining tome on the subject. Each recipe is complemented by tips, tales, historical insights and common Irish customs, many of which have been passed down from one generation to the next.
Darina’s fascination with Ireland’s culinary heritage is illustrated with chapters on Broths & Soups, Fish, Game, Vegetables and Cakes & Biscuits. She uses the finest of Ireland’s natural produce to give us recipes such as Sea Spinach Soup, Potted Ballycotton Shrimps with Melba Toast and Rhubarb Fool.
Darina Allen is Ireland’s best-known food ambassador and runs the world-renowned cookery school at Ballymaloe, Ireland.
She is the author of Irish Traditional Cooking, Easy Entertaining, Healthy Gluten-free Eating and most recently, Forgotten Skills of Cooking, which won the prestigious André Simon Award.
Darina founded the first Farmers' Markets in Ireland and is a tireless campaigner for local produce. She is a natural teacher, whose enthusiasm and energy for good things is quite contagious.
