Irish Traditional Cooking: Over 300 Recipes from Ireland's Heritage
Irish Traditional Cooking: Over 300 Recipes from Ireland's Heritage
Irish Traditional Cooking combines the delicious, historic recipes of Ireland with colourful anecdotes and detailed appreciation of the dishes in Ireland’s culture. Imbued with a passion to preserve the traditions of Irish cooking, Darina Allen has journeyed all over Ireland, researching and recording different recipes and regional dishes. From County Cork where she learnt from Joan Twomey how to cook apple cake in a bastible on an open fire, to County Kerry, where she collected bairneachs (limpets) off the rocks to make the traditional Good Friday soup, to Granny Toye in County Monaghan who passed on eighty years of pancake-making experience.Ireland's rich culinary heritage is brought to life in this comprehensive and entertaining appreciation of more than 300 traditional dishes. 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 through the greatest of oral traditions. Darina's fascination with Ireland's culinary heritage gives great detail and breadth to Irish Traditional Cooking. Sections on Broths & Soups, Fish, Game, Vegetables and Food from the Wild illustrate how comprehensive this book is in its treatment of Irish Traditional Cooking. Darina uses the finest of Ireland's natural produce to give us recipes such as Sea Spinach Soup, Ballymaloe Irish Stew and traditional Irish Sherry Trifle. The result is a book which will entice you to discover the pleasures of the emerald isle's cuisine. Irish Traditional Cooking won the acclaimed Langhe Ceretto-SEI prize. Review From the Publisher From the Back Cover 'One of my dog-eared favourites' Natasha Richardson, The Times 'Darina Allen's beautiful and unpretentious vision of cooking is connected to the land, its seasons, and to the artisan producers. I find this book important and irresistible' Alice Waters, Chez Panisse Cooking school The Irish do it up right! Irish Traditional CookingProduct Details
Editorial Reviews
"As well as the wonderful food, her book is rich in anecdote, folklore and history." -- Daily Telegraph, April 2004
"Darina Allen's beautiful and unpretentious vision of cooking is connected to the land. I find this book important and irresistable." -- Alice Waters, Chez Panisse
"One of 'my dog-eared' favorites." -- Natasha Richardson, The Times
"The book is sure to become the authoritative source of the cuisine of Ireland, every kitchen should have a copy" -- Food and Wine
"Will make your mouth water and entice you to cook some magical food. A real treat!" -- Antony Worrall Thompson, Daily Express, March 04
Imbued with a passion to preserve the traditions of Irish cooking, Darina Allen has journeyed all over Ireland, researching and recording different recipes and regional dishes. From County Cork where she learnt from Joan Twomey how to cook apple cake in a bastible on an open fire, to Ballyheigue in County Kerry, where she collected bairneachs (limpets) off the rocks to make the traditional Good Friday Soup, to Granny Toye's vivid descriptionof how to make the Boxty pancakes of her youth, Irish Traditional Cooking is a rich record of Ireland's wealth of culinary history. Ireland's strong tradition of farming, home baking, simple good food was based on what was readily available, with broths and soups, fish, game, and potato dishes all an essential part of traditional Irish cooking.
'The book is sure to become the authoritative source of the cuisine of Ireland, every kitchen should have a copy' Food and Wine Customer Reviews
I have just returned from a two week Darina Allen (Ballymaloe) cooking school in Ireland and her cooking books are my bible. She is an amazing woman and a great gift to all who love to cook and/or enjoy to eat! Check out her web site for more books and cooking schools!
Beverly
I first had Irish food (identified as such) two weeks ago at a local "imported" pub. It was wonderful, so I decided to explore further. I purchased this book because so many reviewers identified it as authentic. I can't speak to that, as I've never yet been to Ireland, but I can say it is well-organized, full of anecdotes, well-written, and bewitchingly charming. This weekend I cooked from it for Saturday's dinner. We had beef and Guinness stew, champ (similar to mashed potatoes, but with green onions), fluffy lemon pudding, and Gaelic coffee. HEAVEN.
A bit of warning: a small percentage of the recipes are similar to those in older cookbooks in that the ingredients are embedded in the explanation. Also, there are some ingredients listed that I think may be hard to get. Still, there are plenty of recipes we can easily make here in the US, and what I have made so far is so amazingly good that I know I will pull this book out again and again.
Even if I never make a single recipe from this cookbook, I'm thrilled I made this purchase. There is a story with each recipe that is just pure enjoyment! I'm very happy I made this purchase!
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