A Simply Delicious Irish Christmas

In this beautiful new 25th anniversary edition, you will find photography to accompany many of the dishes, classics just as you remember them, updates to a number of the dishes and the addition of many new recipes.

Providing an introduction to the art of Irish cookery, a collection of more than 250 traditional recipes includes dishes that range from Watercress Soup to Apple Amble Tart

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.

This book has been written by a busy, working mother. The recipes are easy to follow and Sheila takes a practical and realistic approach to cooking. All ingredients used are readily available from the local supermarket, are fairly cost conscious, and include recipes to make the most of leftovers that kids will want to eat. "It's unpretentious, approachable and the results speak for themselves. Highly recommended."-Irish Voice

In The Festive Food of Ireland, Darina Allen, Ireland's well-known advocate of fresh, simple cooking, presents the full range of traditional Irish holiday fare.

Winner of the Andre Simon Food Book Award 2009. Darina Allen has won many awards such as the World Gourmand Cookbook Award 2018, the Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Irish Culinary Sector by Euro-Toques, the UK Guild of Food Writers Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2018 Guaranteed Irish Food Hero Award. 'There's not much this gourmet grande dame doesn't know.' Observer Food Monthly In this sizeable hardback, Darina Allen reconnects you with the cooking skills that missed a generation or two. The book is divided into chapters such as Dairy, Fish, Bread and Preserving, and forgotten processes such as smoking mackerel, curing bacon and making yogurt and butter are explained in the simplest terms. The delicious recipes show you how to use your home-made produce to its best, and include ideas for using forgotten cuts of meat, baking bread and cakes and even eating food from the wild. The Vegetables and Herbs chapter is stuffed with growing tips to satisfy even those with the smallest garden plot or window box, and there are plenty of suggestions for using gluts of vegetables. You'll even discover how to keep a few chickens in the garden. With over 700 recipes, this is the definitive modern guide to traditional cookery skills.