This superb volume brings together the rich and varied ingredients, culinary customs and traditional recipes of the Emerald Isle. A collection of over 150 step-by-step dishes captures the heart and soul of Irish cooking, with chapters on breakfasts, soups, first courses, fish and shellfish, meat, poultry and game, salads and vegetable dishes, desserts, bread, cakes and bakes, preserves and drinks. Dishes include Smoked Salmon with Warm Potato Cakes, Dublin Bay Prawns in Garlic Butter, Irish Stew, Michaelmas Goose with Apple Stuffing, and Porter Cake. This is the perfect cookbook for anyone who wants to visit Ireland through its robust and intriguing cuisine.

This title deals with traditional Irish cuisine with over 150 delicious step-by-step recipes from the Emerald Isle. It is a fascinating introduction to the history and folklore of Ireland's food, together with over 150 authentic recipes that capture the essence of Irish cuisine. It features a comprehensive guide to Irish ingredients, from wild and cultivated harvest fruits, meats, game, and sea food catches to the most wonderful farmhouse dairy produce, and regional breads and brews. The authentic collection of recipes includes all the best-loved dishes, such as boxty potato pancakes, Dublin Bay prawns in garlic butter, beef and guinness casserole, and soda bread, all shown in over 700 easy-to-follow step-by-step photographs. It also features more adventurous classics, like oysters on the half-shell, Michaelmas goose with apple stuffing, dingle pies, and fraughan mousse. This inspired collection of 150 authentic step-by-step dishes captures the heart and soul of Irish cooking. The book is divided into chapters featuring the full range of ingredients from meat, poultry and game to fish and vegetables, together with chapters on the Irish breakfast, first courses, desserts, breads and bakes, preserves, and drinks. Dishes include all the classics from pea and ham soup, Irish stew, and Guinness and oyster pie, to brown bread ice cream, and rich and fruity porter cake. For anyone who wants to discover the secrets of this traditional culture, and wants to visit the land through its recipes, this is the perfect book.

The Irish are renowned throughout the world for their hospitality and love of good food and drink. This stunning new book offers a fabulous and comprehensive collection of the traditional dishes that have helped to earn Ireland its deserved culinary reputation for excellence and generosity. A carefully selected range of more than 90 delicious step-by-step recipes captures the essence of Irish cooking. There are sections on soups and appetizers, main courses, salad and vegetable dishes, desserts, cakes, bakes, preserves and drinks: each of these sections contains the best-loved typical recipes and authentic favourite traditional dishes that encapsulate the heart of Irish food and cooking. Dishes include all the classics, from Lamb and Vegetable Broth, Pheasant with Oatmeal Stuffing, Champ, and Irish Whiskey Trifle, to Beef and Guiness Casserole, Pratie Apple Pie, and Brown Soda Bread, as well as some more unusual regional specialities, such as Brotchan Foltchep (leek and oatmeal soup). More than 250 specially commissioned colour photographs illustrate how each dish is made, as well as providing a beautiful image of the final dish. Full nutritional information provides an at-a-glance dietary reference, and there are many suggestions for variations and accompaniments, as well as stories of the history and traditions surrounding the recipes. If you want to learn more about Irish cuisine, find out about its key ingredients and techniques, understand how to prepare the food and cook it successfully, and then discover how to enjoy the earthy flavours that typify it, then this is the book for you.

- Discover the tastes and traditions of authentic Irish home cooking, with 30 easy-to-follow recipes.
- Features enticing breakfasts, warming soups, delicate fish, hearty stews, comforting vegetables and tempting desserts and cakes.
- Includes over 130 evocative photographs, with beautiful shots of the finished dishes and step-by-step instructions for perfect results every time.