Country Cooking of Ireland is a huge cookbook with nearly 400 pages of goodness. This is a stunning cookbook that originally retailed at $50. It is loaded with 225 recipes, 100 photos, and stories that make it one of the most memorable cookbooks on this cuisine that has crossed our store shelves. If you enjoy Irish cooking, this is a don't miss cookbook.
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Format: Hardcover with dust jacket, 383 pages.
Copyright: 2009
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Author: Colman Andrews
Description: In The Country Cooking of Ireland, internationally acclaimed food and travel writer Coiman Andrews brings to life the people, the countryside, and the straightforward earthy fare of Ireland. Fast emerging as one of the world's hottest food destinations, Ireland is a country of artisanal bakers, farmers, cheesemakers, sea coasts rich with fish, and wide green fields, an island where farm-to-table dining has been the norm for centuries.
More than 225 recipes range from brown breads to tarts, hearty roasts to a surprising wealth of vegetables -- from Nettle Soup, a true taste of spring green in County Cork, to the sweet harmony of butter and bite in a Rhubarb-Ginger Crumble from County Tipperary. Chapters on breads, eggs and cheeses, and puddings will dress your table with the simple, honest fare that puts a pink bloom in Irish country cheeks. This wouldn't be an Irish cookbook without the foods we most associate with Irish cuisine, including Colcannon, Champ, Boxty, Black Pudding with Cabbage and Apples, Irish Stew, and Poached Whole Salmon. Ireland's favorite tipple stars in several guises, including deeply-flavored Boneless Oxtail Braised in Guinness, fruit-studded Guinness Cake, or Baked Christmas Ham burnished with the flavorful stout.
Meticulously researched and reported, this sumptuous cookbook contains more than 100 photographs taken by award-winning photographer Christopher Hirsheimer, not just of the irresistible dishes, but of the pubs, the people, and the emerald countryside of Ireland. Rich with stories of the food and people who make Ireland a wonderful place to eat, and laced with charming snippets of folklore, song, and poetry, The Country Cooking of Ireland ushers in a new understanding of Irish food.
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Condition: Good condition.