Irish Traditional Cooking: Over 300 Recipes from Ireland's Heritage - Hardcover

Darina Allen brings Ireland's rich culinary heritage eloquently to life in this new edition of the bestselling Irish Traditional Cooking. With 300 traditional dishes, including over 100 new recipes, each complemented by tips, tales and common customs, many passed down from one generation to the next, the book is also a celebration of the finest of Ireland's natural produce. Darina Allen has journeyed the length and breadth of the country, researching and recording 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 traditional Good Friday soup, Darina's passion for her subject shines through. First published nearly 20 years ago, and now extensively revised and updated, this new edition allows Darina Allen to share her enthusiasm for Ireland's fresh, wholesome, seasonal food with a new generation of cooks.

Darina Allen runs the world-renowned cookery school at Ballymaloe. Courses range from a weekend learning how to keep a few chickens in the garden, to the three-month diploma course which runs three times a year. She is Ireland's most famous TV cook, having presented nine series of her cooking programme 'Simply Delicious' on television around the world. Darina is Ireland's best-known food ambassador and is the award-winning author of A Year at Ballymaloe Cookery School, Healthy Gluten-free Eating, Easy Entertaining, Ballymaloe Cookery Course and Forgotten Skills of Cooking. She has won many awards, including one for outstanding contribution to the Irish culinary sector by Euro-Toques in 2007. 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 food is quite contagious.