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Ireland
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 Forgotten Skills of Cooking
Darina Allen
Another book from Darina Allen, another treasure for the shelf of the cookbook enthusiast. As usual Allen comes up trumps with a book which is both beautiful and eminently practical, packed full of wisdom, advice, and of course, recipes. This book is a cry for cooks to rediscover the skills and tradions which have largely been forgotten; from foraging for mushrooms, to baking bread, bottling herb vinegars, planting potatoes, identifying food spoilage, making blood pudding, and steaming sweet puddings. Throughout Allen shares the knowledge she's gained from more than 26 years of teaching at the Ballymaloe Cookery School, and the recipes reflect her love of both traditional Irish food, as well as the cooking of other cultures. Colour photos throughout. Hardcover, 600 pp. $65.00.
  New Celtic Cooking
Kathleen Sloan-McIntosh & Ted McIntosh
Taste what the land and sea from Eastern Canada and Wales, Scotland,
Ireland and the Isles of Galicia and Brittany have to offer. Gorgeous
photos. Hardcover, 196 pp., $29.95.
 Darina
Allen's Ballymaloe Cooking School Cookbook
International/UK
With as many as six recipes per page and tiny type, this is a difficult
book to read but well worth the trouble. Though the collection is encyclopaedic
in scope, it is Allen's ways with seasonal produce and baking that
are most engaging. Colour, B & W photos. Hardcover, 639 pp. $51.95.
 Great Family Food
Kevin Dundon
Following in the footsteps of Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver, Irish chef and food writer Kevin Dundon shows more than 100 ways to make home-cooked meals a celebration. With such traditional dishes as beef casserole with herb dumplings, Irish stew, and fish cakes, he proves you can get a tasty meal on the table without a lot of trouble. He even includes some ways to use leftovers. Colour photos. Hardcover, 190 pp. $39.95.
 Cornucopia at Home
Eleanor Hefferman
Cornucopia, the long standing Dublin restaurant, has released this beautiful tome filled with every sort of vegetarian dish one could dream of. Every aspect of the book was put together lovingly by long time restaurant staff. The book is coded for special diets and food sensitivities, and lots of stories of the heralded restaurant itself. Hardcover, 467 pp. $85.00.
 The Country Cooking of Ireland
Colman Andrews
Although written by an American author, Colman Andrews was co-founder Saveur magazine, this is a beautiful and comprehensive book on Irish cooking, both traditional and contemporary. Recipes range from the ubiquitous Irish stew, to more specialised dishes like roast pike with lamb sauce, lovage, and bacon. Some of Ireland's most traditional dishes, such as nettle soup and carrageen pudding, and most treasured, like soda bread and black pudding all make appearances, along with beautiful pictures and enough history and folklore to be illustrative but not twee. Andrews profiles many of Ireland's most interesting and innovative producers and sellers, with a heavy focus on the nation's food capital, Co. Cork, making it also a fascinating look at the face of modern Irish cuisine, as well as the traditional. Full colour photos. Hardcover, 384 pages. $60.00.
 The Irish Farmers' Market Cookbook
Clodagh McKenna
Charming pictures and delicious recipes for simple and fresh food with an Irish twist makes this farmer’s market book truly special. Author, Clodaugh McKenna takes a tour of several Irish markets and shares traditional family recipes and food inspired by seasonal ingredients. With interesting information on meat, pasta, wild food, and cooking seasonally, it will inspire those looking for ways to use up all the ingredients they just brought home from their local market. Softcover, 224 pp. $28.95.
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Cafe Cookbook 2
Hugo Arnold with Leylie Hayes
The original cookbook has sold over 60,000 copies and continues to sell. Now
volume two brings more recipes, more photos, more information. The Dublin location
has opened a food hall to go with their very popular cafe where there is more
room for developing recipes, and the results show up in the book. A duck shepherd's
pie and the tarts both sweet and savoury look delicious. Softcover, 256 pp. $49.95
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 The Irish Pub Cookbook
Margaret M. Johnson
Pull up a stool, down your pint, and devour hearty Irish pub grub…right
at home! Indulge in a pub crawl across the Emerald Isle. Great
pictures and recipes for classic’s like Cod’n Chips with Lemon
Aoili, Wicklow Lamb with Basil dressing, and Beef and Guinness
Pie. Softcover, 222 pp. $33.95.
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Puddings, Tarts, Crumbles, and Fools
Margaret M. Johnson
Blackberry-almond crumble cake and Delphi plum tart with hazelnut praline and
cabernet syrup are the most appealing of a very mouthwatering collection of
Irish desserts from an author who divides her time between Ireland and New
York. Colour photos. Paper, 167 pp, $34.95.
See also: Britain and the U.K.
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