Best of Irish Festive Cooking
Best of Irish Festive Cooking
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Ever wondered what the perfect food is for Bloomsday, or Hallowe'en? How to make the most of the Galway Oyster Festival or Wexford Strawberry Festival? Wonder no more! This book has all the lore and recipes for a full Irish festive year.
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Best of Irish Festive Cooking by Biddy White Lennon
The Best of traditional Irish foods cooked with modern flair The Irish calendar provides many days for feasting and traditional celebration: St Brigid's Day, which announces the spring; St Patrick's Day, Shrove Tuesday, Bealtaine (May), Bloomsday, Lughnasa (August), Hallowe'en, Women's Christmas (Nollaig na mBan). Then there are the newer festivals that celebrate the rich harvest of our seas and fields -- The Galway Oyster Festival, the Wexford Strawberry Festival. These sixty recipes offer a tempting selection of foods for all these occasions, as well as for christenings, weddings and wakes. Details of customs, folklore and Irish regional food traditions provide a fascinating background to the recipes.The latest in the excellent 'Best of Irish' series based on traditional Irish cookingWell researched explanations of the origin and folklore surrounding many of these ancient feast days adds to the interest of the book. This book ends up with a selection of recipes for events such as weddings, christenings and waking the dead, so just about every eventuality is covered!
* The Irish Examiner *
Biddy White Lennon was a noted cook and personality, familiar to many people as Maggie from The Riordans. She was a founder member and Chairwoman of the Irish Food Writers Guild as well as editor and food writer of Irish Home Diary and wrote regularly for Food and Wine Magazine. As a judge on The Great Irish Bake-Off, Biddy displayed her passion for great food that can be cooked by ordinary people in their own homes. Biddy died in 2017.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780862789305 |
| ISBN 10 | 0862789303 |
| Title | Best of Irish Festive Cooking |
| Author | Biddy White Lennon |
| Series | Best Of Irish |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | O'Brien Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2005-10-21 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |