Favorite Food at Home: Delicious Comfort Food from Ireland's Most Famous Chef [Paperback]

Rachel Allen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 9, 2010

In this beautifully illustrated cookbook, Rachel Allen offers the delicious, inspiring, and easy-to-follow recipes that have made her Ireland's most famous chef. Favorite Food at Home draws on international influences, classic regional Irish fare, and good old family favorites to provide creative options for every occasion, whether planning a simple family meal, hosting a festive dinner, cooking a romantic meal for two, or just relaxing on the sofa with your favorite comfort food.

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About the Author

Rachel Allen was brought up in Dublin and left home at eighteen to study at the world-famous Ballymaloe Cookery School. She's a busy TV Cook, author, columnist, and teacher at Ballymaloe. She is the author of six cookery books, including the UK bestseller Favourite Food at Home, Rachel's Food for Living, Bake and Home Cooking. Her extremely popular cooking programs have been broadcast on RTE and the BBC in the UK. She is also one of the hosts on UKTV's Market Kitchen. She lives in County Cork on the organic farm at Ballymaloe with her husband Isaac and their three children.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow Cookbooks (March 9, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061809276
• ISBN-13: 978-0061809279
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #72,070 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #3 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Regional & International > European > Irish

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply excellent!, August 20, 2010

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Rachel Allen turned out to be my favourite chef by far... I discovered her just by chance when I got Home Cooking (100% outstanding) when in London. I knew nothing about her. Now I've become fan number one... What about this book? As always, recipes from Rachel work well, tasty food, clear instructions,etc ;both unique and tradicional recipes are included in her books. You can argue that there are a lot of pictures of her and her family...:) but still this book is simply excellent. A real pitty that Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com...seem to work independently. If one wants to get her other books... only imports are available.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Yummy, November 3, 2010

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If you're looking for simple, tasty food this is the book for you. It's not mom's fried chicken or aunt tillie's meatloaf, but interesting food, made accessible.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Heartwarming and lovely, July 5, 2010

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What a nice book of food for the family. This is a bit of a personal quest for me, as I have a couple of picky eaters in our house. Her food is hearty when it needs to be, light when you want light, and seems to have passed muster with most of the kids. She's a good cook, rather than a chef, and I find that makes all the difference in how doable and 'eatable' the recipes are. I picked this up before I knew that she has a show on TV, and it stands alone nicely. More than can be said for some other tv cookbooks I've bought.