Ireland has hosted a gourmet revolution during the past decade, and today Irish cooking is newly glamorous! Gifted chefs are making the most of fresh, natural ingredients and creating a new Irish cuisine. Here is a collection of recipes from Irelands most luxurious castles, manor houses, and country house hotels, all adapted for the home kitchen. The beautiful Celtic music sets a gracious mood for festive and romantic dining.
Sharon O'Connor is building a career around her passions. She travels the world collaborating with great chefs and musicians, bringing together food, art, music, and travel to create her two best-selling series, Menus and Music® and MusicCooks®.
After graduating from the University of California with degrees in music and sociology, Sharon continued her education in Europe at the renowned Amsterdam Conservatory of Music. Upon returning to the Bay Area, she established the San Francisco String Quartet, and for sixteen years the quartet performed in the Garden Court of San Francisco's celebrated Palace Hotel. In her remarkable career as a musician, O'Connor has recorded and performed with music icons such as Frank Sinatra, Van Morrison, Tony Bennett, Linda Ronstadt, and Aretha Franklin!
In 1985, Sharon founded Menus and Music and became the first person to ever package a cookbook with music. In 2005, Sharon introduced MusicCooks, stylish boxed recipe cards with music that makes cooking and entertaining at
home more fun. O'Connor's recipes are fresh, quick, and easy, and each one has a sensational food photo, practical cook's tips, and a shopping and pantry list. The music is performed by Grammy Award winners and other great musicians. Now with more than thirty titles, O'Connor's publications have sold millions of copies worldwide.
Sharon O'Connor lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her husband and two daughters enthusiastically help in the research, travel, and tasting for her series.
