Festive Food of Ireland (Paperback)

by Darina Allen (Author)

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Product Description
In The Festive Food of Ireland, Darina Allen, Ireland's well-known advocate of fresh, simple cooking, presents the full range of traditional Irish holiday fare.

About the Author
Darina Allen Is Ireland's best known food ambassador and author of IRISH TRADITIONAL COOKING, which won several awards. She has presented the RTE/Carlton Food Network series of nine television shows entitled 'Simply Delicious'. She travels widely when not running the Ballymaloe Cookery School, which she founded with her husband, Tim Allen, in 1981. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 62 pages
• Publisher: Roberts Rinehart Publishers (July 25, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568331932
• ISBN-13: 978-1568331935
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,252,010 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good gift for Irish foodie. Much smaller than average cookbook., January 24, 2006

By	B. Marold "Bruce W. Marold" (Bethlehem, PA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

`The Festive Food of Ireland' by noted Cork Ballymaloe Cookery School owner is best suited as a gift to an Irish-American foodie or hungry Notre Dame football fanatic. It is far too short to stand up as a cookbook all by itself, as about half of its 61 pages is devoted to telling us about the major holidays of Ireland, which are:

St. Bridget's Day
St. Patrick's Day
Easter
May Day
The Stations
Hay Making
Lughnasa
Threshing
Michaelmas
Halloween
St. Martin's Eve
Christmas
St. Stephen's Day
The Twelfth Day of Christmas

Only four (4) of these fourteen (14) celebrations really mean much to the average urban American, and that's counting St. Patrick.s Day. Only Easter, Halloween, and Christmas fall within my round of yearly celebrations.

One can not even really count this as a good book on Irish cooking, as a few of the dishes are admitedly more `Irish-American' than they are Irish. So, if you are looking for a full-blown Irish cookbook, check out Ms. Allen's larger books or Margaret M. Johnson's `the Irish Heritage Cookbook' which I shall review very shortly, as I plan to remedy my chronic state of being without an Irish cookbook on St. Patrick's Day.

I should also warn you that the recipes include some unfamiliar sounding ingredients and many directions assume a bit more kitchen knowledge than may be in the hands of a rank amateur. Therefore, if you plan to give this as a gift, give it to a practiced cook.

One very good thing, albeit a bit messy, is the fact that all amounts are given by both metric weight, English weight, and volume (spoons or cups). While this is a very nice thing, it makes reading the amounts a bit clumsy, as the way they are printed, you have to examine the numbers carefully to see which unit is which.

Otherwise, this still makes a great gift for a hungary lover of the Emerald Isle.

6 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Expert on Ireland, January 19, 2002

By A Customer

She's an expert on Ireland and serves up some great, authentic food.