• Eat Your Books

  Winner of James Beard Award 2010 for International category and Cookbook of the Year

  This cookbook was listed in Omnivore Books of San Francisco’s Best Cookbooks of 2009.

• pikawicca on July 31, 2010

  Some good recipes here, but many errors, as well.

Notes about Recipes in this book

• Cottage broth

  • jhallen on December 05, 2021

    Very good, nutritious and satisfying dinner.

• Curried parsnips and apple soup

  • eggplantolive on March 25, 2024

    Made with 1/4 cup soaked cashews added to blender when pureeing, instead of the heavy cream, to make this dairy-free. Very delicious!

• Eggs messine

  • lkgrover on November 20, 2020

    Good egg dish. The sauce would be delicious with most vegetables as well.

• Wicklow pancake

  • lkgrover on December 03, 2019

    This is more like a savory bread pudding than a pancake; a good breakfast/brunch dish. I baked it in an oval gratin dish for 30 minutes.

• Monkfish in beer batter

  • Zosia on July 25, 2017

    The batter was light and crisp and didn't absorb much oil. I have no experience with batters of this type (or with deep frying fish for that matter) but I noticed this recipe included an egg while many others did not - perhaps to improve adhesion to the fish since there's no dredging step? Everyone loved it so as recipes go, I would say this was a success but I still don't like deep frying. I used cod and left the fillets in fairly large pieces so cook time was 7 minutes.

• Broiled salmon with butter and honey

  • lkgrover on March 03, 2023

    Salmon fillets with a delicate flavor. Easy preparation, quick cooking.

• Caherbeg pork pie with caramelized apples

  • meggan on March 18, 2020

    I kind of made this for st paddy's day with what was in the quarantine pantry. I had to use chorizo and no bacon and I added potatoes to the apple saute. It was actually pretty good.

• The best shepherd's pie

  • okcook on December 08, 2018

    Amazing flavour from so few ingredients.

  • Baxter850 on March 17, 2024

    Really good dish. Surprisingly flavorful. Recipe doesn’t call to drain the grease off the meat so I didn’t. Will do so next time. This would be a really good base from which to experiment.

• Corned beef with parsley sauce

  • meggan on March 18, 2021

    Good classic corned beef recipe. I did 3 lbs it in the instantpot for 1 hour and it was perfect. Served with mashed potatoes and glazed carrots. And soda bread, of course.

• Colcannon

  • TrishaCP on March 30, 2014

    A good rendition of the classic dish- using lots less butter and cream than some of the other versions I saw. I used kale as my green, and it added a nice earthiness.

• Mashed potatoes

  • Baxter850 on March 17, 2024

    New (to me) technique to cook the potatoes (half boil/half steam). These were tasty. Added them to a Shepherd’s Pie.

• Kale with cream

  • lkgrover on April 18, 2024

    Good kale side dish. Next time I would increase the butter & cream sauce by 50% to thoroughly cover my kale.

• Brown soda bread

  • meggan on March 25, 2025

    A perennial St Paddy's day fave.

  • Chibblywibbly on March 18, 2026

    Delicious and easy, especially with good butter on top. Used about 3 cups buttermilk total.

• Mary Cannon's carrot pudding

  • rollyridge on December 09, 2020

    I've made this many times. It's a classic, rustic, earthy pudding.

• Dad's amazing baked apples

  • Baxter850 on March 24, 2024

    Total failure. I cored all the way through. Think you need to leave the bottom in tact so that the brown sugar and filling doesn’t run out.

• Blackberry mousse

  • Baxter850 on March 31, 2025

    St Paddy’s 2025– not nearly sweat enough. Added a bunch of the blackberry syrup and it still wasn’t very desserty. Leaving the blackberries whole isn’t my style either. Liked this idea but would use a different recipe next time (

• Fine Cooking

  In this tome, ...Colman Andrews turns his attention to Ireland and uncovers its best-kept secret—wonderful food. All told, this book is a stunning portrait of a land, a people, and a cuisine.

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