Cookbooks

Spud Sunday: Paddy’s Spuds

It’s St. Patrick’s Day, so you want green & you want spuds, right? In that case, meet spudakopita – an Irish take on the Greek classic of spanakopita, with spinach, potatoes and some surprisingly Irish feta-style cheese.


Spud Sunday: Irish Eating

Old and new Irish recipes abound, with the Goodall’s Modern Irish Cookbook & the ICA cookbook both newly launched. Amongst the recipes included are these ICA-inspired potato scones, firmly in the traditional Irish camp.


Spud Sunday: New Books On The Shelf

My bookshelf overfloweth, with new titles from Catherine Fulvio, Sophie Morris and Domini Kemp, which have, among other things, inspired this cheese-filled potato and broccoli bake


Spud Sunday: Gimme The Spuds

A little Spud Sunday serving of crispy potato skins, inspired by Sheila Kiely’s new book, Gimme The Recipe


Spud Sunday: The Why Of Cookbooks

In which I give a recipe for potato, cheese & mushroom pie from the new Pieminister cookbook a whirl, but not without making a few changes and having a few things to say on the subject of cookbooks first


As Cheesy As One, Two, Three

I’m celebrating my third blog birthday with three recipes appearing in the newly published book, Farmhouse Cheeses of Ireland

Topics: Cookbooks

Good Afternoon, Mr. Skehan

Donal Skehan’s new book may have been launched to the clink of afternoon tea, but it was Kitchen Hero’s toast with homemade white beans in tomato sauce that caught my eye


Spud Sunday: The Irish-Italian Job

Italian cooking may be more about tomatoes than potatoes, but Catherine Fulvio’s new book – Catherine’s Italian Kitchen – does have some Irish-Italian ideas for combining the two. Her potato and tomato bake is a case in point.