The Irish Heritage Cookbook

by Margaret M. Johnson

Book Overview

Roughly 44 million Americans of Irish descent, though understandably proud of their heritage, have grown up with a shocking degree of cultural deprivation with regard to the culinary traditions of their ancestors. For most, Irish cuisine means potatoes, corned beef, and cabbage. Now at last, The Irish Heritage Cookbook will set the record straight. Margaret Johnson offers a much-needed fresh perspective on what Irish cooking is all about. She tells...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811819922
• ISBN13: 9780811819923
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (CA)
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

The Irish Heritage Cookbook

I bought this book for some ideas for St Pat's day. Now I use it all the time. The Irish stew tastes just like it did in a pub in Ireland. My sons love the guinnes beef stew. My co-workers have borrowed it to make some of the recipes as well. And tonite I'm making the oatmeal apple crisp. Even if you are not irish, you'll wish you were after eating some of these delicious meals.

Great book! Authentic recipes!

This book is packed with recipes that are authentic and delicious. I highly recommend it not only for the food, but for the history. Great find!

Great Recipes

The Irish Heritage Cookbook is fantastic. I have made several recipes from it and they were fabulous! The instructions were easy to follow. Every Irish Kitchen should have this book.

Make Way for the Irish!

With St. Patrick's Day rapidly approaching, I bought this book for ideas on what to serve other than the traditional corned beef and cabbage. And boy, did I find plenty to choose from! There are dozens of recipes to make your mouth water -- some I remember my Irish grandmother making, others were completely new to me. The recipes are clearly described and the ingredients fresh and wholesome. I recommend this book whole-heartedly! (For other cookbooks on a similiar theme, I recommend Celtic Folklore Cooking by Joanne Asala and Irish Recipes by Marlene Eckmann.)

Go Irish!

I bought this book to gather recipes for my gourmet cooking group for our Irish Pub theme. Wow - was I impressed. Lots of really wonderful recipes that I can hardly wait to try. All the things that usually come to mind when you think of Irish cooking are here - Corned Beef and Cabbage, Lamb dishes, Salmon, even Cockles and Mussles! But there is so much more - really creative, delicious recipes that are like Irish food on steroids. Easy to follow recipes, no really funky, hard-to-find ingredients. While I always wish for pictures, each recipe has a descriptive paragraph with a little background on its origins.