Irish Food History: A Companion
Royal Irish Academy, €45
Irish Food History: A Companion paints a tasty tapestry from the start of the hunter-gatherer community, all the way to the world of modern Irish cooking, featuring research from highly regarded food historians. With an introduction from the editors Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire and Dorothy Cashman, it features no fewer than 32 expert contributions.
The Old Spot Cookbook
Nine Bean Rows, €35
One of Dublin’s great gastropubs, The Old Spot, which is celebrating 10 years on Bath Avenue, has published its own cookbook. It features much-loved signature recipes, chef’s tips, drink pairings and mixology secrets.
Season by Mark Moriarty
Gill, €24.99
Mark Moriarty’s latest cookbook is a celebration of all things seasonal. With 100 new recipes featuring the best seasonal ingredients, it also advises how best to season food for fantastic flavour.
Eat Out at Home by Neven Maguire
Gill, €25
From date nights in to dinner parties with friends, celebrity chef Neven Maguire of MacNean House and Restaurant outlines clever ways to entertain with ease.
An Irish Food Story: 100 Foods That Made Us by JP McMahon
Nine Bean Rows, €25
Chef and restaurateur JP McMahon traces Ireland’s history, culture and identity through 100 foods, evoking lots of nostalgia along the way for products from spice burgers to Viennetta ice cream. This is a fun and often comprehensive overview of Ireland’s food past and present.
Seed to Supper: The Journey of Your Food from the Ground Up by Michelle Darmody
Nine Bean Rows, €20
Seed to Supper, written by sustainable food education expert Dr Michelle Darmody, takes young readers through every stage of food’s journey, from its start as a seed in the soil to the table via the kitchen. It is beautifully illustrated and features bite-sized information, DIY activities and interesting anecdotes and facts targeted at 9-12-year-olds.
Ottolenghi Comfort
Penguin Random House, €37.50
Chef and restaurateur Yotam Ottolenghi has teamed up with three co-authors – Helen Goh, Verena Lochmuller and Tara Wigley – to bring together more than 100 recipes in a celebration of food and home, the connections we make as we cook and the dishes we pass on from generation to generation.
