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The best 100 recipes from Darina Allen's iconic Simply Delicious books fully revised and updated with new photography. From soups and starters to her favourite desserts, Darina covers meat, poultry, fish and vegetable dishes that have stood the test of time over the nearly 30 years since the books were originally published. Nearly 30 years after the original Simply Delicious book and TV series, Darina Allen brings together 100 of her timeless, tried and trusted recipes.With chapters on Soups & Starters, Meat, Poultry, Fish, Vegetarian, Salads and puddings, recipes include such Darina Allen classics as: Winter Leek & Potato Soup, Ballymaloe Irish Stew and Ballymaloe Fish Pie, Farmhouse Chicken, Warm Winter Salad with Duck Livers & Hazelnut Oil Dressing, and Country Rhubarb Cake.This classic collection of traditional recipes is accompanied by beautiful new photography.
About the Author
Called "The Julia Child of Ireland" by the San Francisco Chornicle, Darina Allen runs the world-renowned cookery school at Ballymaloe in County Cork, Ireland, which she founded with her husband in 1983. She runs the highly regarded three-month diploma course as well as various short courses, including the Forgotten Skills series, upon which her book, Forgotten Skills of Cooking, was based. That book has been shortlisted for the 2009 Andre Simon Food and Drink Book Awards.Darina is the award-winning author of Irish Traditional Cooking, Ballymaloe Cookery Course, A Year at Ballymaloe, Healthy Gluten-free Eating (with Rosemary Kearney) , and Easy Entertaining, which won the 2006 Chefs and Restaurants Award from the IACP. She is Ireland's most famous TV cook, having presented nine series of her cooking program, "Simply Delicious," on television around the world.Darina founded the first Farmers' Markets in Ireland and is a tireless campaigner for local produce. She was awarded the Cooking for Solutions Conservation Leadership Award - Chef of the Year 2008 by the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California. She is also a natural teacher and was awarded the IACP's 2005 Cooking Teacher of the Year Award.
