About this item
Ten award-winning chefs dismantle the stereotype of Irish cuisine being a boil, a fry, or soda bread. Highlighting fresh, local, and seasonal ingredients from provinces across the Emerald Isle, this beautiful, photo-illustrated collection offers inspirational Irish recipes. An Irish meal must nourish the soul as well as the body, teasing each of the senses. Home cooks are invited into each featured chef's restaurant and/ or home to experience recipes that utilize fresh fish, lamb, beef, pork, fruits, and vegetables, and of course, Ireland's renowned cheeses.Celebrating the new Irish food culture, this compilation emphasizes local resources, simple fare, and the highest standards, proving that Ireland is a modern food destination.
About the Author
Leslie Conron CarolaI love books. I love reading them - books of all kinds; and I love creating them - mostly illustrated books. Lucky for me I was born into a book-and-music-loving family. (Maybe that's a nature-nurture discussion!) A frequent comment from my father when I was a child was "See it clearly. Take your time. Don't just look. See it. See it with your mind's eye." And that is how books take shape for me, most often from a very simple idea. A BA in Theatre (with a minor in English and Fine Arts) eventually led to publishing. Interest in the total process of creating and producing illustrated books included concept development, graphic design, editorial, and production. The process of writing evolved for me from the process of researching and developing concepts for books. For more than twenty-five years I have had the pleasure of working in the publishing industry (Harper & Row, The Metropolitan Opera Guild, Taunton Press, Hugh Levin Associates, and my own Arena Books Associates, LLC) , creating books in fields ranging from college humanities textbooks (English, Theater, Music) to children's books, to special interest books on opera, lifestyle, cultural history, and how-to crafts. I have edited text and pictures, handled production of the books; and some I have written.The evolution of an illustrated book from concept to finished product is an exhilarating journey, one filled with seemingly endless questions, the answers to which provide fodder for more thought and questions. The visual dialogue carries its own weight, just as the text does, each one supporting and pushing the other. An exciting and stimulating challenge¬¬; theatre itself.
