Forgotten Skills Of Cooking by Darina Allen

700 Recipes Showing You Why the Time-honoured Ways Are the Best
600 pages, Hardcover
Condition: LIKE NEW: This book is almost as new, with no damage nor defects. 
Genres: Cookbooks / Cooking / Food / Nonfiction / Reference / Food and Drink

Darina Allen's distinguished career is marked by numerous accolades, including the 2018 World Gourmand Cookbook Award, the Euro-Toques Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Irish Culinary Sector, the UK Guild of Food Writers Lifetime Achievement Award, and the 2018 Guaranteed Irish Food Hero Award.

As observed by Observer Food Monthly, "There's not much this gourmet grande dame doesn't know."

This comprehensive hardback volume serves as a vital resource, revitalizing traditional culinary skills that have been overlooked in recent generations. Organized into chapters encompassing Dairy, Fish, Bread, and Preserving, the book provides clear, accessible instructions for processes such as smoking mackerel, curing bacon, and producing yogurt and butter. The accompanying recipes demonstrate how to optimize the use of homemade products, offering innovative ideas for utilizing less common cuts of meat, baking bread and cakes, and incorporating wild ingredients. The Vegetables and Herbs chapter is replete with practical cultivation advice, catering to both expansive gardens and modest window boxes, and provides suggestions for managing surplus produce. Furthermore, the book offers guidance on keeping backyard chickens. With over 700 recipes, this publication stands as a definitive, contemporary guide to traditional culinary practices.