One Year of Irish Seafood: Traditional, Historical, Sustainable

The book takes us on a one-year journey through some of the most traditional, historical and sustainable Irish seafood by tapping into local marine resources and rediscovering forgotten seafood recipes from Ireland’s East Coast culinary heritage. The authors unearthed historical recipes and selected them based on suitability, sustainability and seasonality before visionary chefs transformed them into the appetizing modern dishes promoted in this book. Following seafood seasonality through the year, the book also provides an insight into the history and ecology of each marine creature native to the Irish coasts and featured in the recipes. Moreover, the book offers the reader an opportunity to gain an understanding of seafood sustainability by presenting information about the diverse fishing methods and specific place of the species in the marine food web. At the same time, it presents delicious ideas on how to best exploit the taste of Irish seafood, practised throughout the centuries. With a preface by Darina Allen.