CELTIC FOLKLORE COOKING by Joanne Asala
$17.95
The Celts' Most-Loved Food & Folklore
Savory Chestnut Soup with warm Soda Bread . . . tangy Lemon Curd and Burnt Sugar Cake . . . the wholesome goodness of simple food lovingly prepared. Joanne Asala has collected treasured recipes like these from kitchens throughout Wales, Cornwall, Ireland, Scotland, and England -- and has leavened them with home-grown folklore to create a uniquely Celtic feast.
Like a well-stocked larder, Celtic Folklore Cooking offers plenty of tempting choices for daily meals or special celebrations. Pick from more than 200 tasty traditional dishes, all nestled among colorful food-related proverbs, poems, tales, customs, and other nuggets of folk wisdom. Each recipe lists ancient and modern holidays associated with the dish so you can select the perfect fare to complement the season.
Mushroom and Scallop Pie 
Heather Wine Pratie
Oaten Beestings
Pancakes Hot Cross
Buns Figgy
Pudding Boxty on the
Griddle
Barm Brack Sweet
Scones Oatmeal Herb
Pottage Scotch
Eggs Buttermilk
Cheese Colcannon
Cockle Soup
Atholl Brose Flower
Pudding Scotch
Scallops with Cream
Flummery Seedy
Cake Mead
Celtic Folklore Cooking is a delightful food and folklore companion for anyone drawn to traditional Celtic ways.
Joanne Asala (Chicago, IL) gathered these traditional Celtic recipes from pubs, family kitchens, hotels, bed and breakfasts, and restaurants during her travels throughout Ireland and Britain. She is the author of more than 25 books on folklore, fairy tales, cooking, and folk customs.