Cookery Books

Season of books: as sure as sunshine, summer brings the latest clutch of cookery books from Irish food writers...

You’ll have read about Mona and Ron Wise in The Irish Times, and there is much more about the Galway couple in The Chef & I (WiseWords). The tasty recipes follow on from Mona’s personal narrative of living, loving and cooking...  (@WiseMona)

Sheila Kiely’s book, Gimme The Recipe (Mercier) is a book that makes Mrs Kiely’s cookery ideas seem effortless, but you know there is a huge amount of effort and thought behind the simplicity of this smart, satisfying food...   (@gimmetherecipe)

Donal Skehan gathered a collation of food bloggers together for a party to celebrate the launch of Kitchen Hero (Collins), his third book. Mr Skehan’s work ethic is inspiring. (@donalskehan)

Aoife Carrigy and Aoibheann McNamara are two mighty talents who have collaborated to produce The Ard Bia Cookbook, (CUP), a day in the life of Galway’s iconic destination. We ate in Ard Bia during the Galway food festival and, in truth, it isn’t really a restaurant: it is actually the centre of the world... This is coming your way in July. (@Holymackers @ArdBiaNimmos)

Trevor’s Kitchen Garden (Orpen Press) by Trevor Sargent is flat-out inspiring. How Mr Sargent manages to produce all the food he does from a tiny garden is extraordinary. Just as extraordinary is the modesty of the authorial voice here, its humility and wisdom. Brilliant. (@TrevorHSargent)

One of Trevor’s heros is the incredible Joy Larkcom, the woman who is to growing what Myrtle Allen is to running a country house restaurant. Joyce has been riffing through her back pages to produce Just Vegetating – A Memoir (Frances Lincoln), which will be launched on June 7th. Joyce’s story is amazing: just read about that epic seed-gathering journey in a VW camper van...