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The Irish Kitchen

Publication date: 29th October 2025

£30.00
£30.00

The kitchen has always been the heart of an Irish home; the busy, bustling focal point where yarns are told and the best local and seasonal ingredients are transformed into comforting dishes to be shared with loved ones.

Following the success of the award-winning The Irish Bakery, Cherie Denham and Andrew Montgomery have once more travelled the length of the island to bring together a new book that celebrates the full breadth of Ireland’s food history. Over 90 meticulously tested recipes, each beautifully illustrated with full-page photography, chronicle both time-honoured family preparations like Irish stew and treacle farls and more contemporary interpretations that make the most of Ireland’s bounteous fields, woods, seas and hedgerows and reflect how Irish cooking has evolved.

Stepping through the kitchen, the book also delves into some of the most iconic expressions of Irish culinary tradition and hospitality: from the pickles and preserves of the Irish pantry, to the essential afternoon tea and dishes to enjoy around the pub fire or Christmas table. Evocative photo essays and interviews with the island’s artisans and producers provide further insight into the Ireland of yesterday and today, documenting the dying art of traditional turfcutting, oyster farmers, musicians and folklorists.

Book Contents

Foreword by Diana Henry: ‘A great book: genuine, very well-judged and structured, with fabulous photographs.’ 

Recipe sections include:
• The Pantry
• Early Mornings
• The Pub
• Stews & Roasts
• Afternoon Tea
• Puddings
• The Christmas Table

The Irish Kitchen also features richly illustrated spotlights on some of the best artisan producers working in Ireland and Northern Ireland today, including:
• Portnoo Market Garden
• The Curly Pigs
• Carlingford Oyster Company
• Turfcutters
• Calvey’s Achill
• Broighter Gold Rapeseed Oil
• Nearynógs Stoneground Chocolate
• Murphy’s Ice cream
• Marlfield Farm

Along with the recipes and artisans The Irish Kitchen features the voices of:
• Margaret Gallagher
• Patrick Gallagher
• Owen Coyle’s
• Lily Champ
• Deirdre Cronin
• Rosemary Kavanagh
• Michael Fortune
Who recall their memories of growing up in an Irish kitchen.

Specifications

Recipes and introduction by Cherie Denham
Photography by Andrew Montgomery
Essays by Kitty Corrigan
384 pages, 210mm x 270mm
180 colour and black and white photographs

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Reviews

“A great book: genuine, very well-judged and structured, with fabulous photographs. I actually like it even better than The Irish Bakery”
- Diana Henry

“Another deeply covetable, beautiful book from Cherie Denham and Andrew Montgomery. Can’t wait to get stuck in!”
- Nigella Lawson
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“A great book: genuine, very well-judged and structured, with fabulous photographs. I actually like it even better than The Irish Bakery”

Diana Henry

“Another deeply covetable, beautiful book from Cherie Denham and Andrew Montgomery. Can’t wait to get stuck in!”

Nigella Lawson

LIMITED EDITION BOX-SET
The Irish Bakery & The Irish Kitchen

£60.00

Introducing The Irish Bakery & The Irish Kitchen Box Set. The two beautifully crafted volumes celebrating the rich culinary heritage of Ireland, filled with time-honoured recipes with a modern twist, heartwarming stories, and stunning photography, housed in a beautiful limited edition box. 
A stunning gift or must have for all cooks and culinary collectors!

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