Forgotten Skills of Cooking

By Alice | Published: January 5, 2010

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At the moment I am enjoying reading Forgotten Skills of Cooking: The time-honoured ways are the best by Darina Allen of Ballymaloe. It’s a useful sort of book packed with information (e.g. how to skin and gut a fish) and it’s interesting to hear about the old Irish ways of doing things. So far I have made the crumpets, ice cream, and listened to her good advice on butternut squash soup.

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4 Comments

  1. jane
    Posted January 5, 2010 at 7:28 pm | Permalink

    That looks like a fab book – I dream of doing a course at Ballymaloe. Your crumpets look like they must have worked brilliantly too – perfect bubbles!

  2. ayetch
    Posted January 6, 2010 at 11:03 am | Permalink

    Making crumpets sounds amazing and very Wind In The Willows. I hope you’re toasting them over the fire on a fork, too!

  3. Mallory
    Posted January 7, 2010 at 3:05 am | Permalink

    i think i’d love this cookbook! i’ll have to seek it out.

  4. melissa
    Posted January 7, 2010 at 1:36 pm | Permalink

    oh wow – this book sounds amazing!
    it’s not available in the states until late march… i’ll just have to be patient!