Give peas a chance, hints Gerry Adams via cookbook

LONDON: Gerry Adams, the veteran Irish republican once deemed so dangerous that his voice was dubbed on British television, is writing a cookbook, his Sinn Fein party said.

The Negotiators Cook Book will be published by Sinn Fein in the coming months, and include recipes used during the talks that led to the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement in Northern Ireland.

“The British never fed us. They never had any food. But as intrepid republicans and being blessed by one or two great cooks these are the recipes that sustained the Irish negotiating team,” Adams told an event in Belfast on Monday night.

“It contains some of the best-kept secrets of the Irish peace process,” he said, in comments reported by the Irish Times newspaper.

Adams tweeted a picture of what appeared to be the front page of the book, saying: “Not 2 Long 2 Christmas. A Wee Taste of a Great Stocking Filler.”

A Sinn Fein spokeswoman confirmed that the book was genuine.

“I can confirm he is publishing it. It’s set to be published by the party in the next few months,” she said.

Adams stepped down as leader of Sinn Fein earlier this year after almost 35 years, during which he went from being the political voice of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) to an instrumental peacemaker.