Full of warmth and nostalgia, Rachel shares culinary inspiration passed down through the generations.
Rachel’s food is heart-warming. She uses gorgeous ingredients that are used in abundance to create comforting, vibrant meals. Her love of food started when she was very young, sitting in the kitchen with her mother, helping and tasting. Her mother taught her their Scandi family recipes, as well as those she picked up from living in Ireland. Rachel become more and more passionate about food as she grew up, and she drew inspiration from her childhood memories of helping her mother cook and sitting round with her family enjoying delicious meals and treats. Here she celebrates the food memories of her childhood, alongside those of friends and other members of her family. Packed with much-loved recipes and stunning photography, this is the book to fall back in love with cooking.
Rachel Allen is a busy TV chef, mother, and teacher at the world-famous Ballymaloe Cookery School. She is the author of five cookery books, including bestsellers "i"Rachel's Favourite Food at Home, Rachel's Food for Living"/i" and "i"Bake"/i". Her extremely popular cooking programmes have been broadcast on RTE, the BBC, and also internationally.
Rachel lives in County Cork with her husband Isaac, their two sons and baby daughter, and their dog Buddy.
Praise for Rachel Allen:
‘… the Irish Nigella… Bake is simply and engagingly written: one irresistible thing after another’ Evening Standard
‘A natural TV chef: relaxed, articulate and knowledgeable.’ Sunday Times
‘Food for real people.’ Irish Examiner
‘Ireland’s blond and beautiful equivalent of Nigella Lawson… is taking her place on the international culinary scene with her everyday food that focuses on simple suppers and divine puddings’ Daily Mail
