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| Apron Strings: Recipes from a Family Kitchen |
We went to the launch of Nessa Robins's début cookbook
Apron Strings: Recipes from a Family Kitchen (New Island) in Moate last night. It was a fabulous launch: cake galore, a beautiful venue in Dún na Sí and warm speeches. When you bought the book you also got a goodie bag with the rather excellent
Shamrock and Sour Cream crisps from Keogh's, chocolate and Glenisk vouchers.
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| Nessa Robins signing my copy of her book |
The book is a work of art - beautifully photographed (by Nessa herself) and with matt pages and clear, interesting layouts. It is a mix of memoir and recipes and I can't wait to get stuck in to read it and try out some of the cakes etc. This is the first book of its type from New Island and it's a joy to see what a great job they have done on it.
Dún na Sí was a perfect venue: large and quaint, in the best possible way: it has the biggest fireplace I have ever seen and the room was large enough to hold the 150 or so people who turned up to support Nessa.
Nessa had spent the day baking and there was not a scrap left at the end of the iced buns, brownies, cookies, bread, strawberries, fruit tarts, wine etc. etc. that were laid on for the lucky crowd.
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| Millie & Juno |
Juno hit it off with Nessa's daughter Millie, also three, and they had enormous fun running about the hall.
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| Justin Corfield & Eoin Purcell of New Island |
Eoin Purcell and Justin Corfield of New Island had travelled down from Dublin along with PR maestro Gráinne Killeen.
Sunday Times food writers
Móna and Ron Wise were also there, and
Kristin Jensen and Caroline Hennessy of the
Irish Food Bloggers Association launched the book.
Apron Strings is available from New Island
here at €22.99.
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