Seaweed cooking with Prannie Rhatigan
A new and very different cookery book written by a relatively unknown Irish writer is being launched at the ‘BBC Good Food Show’ in Birmingham on the 26th November. The writer Dr Prannie Rhatigan hails from Sligo in the North West of Ireland. Prannie Rhatigan’s Irish Seaweed Kitchen is a comprehensive guide to healthy everyday cooking with seaweeds. It is a 288 page, full colour hardback with sections on Irish seaboard lore, recipes old and new, nutritional information and personal anecdotes combined with the faintest hint of nostalgia in a refreshingly original mix of common sense and practical cookery. Sourcing, identifying, preparing and storing seaweed for culinary use are all clearly explained in addition to a remarkable collection of over 150 easy-to-follow, creative and delicious recipes. Designed to facilitate seaweed users from novice to experienced, there is also a full seaweed index for ease of use and a chart outlining the nutritional properties of each seaweed.
More than 100 colour photographs and original line drawings represent not simply the foods featured, but also provide a glimpse of a unique west of Ireland lifestyle and landscape. Richard Corrigan, Rick Stein, Noel McMeel and many other famous Chefs have contributed their own favourite recipes using different seaweeds. It is a book to cherish for its charming sense of time and place.
Prannie Rhatigan is a medical doctor who has been harvesting and cooking with seaweed, and gardening organically since childhood. Born and raised in the north west of Ireland she has a lifelong interest in the connections between food and health.
She holds a BA Hons degree in Psychology, a medical degree and is a qualified General Practitioner now working mainly in Public Health. Her most recent personal work includes exploring the links between genetics, the environment and the benefits of live foods on health and well-being.
A member of Slow Food, she is widely travelled and regularly gives workshops and lectures on seaweeds and cooking. She lives with her husband and daughter on the idyllic coastline of Streedagh, Co Sligo in the north west of Ireland.
The cookbook can be purchased from www.prannie.com or www.amazon.co.uk.
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