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Full and Plenty: Fish and Meat
Whip a chiffon cake, beat up a sponge, ice a Christmas log, lattice a pie, bake an apricot fruit loaf, swirl meringue round a pie, flame wafer-thin pancakes, and serve piping hot scones with whipped cream and strawberry jam-these are just a few of the delicious recipes Maura Laverty presents in this popular cookbook. Once you realize how easy it is to make your own bread and cakes, your kitchen will never be without the delicious smell of baking again. These prose passages she included helped to bring the recipe writing back to life. All those who appreciate tradition will welcome this book of Irish cooking served up with wit, insight, a profound knowledge of Irish cooking history, and Laverty's own popular approach of ""cooking with kindness.
192 pages, Hardcover
First published December 1, 1986
About the author
Maura Laverty
32 books6 followersMaura Laverty (née Kelly) was an Irish author, journalist and broadcaster known for her work on Irish soap opera Tolka Row. She published several novels, short stories and critical pieces throughout her career.
Born in Rathangan, County Kildare in Ireland, Laverty was educated at Brigidine Convent, Carlow, where she studied teacher-training.[1] She later moved to Spain, taking up the position of governess and later secretary to Princess Bibesco and eventually becoming a foreign correspondent based within Madrid. Laverty returned to Ireland for the remainder of her career and worked as a journalist and broadcaster in Dublin for the national radio station, RTÉ.
Upon her return to Ireland she married the journalist James Laverty in 1928. They had three children,[2] one of whom was the artist Barry Castle (see Barry and Philip Castle) who illustrated some of her mother's work (See below, the Queen of Aran's Daughter.).
Her first novel Never No More was published to widespread acclaim in 1942. It was based in County Kildare, drawing heavily on personal experiences during her time in Derrymore House.[3] Laverty would follow this with such works as Touched by the Thorn (1943) and Alone We Embark (1943). Two of her books were banned in the Republic of Ireland, including her second, the semi-autobiographical No More than Human, which apparently offended the censor because of its frankness about the female body.[2]
She is well known as the writer of RTÉ's Tolka Row, the station's first soap opera that ran between 1964–68, itself largely an adaptation of her play Liffey Lane. Laverty also wrote numerous children's stories including The Cottage in the Bog (1946) and The Green Orchard (1949).[2]
Born in Rathangan, County Kildare in Ireland, Laverty was educated at Brigidine Convent, Carlow, where she studied teacher-training.[1] She later moved to Spain, taking up the position of governess and later secretary to Princess Bibesco and eventually becoming a foreign correspondent based within Madrid. Laverty returned to Ireland for the remainder of her career and worked as a journalist and broadcaster in Dublin for the national radio station, RTÉ.
Upon her return to Ireland she married the journalist James Laverty in 1928. They had three children,[2] one of whom was the artist Barry Castle (see Barry and Philip Castle) who illustrated some of her mother's work (See below, the Queen of Aran's Daughter.).
Her first novel Never No More was published to widespread acclaim in 1942. It was based in County Kildare, drawing heavily on personal experiences during her time in Derrymore House.[3] Laverty would follow this with such works as Touched by the Thorn (1943) and Alone We Embark (1943). Two of her books were banned in the Republic of Ireland, including her second, the semi-autobiographical No More than Human, which apparently offended the censor because of its frankness about the female body.[2]
She is well known as the writer of RTÉ's Tolka Row, the station's first soap opera that ran between 1964–68, itself largely an adaptation of her play Liffey Lane. Laverty also wrote numerous children's stories including The Cottage in the Bog (1946) and The Green Orchard (1949).[2]
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September 12, 2011
I have the original one dated 1960 it's such a gem of a book the forerunner to all modern cookery books
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