The Scottish Food Bible

by Claire Macdonald, Bob Dewar (Illustrator)

A celebration of the very best of Scottish home-grown ingredients from one of the country’s best-known celebrity chefs, this cooker’s companion features 60 imaginative recipes for starters, main courses, and desserts, as well as for sauces, dressings, baking, and other treats. Highlighting a huge variety of Scottish ingredients—from oatmeal, dairy, produce, meat and fish, fruit and vegetables, and even whisky—recipes featured in this guidebook include Grilled Goat’s cheese on Stir-Fried Beetroot with Orange and Balsamic Vinegar; Herb Crepes with Smoked Salmon, Crème Fraiche, and Diced Cucumber; Steam-baked Cod with Lentils, Coriander, and Lime; Chocolate Oatmeal Biscuits; and Iced Honey and Whisky Creams.

Genres: Cookbooks

112 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2015

About the author

Award-winning cook and food writer, Claire Macdonald is Scotland's foremost exciting ambassador for the revitalised traditions of highland hospitality.

Like many of the greatest cooks, Claire is self-taught and is passionate about home cooking produced with the minimum of fuss and maximum of flavour. Claire's recipes are easy-to-follow, straightforward, and realistic - quintessentially Scottish in taste, but international in appeal.

Claire is the energetic Patron of Scottish Food Fortnight and The Association of Scottish Farmers' Markets. In recognition of her contribution to Scottish food Claire was presented a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland.

Mother of four, Claire is married to Lord Macdonald, Godfrey Macdonald of Macdonald, High Chief of Clan Donald. For near four decades, the Macdonalds have run their Isle of Skye home, Kinloch Lodge, as a unique luxury hotel with blazing log fires and ancestral portraits. The hotel is recognised internationally and was cited as one of the world's top 25 small hotels in Conde Nast Traveller magazine.

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