The menu: Lettercollum book a recipe for old memories
Eventually, the main house was sold and, in 2004, its central protagonists, Karen Austin and Con McLoughlin, set up Lettercollum Kitchen Project, a ‘healthy deli’ in Clonakilty with an on-site kitchen, ever since, a beacon for all that is best about West Cork food. The Lettercollum Cookbook: Recipes from the Kitchen Project (Onstream Publishing), by Karen Austin, is a new cookbook echoing those fine meals served in the original Lettercollum House. The Menu always relishes the autumnal arrival of earthy root vegetables, real comfort food for winter ahead, and Austin is no different, but he is equally entranced by her propensity for delicate Asian- and Indian-influenced additions; ‘Grilled Prawns with Whiskey Mayonnaise’ has The Menu pining once more for that delightful old West Cork dining room where he first tasted this delightful dish. www.lettercollum.ie
