Irish food history book wins best of the best award at ‘Oscars’ of food publishing

Irish Food History: A Companion is an edited collection of 28 chapters covering the story of food, drink and gastronomy in Ireland from the Ice Age to the present day

Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire accepting the Food History and Heritage Award for the book he co-authored with Dorothy Cashman at the Irish Food Writing Awards. Picture: Damien Eagers / Paul Sherwood Photography

The awards keep coming for an acclaimed Irish food history book that has just won Best of the Best Award for Ireland, as in, the best food book published in Ireland over the last 30 years, at the ‘Oscars’ of the food publishing world.

Irish Food History: A Companion (Royal Irish Academy) will be acknowledged with the special accolade at the 31st Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, with the award to be accepted by the book’s co-editor Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire, in Riyadh, in Saudia Arabia on Thursday, November 27.