Hunger for Irish cuisine

ICONIC American food writer, Colman Andrews’ beautiful new cook book has just been published. Colman fell in love with Irish food and hospitality when he ate bacon and cabbage, and apple tart, in Peter and Mary Ward’s kitchen in Nenagh, Co Tipperary, in 2002.

“I’ve been all over Ireland in recent years, and have found a lot of wonderful places to eat, drink, and/or buy good Irish food products,” says Colman. “Country Choice, though, is something special to me. It was Peter Ward, in fact, who first called my attention to the culinary riches of Ireland. I found his passion for, and knowledge of, traditional Irish cooking, and the country’s impeccable raw materials, to be seductive and inspiring.

“It is not an exaggeration to say that it was because of things I first sampled at Country Choice, or in Peter and Mary Ward’s homey kitchen, nearby, that I fell in love with Irish food and the island’s gastronomic possibilities.”