IRISH FOOD HISTORY (ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY) (HB)

Beginning at the end of the Ice age - before reindeer, brown bears, and the giant Irish deer became extinct - this vital and brilliantly researched collection brings us forward from the introduction of farming and livestock, to the delicious world of medieval honey, banqueting, bog butter, and whiskey distilling. From eighteenth century feasts, famines, to the modernisation, industrialisation, and eventual globalisation of food, this book is an unforgettable and expert journey through Ireland's culinary past.