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Catherine Fulvio cooks at home, and shows you how! Over 100 recipes, including all those seen on her 8-part RTÉ autumn series in 2011, take you through the full range of home cooking possibilities. Just a few samples: STARTERS Thai Crab Croquettes/Mushroom & Thyme Risotto CakesBAKING Brown Bread/Soda Bread/SconesSPEEDY SUPPERS Beef Stir Fry/Spanish ChickenMEAT & FISH Duck with Spiced Plums/Haddock PortugueseVEG & SPUDS Cheesy Courgette Bake/Herby ChampDESSERTS Mocha Crème Brulée/Sticky Guinness Pudding And throughout the book, Catherine stresses the Power of Five, for example 5 Store Cupboard essentials5 Ways with White Soda Bread5 Sauces for Meat & Fish5 Ways with Bolognese Sauce5 ways with Salad Dressing This is Catherine Fulvio in full flow: practical, geared to our busy modern lives – and truly delicious. We can all cook like this.

A Taste of Home is a food story from Ballyknocken House, nestled in the gentle rolling hills of County Wicklow, where generations of Catherine Fulvio’s family have lived and farmed for over 100 years. Combining modern Irish food with farm-to-fork principles, Catherine takes on traditional recipes and gives them her own twist to reflect the abundance of ingredients available on her doorstep. Recipes include all the classic family dishes you’ve seen Catherine cook on TV and many more such as Beef and Stout Pies with Potato Pastry Topping, Lamb Wellington with Wild Garlic, Farmhouse Soups with Soda Bread Catherine’s ‘To Die For’ Lemon Meringue Pie. Using simple, fresh ingredients and set against the timeless backdrop of the Irish countryside, Catherine’s delicious, wholesome recipes celebrate the best ingredients Ireland has to offer.