Bibliofemme Bookclub An Irish Bookclub

January 10, 2012

Temptation by Martina Devlin

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Temptation Author: Martina Devlin Genre: Chick-Lit, Irish Publisher: Poolbeg Press Release Date: Jan 1 2004 Pages: 368

Kitty Kennedy is divorced twice. Well, technically speaking that’s one annulment and one divorce – but she’s just in her early 30s. With two failed marriages behind her, Kitty has decided that some women are just not meant to live with a man. Inspired by New Year’s Eve Kitty decides that her resolution will be to become a

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The Tea House on Mulberry Street by Sharon Owens

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Title: The Tea House on Mulberry Street Author: Sharon Owens Genre: Chick-Lit, Irish Publisher: Poolbeg Press Ltd

Penny Stanley has been married to Daniel for seventeen years and their marriage is falling apart. So too is their shabby tea house on Mulberry Street and Penny is slowly dying inside. Cheapskate Daniel is completely oblivious to his wife’s unhappiness and is determined to save every penny he can in case his life ever returns to the horrible

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A Taste of West Cork by Rory Morahan

Filed under: Book Reviews,Cookery — The Historian @ 12:55 pm
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Title: A Taste of West Cork Author: Rory Morahan Genre: Cookery Release Date: Feb 1 2005 Pages: 49

West Cork is a place apart. This book is very much a product of the region, presenting recipes that will both delight the senses and guide the user to the natural qualities and flavours innate to West Cork. Chef Rory Morahan brings a modern twist and style to all of his dishes. Traditional recipes like brown soda bread and stuffed pigs' trotters

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A Taste For It by Monica McInerney

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Title: A Taste for it Author: Monica McInerney Genre: Chick-Lit Release Date: Jan 1 2001 Pages: 437

‘A Taste For It’ is the story of talented chef Maura Carmody who travels to Ireland to promote her brother’s wine and Australian food. This business trip also provides the ideal opportunity to research her family roots and find out a little more about the birth mother that she never met. All is not plain sailing, however, as Maura

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Taste: Baking With Flavour by Dean Brettschneider and Lorraine Jacobs

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Title: Taste: Baking With Flavour Author: Dean Brettschneider and Lorraine Jacobs Genre: Cookery Publisher: Random House New Zealand

Taste: Baking With Flavour is the third book from the partnership of professional baker Dean Brettschneider and contributing food editor at Cuisine magazine, Lorraine Jacobs. Their first two books – The New Zealand Baker and Baker, The Best of International Baking from Australian and New Zealand Professionals – were perhaps a little too

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Taste: A New Way to Cook by Sybil Kapoor

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Title: Taste: A New Way to Cook Author: Sybil Kapoor Genre: Cookery Publisher: Mitchell Beazley Release Date: 2003

In a world full of cookbooks, Sybil Kapoor’s Taste: A New Way to Cook is truly an innovation. Kapoor writes from a more scientific perspective than most food writers, explaining in great detail about the elementary tastes of sour, salt, umani (savoury), bitter and sweet. She helps the reader to understand basic taste combinations and how these

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Tarte Tatin by Susan Herrmann Loomis

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Title: Tarte Tatin Author: Susan Herrmann Loomis Genre: Cookery Publisher: HarperCollins UK Release Date: Apr 1 2006 Pages: 564

Subtitled “Further adventurers in a small French town”, Tarte Tatin is the follow up to Susan Herrmann Loomis’ first memoir. On Rue Tatin was published in 2002 and describes how she, her sculptor husband Michael and their two-year-old son Joe decided to move to France, searched for their dream home and ended up in the little town

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Tara’s Fortune by Geraldine O’Neill

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Title: Tara's Fortune Author: Geraldine O'Neill Genre: Chick-Lit, Irish Release Date: 2005 Pages: 550

Tara Flynn has everything she ever dreamed of, married to her first love Gabriel Fitzgerald she in now mistress of Ballygrace House, and wants for nothing. Having grown up with very little Tara counts her blessings, but after several years of marriage there is still one thing missing, Tara and Gabriel have no children.

Biddy, Tara’s childhood

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Tangled Up in You by Gemma English

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Title: Tangled Up in You Author: Gemma English Genre: Chick-Lit, Irish Release Date: Jan 1 2004 Pages: 451

Keelan has left home and is living in London. On her first big night out she meets Matthew and they seem to be made for each other. Matthew is gorgeous and Keelan can’t believe that he would want to be with her so, when he decides that the relationship is over, Keelan isn’t surprised. In fact she’s just annoyed with him, so annoyed

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Take 6 Ingredients by Conrad Gallagher

Filed under: Book Reviews,Irish,Cookery — The Historian @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Take 6 Ingredients Author: Conrad Gallagher Genre: Cookery, Irish Release Date: 2003 Pages: 160

Michelin-starred Irish chef Conrad Gallagher sets out the ethos of this book in the introduction. Each recipe is to contain just six ingredients – not counting salt (Maldon Sea Salt), pepper (freshly ground) and best quality olive oil.

Gallagher always has been a curious mixture of the inspired (his cooking) and the pretentious (his behaviour

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