Paula McIntyre: Down to Earth Cook Book

Local chef Paula McIntyre takes easily sourced, local produce and transforms it with simple but delicious recipes. It's a celebration of what we do best in Northern Ireland - our incredible breads and fish, world-class meats, beautiful local fruit and vegetables, and excellent dairy. The recipes aren't lists of strung out, complicated ingredients with show-off cooking methods. Instead it's a return to a traditional approach, where the integral parts are allowed to shine. Paula focuses on lesser cuts of meat like collar of bacon and brisket of beef, fish from the loughs and rivers, soft Ulster breads, traybakes from our heritage, good old-fashioned vegetables, seasonal fruit and traditional preservation methods. Gentle spicing and a few exotic flavours are added only to make the recipes sing!