Lismore Castle: Food and Flowers from a Historic Irish Garden

By Laura Burlington

Overlooking the Blackwater Valley, Lismore Castle is home to the oldest formally cultivated gardens in Ireland, which are visited for their wild beauty and provide organic produce and flowers for the Castle. This beautiful book explores the history and interiors of the Castle alongside its rich local food heritage and a modern take on classic Irish recipes.

As well as giving a glimpse into one of the great Irish house interiors and a short history of the castle, this book offers over forty recipes inspired by the Irish locality and the garden’s variety of produce including Irish Soda Bread, Beetroot Gravlax fished from the Blackwater River, and an assortment of chutneys and jams. With a farm to fork ethos, these recipes, created by the castle’s resident cook Teena Mahon, journey through the seasons and are made with what is fresh and available from the garden. The kitchen works hand-in-hand with Lismore’s gardeners, farmers and river keepers to oversee the ingredients’ short journeys to feed the Castle’s residents and guests.

Recipes and reflections from Lismore today are accompanied by stories of the extraordinary people – gardeners and artists, bishops and kings, and even one Hollywood star – who have designed, cultivated, celebrated, and shared the castle and garden over eight centuries.

256 pages 

8.77" x 11.25"

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