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World Hotels - McGuire's Irish Pub Cookbook
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List Price: $24.95
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Manufacturer: Pelican Publishing Company
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.59417
EAN: 9781565542990
ISBN: 1565542991
Label: Pelican Publishing Company
Manufacturer: Pelican Publishing Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 277
Publication Date: 1998-07
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
Studio: Pelican Publishing Company
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Editorial Reviews:
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Winner of the coveted Golden Spoon Award, listing it as one of Florida's top restaurants, and established in 1982, McGuire's Irish Pub welcomes guests from around the world to its Pensacola establishment. Traditional and not so traditional Irish pub fare can be enjoyed at home, thanks to this Celtic cookbook from the pub that invites its patrons to 'kiss the moose'. Oyster Stew, Sheep Herder's Pie, and Beery Hash Burgers on Potato Buns will delight the palate of nearly any diner at the pub. In addition to these enticing entrees, perfect desserts including Date and Irish Mist Rice Pudding with Irish Mist Whipped Cream, Tipsy Apricot Chocolate Cake, and Chocolate Eclairs with Baileys Custard will lift the spirits of just about anyone. The recipes for these and many more of the dishes and drinks served up in the world-famous McGuire's Irish Pub can be found in this easy-to-use cookbook.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Irish Pub Cookbook
Comment: I actually purchased this as a gift for a friend that loves her Irish heritage & loves to cook even more, and she hasn't stopped raving about how great this cookbook is. Apparently it's become her favorite cookbook. Giving it 5 stars for this reason.
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Summary: Interesting read
Comment: Very interesting recipes. I guess they weren't exactly what I expected... they seem truly authentic to this Americanized Irish girl. I thought "pub" food was more like bar food... nachos, pizza, etc. I was very far off. So if you want authentic, this is the book for you.
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Summary: Excellent Irish Content in Irish-American Pub Recipes.
Comment: `McGuire's Irish Pub Cookbook' by cookbook author for hire, Jessie Tirsch is a book-length add for the bar and restaurant in Pensacola, Florida by the same name. While this may immediately discredit the book in some people's minds, I found this to be an excellent presentation if Irish-American bar food, with the Irish influence being dominant.
Two words of warning to people whom may be encouraged to visit McGuire's Irish Pub. The first is that like Boston's `The Bull and Finch', the model for the bar portrayed in the TV series, `Cheers', `McGuire's' promises to be very busy, turning over a chair about once every half hour, in their public rooms. When I visited `The Bull and Finch', I barely had time to have a pint of beer and score a beer class including the `Cheers' logo plus a tee-shirt. The second is that many recipes in this book are not actually served at the pub today. But, neither of these considerations detracts in any way from the quality of the book.
My basis for evaluating this book is my recently reviewed `The Scottish-Irish Pub and Hearth Cookbook' by Kay Shaw Nelson. The first thing that comes home to me is the similarity of available shellfish in Scotland and Ireland compared to the shellfish available in the Gulf of Mexico. Both `terroirs;' have ample supplies of fresh shrimp (prawns), oysters, mussels, and clams. Thus, subtropical Pensacola can do a great imitation of dishes from the oceanic fauna of the North Sea and the North Atlantic. The second thing where I find a great parallel between American pubs and Scotch - Irish pubs is the fact that the hamburger in its many permutations is a staple bar food for both regions. I was so surprised to find so many good hamburger recipes in Ms. Nelson's book that I was tempted to believe the hamburger was an Irish invention.
This book begins with a very long illustrated Foreword by the bar's owners, McGuire and Molly Martin which chronicles the history of the bar, supplemented with many excellent pictures of some of the bar's more interesting interior decorations, featuring the mythical Uncle Nathan and some of the 12 huge moose heads.
The book begins, I am very pleased to say, with a chapter on breads and brunch. This is appropriate not only because it begins with brunch, but it also has all the recipes for the breads and rolls used for hamburgers and the like in later chapters. Most recipes are recognizably Irish, although at least three are clearly from that very un-Irish country, Italy, with the very similar flag.
The remaining chapters are:
Finger Foods: Appetizers and Party Picks
Between the Bread: Creative Sandwiches
The Kettle: Soups and Stews
Creature Comforts: Fish, Fowl, and Meat
Under Cover: Savory Pies and Tarts
Noodles And: Pasta and Crepes
And With It All: Side Dishes
The Eating of the Green: Salads
Celebrations: Passionate Potables
Sweet Sign-Offs: Heavenly Desserts
St. Pat Tricks: Tips, Techniques, Stocks, Etc.
I just had to check if the salads chapter included a recipe with watercress, the original shamrock. Oddly, I found that close to half of the salads recipes were based on pasta and seafood, but with lots of representatives of the spinach, cabbage, and carrot clans.
The last chapter on general techniques is useful, but pretty familiar to experienced amateur cooks. The desserts chapter is generally true to Irish puddings, tarts and use of fruits. I was just a bit surprised at the many desserts including chocolate, as this is not a big ingredient in native Irish recipes.
Every chapter seems to be a bit over half of true Irish recipes, with the remainder being imports from French and Italian cuisines, especially Italian. Several of the new inventions are interesting, but my favorite is the `Baby Reuben Egg Rolls with Honey-Beer Mustard'. Like basil and tomatoes, the pairing of corned beef and cabbage (or sauerkraut) is so great that the pairing seems to work in just about any preparation, especially with its constant companions, beer and mustard.
If you don't want the ad and the blarney in the headnotes, and want something a bit more authentic, get `The Scottish-Irish Pub and Hearth Cookbook', but if all you want are good Irish-American bar food recipes, you will not be disappointed with this offering.
Customer Rating:
Summary: McGuire's Serves Up a Good One
Comment: McGuire's Irish Pub is an institution in Pensacola, Florida. As the premier Irish pub on the Gulf Coast, they serve up some of the best pub fare to be found in the area. The range of dishes available is amazing--from casual to special. If you've ever been to McGuire's and you've loved the food, you have to pick this up. If you haven't been to Pensacola, pick this up and see what you're missing.
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Summary: Great cookbook, but missing a few essential favorites
Comment: I admit that I was really excited to find this book. We ate at McGuire's in Pensacola a couple of times, and I desperately wanted their Shepard's Pie recipe. It's not in the book! It's one of the most popular dishes at the restaurant. Furthermore, the recipe for that incredible brown bread that they serve at the table is not in the book either!
I was planning a special birthday party for my very-Irish mother, and really wanted to make both of these for her. It was pretty disappointing. However, the dessert choices were amazing.
If you are buying this to be able to have recipes from your favorite dishes from the restaurant, you may be disappointed!
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