- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Estragon Press; Revised edition edition (31 Oct 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1874076715
- ISBN-13: 978-1874076711
- Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 10 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,106,217 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This book features grand resort hotels, and simple bed and breakfasts. There are ancient country houses, and modern boutique hotels. Some places are perfect hideaways for the weekend. Others are just the ticket for a family holiday. The editors look for those people who enshrine enthusiasm, energy and accomplishment, and they search for the true hospitality that means you will be cared for and looked after, no matter how grand, no matter how simple, the address. "Prestigious" - Frank Khan, "The Irish Independent". The premise of John and Sally McKenna's guides to Irish food, restaurants and hospitality is simple: in a world of too much choice, the "Bridgestone Guides" simply choose the best. By best, they mean the people in the world of food and hospitality who are the most creative, dynamic, original and inspiring, the people you can trust to deliver you an authentic experience, whether you are stopping for lunch or booking a two-week vacation. Together, they help you find the best contemporary restaurants, and the finest destination addresses in Ireland, as well as great shops, pubs, markets and producers. The McKennas' idiosyncratic and original approach has resulted in a set of books that are internationally respected as the most trustworthy guides to food and hospitality in Ireland. The fact that they are also the most controversial guides shows how much the McKennas understand the zeitgeist of contemporary Irish food.
About the Author
John and Sally McKenna are the only Irish writers ever to win both the Andre Simon Special Award and the Glenfiddich Award for their writing. In 2005 they were awarded the first Slow Food Ireland Media Award. They are recognised internationally as the leading writers on Irish food, and their work appears in many publications worldwide.
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With 15 years of eating and sleeping the length and breadth of the country in a tireless quest for the best of the best, John and Sally McKenna have it down to a fine art. This year's editions of The Bridgestone 100 Best Restaurants and The Bridgestone 100 Best Places to Stay are as wonderfully opinionated and idiosyncratic as ever. And also, very importantly, they are independent. The McKennas and their travelling editors pay for their own meals and accommodation, refusing - as they note at the start of each book - any offers of discounts or gifts.
The wonderful thing about the Guides is their celebration of the kind of host and hospitality that Ireland should be famed for - but often isn't. there are great quotes from Patricia Farrrell at Iverna Cottage in Spiddal who doesn't write a breakfast menu but invites people to "have what ever they want, and they usually have everything!" from a spread of fruit, cereals, fish and breads; Grove House's Katarina Runske - "I want everyone to feel comfortable, at ease and welcome"; and about Pam Mulhaire's elegant Knockeven in Cobh where she makes people feel "not merely welcome, but extra-welcome, double welcome, triple welcome."
The wonderful thing about the Guides is their celebration of the kind of host and hospitality that Ireland should be famed for - but often isn't. there are great quotes from Patricia Farrrell at Iverna Cottage in Spiddal who doesn't write a breakfast menu but invites people to "have what ever they want, and they usually have everything!" from a spread of fruit, cereals, fish and breads; Grove House's Katarina Runske - "I want everyone to feel comfortable, at ease and welcome"; and about Pam Mulhaire's elegant Knockeven in Cobh where she makes people feel "not merely welcome, but extra-welcome, double welcome, triple welcome."
While the prose sometimes goes a little over the top (although I did love the mention of "rollicking Roly's") it's not many people that will be sitting down reading these books from cover to cover. If you're planning a special night out or weekend away, you could do a lot worse than resort to consulting the McKennas.
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