This is a gem of a book. Sue Lawrence has interviewed 70 prominent Scots and unlocked their beloved memories of food and what it was like for them growing up. She talks to them about their families, their home and their relationship with food. Most of the childhoods of the twentieth century are represented here, and include celebrities as diverse as Ewan McGregor, Gordon Brown, Hardeep Singh Koli, AL Kennedy, Andy Murray, Sharleen Spiteri and Gordon Ramsay. They reminisce about their mum's cullen skink, their dad's roast and their granny's shortbread which Sue tests out and brings right up to date as only Sue can. With a mellow nostalgic tone running through the interviews and recipes, you can't help but be inspired to make it how it used to be made.
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'a wonderful collection of childhood memories, a truly nostalgic food trip down memory lane'
(Nigella Lawson )'a common affirmation of Scottish food in the place it was often the best - at home'
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Sue Lawrence won Masterchef in 1991 and was the President of the Guild of Food Writers from 2004 to 2007. She wrote a regular column for Scotland on Sunday, was the Sunday Times food columnist, and also appears regularly on radio and television. She won the Regional Writer Glenfiddich Food and Drink Award in 2003 for her work in Scotland on Sunday and is the author of the award-winning SCOTS COOKING. Sue lives in Edinburgh with her husband and three children.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By FJM
Format:Hardcover
Sue Laurence is one of my favourite cookery writers. Her recipes are easy to follow but more importantly they work. Taste Ye Back is a collection of recipes chosen by prominent Scots but given an additional stir of excitement when tested for the book, by Sue.
I was lucky enough to watch Sue demonstrate a couple of the recipes from the book at a food festival; minimal fuss (even when stirring with an over sized spoon) easy to prepare and extremely tasty; the queues were long.
The added biographical value of Taste Ye Back is a page devoted to the childhood food memories of each Scot who has contributed a recipe. Quid-nunc - Sue also discloses the year of each important Scot's birth. However, the recipes aren't catalogued by year of birth but far more conveniently:
* Soups and Starters
* Veg, Cheese and Breakfast
* Fish
* Meat
* Puddings
* Bakes
Sue is an inspiration and this time she has been generous with her royalties too Headline has donated £1000 of the advance and will donate 1% of the total royally income to Children's Hospice Association Scotland.
I was lucky enough to watch Sue demonstrate a couple of the recipes from the book at a food festival; minimal fuss (even when stirring with an over sized spoon) easy to prepare and extremely tasty; the queues were long.
The added biographical value of Taste Ye Back is a page devoted to the childhood food memories of each Scot who has contributed a recipe. Quid-nunc - Sue also discloses the year of each important Scot's birth. However, the recipes aren't catalogued by year of birth but far more conveniently:
* Soups and Starters
* Veg, Cheese and Breakfast
* Fish
* Meat
* Puddings
* Bakes
Sue is an inspiration and this time she has been generous with her royalties too Headline has donated £1000 of the advance and will donate 1% of the total royally income to Children's Hospice Association Scotland.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This was bought for my wife who expressed satisfaction with the old fashioned recipes etc.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Mary Crag
Format:Hardcover
lovely book to browse - recipes are good and varied and the stories from various personalities make it interesting reading
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If you enjoy cooking,as I do, this is an excellent book. I have it myself and have now bought it for a Scottish Friend as a birthday gift as he is always borrowing mine...Very interesting stories from many Scottish personalities!
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This has some very good old Scottish recipes and have enjoyed trying out new ideas.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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What wonderful memories this brought back to me. My Mother was Scottish and it reminded me of her home cooking. Can't wait to try the recipes. Really interesting to read and well as cook.
1 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By Ivan
Format:Hardcover
An interesting though somewhat standard collection of recipes Scotland that demonstrates why Scot's have one of the worst health records in the world. If you like fat and sugar you will love this. The book though is well enough presented and the personality touch could make it an interesting conversation piece. Just don't eat any of it.
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