"The Surf Cafe Cookbook" is the first book by Jane and Myles Lamberth, proprietors of Shells Cafe in Strandhill on the west coast of Ireland. Jane and Myles met eight years ago when they were both working in the UK. They spent summers working in restaurants by the sea in Cornwall so they could go surfing, and winters running chalets in ski resorts in the Alps. Eventually they felt the need to put some roots down so they took the plunge and opened their own place, Shells Cafe, in March 2010. And they haven't looked back since. It's the perfect place for Jane and Myles to create great food and live the outdoor lifestyle they love. They use fresh organic seasonal produce - vegetables from the bountiful Irish soil, and fish from the wild Atlantic. From foraging on the beach to creating the perfect picnic to making homemade Baileys, "The Surf Cafe Cookbook" focuses on locally-produced food that's unpretentious and tasty. It's food for sharing with friends and family, around the kitchen table or on a beach blanket thrown on the sand. It's contemporary Irish cooking with a soupcon of salty air. And the "Surf Cafe Cookbook" is more than just a cookbook, it also includes all sorts of useful tips ranging from how to gut a fish to making crafty home accessories for special occasions. This is coastal living at its best - cooking, eating and living the Irish way. In this book Myles and Jane want to share their food adventures with you. Food and the outdoors are Myles and Jane's great passions. Myles is head chef and mastermind behind the menu; Jane did a degree in Business and Marketing before ditching the city life in search of adventure.
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Food and the outdoors are Myles's great passions. He is head chef at Shells Cafe and mastermind behind the menu.
Jane did a degree in Business and Marketing before ditching the city life in search of adventure. Like Myles, her twin passions are food and outdoor living.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By aoifep
Format:Paperback
The Surf Cafe cookbook is a real treat for anybody who likes tasty, good food fast and also wants some eye candy. This is a very cool, funky book, especially for all those ocean lovers. The lemon squares recipe is DIVINE! Works as both a coffee table book and for your recipe book shelf. Will be giving one to all my friends and family as gifts!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By simon weekes
Format:Paperback
now , im not the best cook, but i surf, and have done for 25 years, i also film a hell of a lot of cooking shows,which you will have seen no doubt,and i looooove eating. so i was at first hugely skeptical about yet another shabby-chique-rustique cookbook. not to mention using surfing as a vehicle-"how trendy and ridiculous" thought i!
i couldnt have been more mistaken, the book is a treat and pleasure to flick through or delve deeper when the eye is caught.
the recipes are mostly simple to follow and not filled with a million ingredients that you will never own.
lovely photos,( these i have seen and done before-soft backlight, narrow depth of field stuff, but hey , it works and the food looks very appetising)
but also fun tricks with design, and some great surfing /skating iconic images
lovely little stories,
and most importantly for me anyway, the book is not at all pretentious.sure it looks good, and its a bit chic, but its the real deal, these guys live the cold damp dream in ireland,not everyones cuppa, but they have found the magik and warmth and hospitality and fun and joy of the irish and of surfing and of food and of cooking and eating and laughing, and managed to beautifully illustrate, photograph and package it all into one neat book.they have created a unique and interesting book, and i highly recommend it.
i couldnt have been more mistaken, the book is a treat and pleasure to flick through or delve deeper when the eye is caught.
the recipes are mostly simple to follow and not filled with a million ingredients that you will never own.
lovely photos,( these i have seen and done before-soft backlight, narrow depth of field stuff, but hey , it works and the food looks very appetising)
but also fun tricks with design, and some great surfing /skating iconic images
lovely little stories,
and most importantly for me anyway, the book is not at all pretentious.sure it looks good, and its a bit chic, but its the real deal, these guys live the cold damp dream in ireland,not everyones cuppa, but they have found the magik and warmth and hospitality and fun and joy of the irish and of surfing and of food and of cooking and eating and laughing, and managed to beautifully illustrate, photograph and package it all into one neat book.they have created a unique and interesting book, and i highly recommend it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By M. Capilitan
Format:Paperback
Having eaten in the cafe which inspired the book, I was keen to get my hands on the book as soon as it came out. And I wasn't disappointed...the recipes inside are fab and as my title suggests, it really is more than just another cookbook, with a lifestyle theme running throughout the book, with tips on how to get the best ingredients and where to find them to how the make great coffee! It's called the Surf Cafe Cookbook, but for any non-surfers don't worry, there's only a few pages on the sport of surfing, it really is more about the culture and lifestyle that accompanies the location of the cafe where the authors work/run. And the photography inside also really compliment the actual content, it's a real colourful book....definitely recommended.
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Love it love it love it!
This is an amazing cookbook for anybody who wants to bring a sense of colour, vibrancy, flavour and freshness to their table. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Cagey Girl
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Great cookbook
I love this book. Really nice recipes, which where idiot proof (I being testament to that) and most importantly made me look good in the kitchen. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Rip McShredder
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Lovely wee book
Beautiful pictures, great recipes. Again this was for my son the surfer and he has tried some of the recipes(he is also a keen & very good cook) the food was really delicious and... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Annie
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Lovely cookbook
This is a fabulous cookbook with wholesome food recipes. I was given this cookbook by my husband because he knows how much I love going to the author's cafe, Shells, on Ireland's... Read more
Published 4 months ago by ddealee3
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Sun, surf and food food. Who could ask for more!
Bought this for my uni son who loves surf & cooking! The title was so inspiring, just a shame it didn't feature the word "Living The Dream" anywhere in the book???!! Read more
Published 4 months ago by cindy
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Excellent book, lovely design
This is a really crafted book with superb photography and plenty to inspire. Great food, great images and surely a must in every surfers kitchen!
Published 5 months ago by L. Stockley
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Tasty
After a windy October morning on the beech at Standhill my family went to the cafe for a bit of sustenance. The food was so good we bought the book. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Ralph Barron
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A good general recipe book with a difference
In short this is a cookbook written by the owner-couple of "Shells Café" in Strandhill on the west coast of Ireland, featuring locally-produced food that could be suitable... Read more
Published 5 months ago by I. Darren
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Surf Cafe Cook book
Lovely book for cooking and just looking at! Some great recipes, simple but tasty (the ones I've tried so far! Read more
Published 9 months ago by emily
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Love the place, love the book
I'm a Cornish surfer and I've been over to Ireland 4 or 5 times with my lady. We love the waves over there, the scenery is amazing and the people are super friendly. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Fast Eddie J
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