‘Tickling the Palate’
These essays offer fascinating insights into the role played by gastronomy in Irish literature and culture. They explore the importance of food in Irish writing; culinary practices among the 1950s Dublin working class; new trends among Ireland’s ‘foodie’ generation; and the economic and tourism possibilities created by gastronomic nationalism.
These essays offer fascinating insights into the role played by gastronomy in Irish literature and culture. They explore the importance of food in Irish writing; culinary practices among the 1950s Dublin working class; new trends among Ireland’s ‘foodie’ generation; and the economic and tourism possibilities created by gastronomic nationalism.
| ISBN: | 9783034317696 |
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| Auflage: | 1 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 235 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Herausgeber: | Mac Con Iomaire, Máirtin Maher, Eamon |
| Verlag: | Peter Lang Group AG, International Academic Publishers |
| Veröffentlicht: | 11.04.2014 |
| Untertitel: | Gastronomy in Irish Literature and Culture |
| Schlagworte: | Culture Eamon Gastronomy Iomaire Irish Literature Maher consumption gastronomic nationalism ‘Tickling |
Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire is a lecturer in culinary arts at the Dublin Institute of Technology. He is an award-winning chef, culinary historian, food writer, broadcaster and ballad singer. He has presented two series of the cookery programme Aingeal sa Christin for RTÉ and has featured on numerous other radio and television programmes. He is chair and co-founder of the Dublin Gastronomy Symposium. Eamon Maher is Director of the National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies at the Institute of Technology, Tallaght (Dublin), where he also lectures in humanities. His most recent book, co-edited with Eugene O’Brien, is From Prosperity to Austerity: A Socio-Cultural Critique of the Celtic Tiger and its Aftermath (2014).