The Irish Stew

The Irish Stew

Cooking The Books

The Old Spot Cookbook and Season

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John and Sally McKenna
Oct 07, 2024
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The Old Spot Cook Book does several things very well, and chief amongst those things is its celebration of the skills of Denise McBrien, the manager of the celebrated Dublin gastropub.

Restaurant managers used to be more famous than chefs – when Jancis Robinson and Nick Lander owned L’Escargot in London’s Soho, their fame played second fiddle to Elena Sa…

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