EXPLORE ISSUES
Homegrown authors share a few of their favourite recipes and warming personal stories to go alongside.
Choose a recipe from the list below, cook it up and enjoy with a good book.
- Apple and Bramble Crumble
- Blackthorn Sloe Gin
- Buck Rogers’ Saturday Night Mince & Tatties
- Cashew Nut Roast
- Chopped Liver
- Clootie Dumpling
- Colin’s Roast Mackerel with Red Pesto
- Grace and May’s Macaroni Cheese
- Jam Cake
- Larry’s World Famous Pasta Sauce
- Lentil and Tomato Soup
- Mama Logan’s Roast Potatoes
- Midge Cemetery
- Mutton and Barley Broth
- Nettle Soup
- Parmesan Oven-Fried Chicken
- Rowan Jelly
- Scotch Beef Wellington
- Seafarer’s Stew
- Shepherd’s Pie
- Tablet
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Sally Magnusson
Broadcaster and journalist Sally Magnusson has written 10 books, most famously, her Sunday Times bestseller, Where Memories Go (2014) about her mother’s dementia. Half-Icelandic, half Scottish, Sally has inherited a rich storytelling tradition. Her deb …
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The Islands Book Trust
Since 2003, IBT has published over 100 books or booklets on the history and culture (in English and Gaelic) of Scottish islands. In an earlier period we were publishing over 10 books pa. Our website shows the publications currently in print. Our most r …