This cookbook explores the various ways in which Irish food reflects the culture and traditional myths of Ireland. It includes a variety of traditional Irish dishes ranging from Dublin Bay prawns, grilled goat's cheese on soda bread to chocolate cake with whiskey cream and Irish coffee. The "Food and Folklore" series illustrates the links between the traditional customs of a variety of regions and the prevalent culinary practice of those areas, spanning Irish food and folklore, to the Tuscan hills and ancient traditions of China.