Cooking with the Shack Restaurant: Traditional, Classic and Modern Irish recipes and A history of Irish Food

A Traditional Irish Cookery book, written by David Ellis, owner and operator of The Shack Restaurant, the Traditional Irish Restaurant located next-door to the famous Temple Bar Pub. Over the past 25 years, The Shack Restaurant has served almost 2 Million guests. The recipe book contains Traditional, Classic and Modern recipes from our menu and specials board.

This book takes us on a time Journey through the old Temple Bar district of Dublin, Ireland, right through to the present-day where the area has become one of the busiest tourist and cultural areas in Dublin City. We will also 'Journey through the History of Irish Food and the Irish Famine' providing the reader with an insight into what shaped our traditional fares, and this journey could not be complete without the personal experience of food and cooking of the author.

David Ellis was born to Eileen and Teddy Ellis, He grew up in West Dublin in the 60s and left school early in life. He went on to owned and operated twelve restaurants, three hotels and a pub in Ireland. He wrote Cooking with the Shack Restaurant to share his heritage of loving family cooking with the world.