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© Irish Countrywomen’s Trust, 2012, 2014

First published by Gill & Macmillan 2012

This ebook edition published by Gill & Macmillan 2014

978 07171 5332 9 (print)

978 07171 5334 3 (epub)

978 07171 5335 0 (mobi)

General Editor Aoife Carrigy

Design by Tanya M Ross, Elementinc.ie

Photography by Joanne Murphy

Styled by Orla Neligan

Recipes tested by Marie McGuirk

Assistant to photographer and stylist: Niamh Freeney

Props supplied by

Avoca: H/O, Kilmacanogue, Bray, Co. Wicklow. T: 01 286 7466; E: info@avoca.ie; W: www.avoca.ie

Eden Home & Garden: 1–4 Temple Grove, Temple Road, Blackrock, Co.

Dublin. T: 01 764 2004; E: edenhomeandgarden@hotmail.com; W: www.edenhomeandgarden.ie

Meadows & Byrne: Dublin, Cork, Galway, Clare, Tiperary. T: 01 280 5444/021 434 4100; E: info@meadowsandbyrne.com; W: www.meadowsandbyrne.com

Marks & Spencer: Unit 1–28, Dundrum Town Centre, Dublin 16. T: 01 299 1300; W: www.marksandspencer.ie

Cath Kidston: Level 1 Unit 49, Dundrum Town Centre, Dublin 16. T: 01 296 4430; E: dundrum@cathkidston.co.uk; W: cathkidston.co.uk

House of Fraser: Dundrum Town Centre, Dublin 16. T: 01 299 1400; E: dundrum@hof.co.uk; W: houseoffraser.co.uk

The Blue Door: The Crescent, Monkstown, Co. Dubin. T: 01 230 1894; E: customerservice@thebluedoordirect.ie; W: www.thebluedoordirect.ie

Historic Interiors: Oberstown, Lusk, Co. Dublin. T: 01 843 7174; E: killian@historicinteriors.net

Harold’s Bazaar: 208 Harold’s Cross Road, Dublin 6. T: 087 722 8789 All photographs supplied by Joanne Murphy except the following:

© Alexey Ivanov/Getty Images (loaf of bread preceding ‘How to cook within a budget); © Emmeline Watkins/Alamy (cooking apples preceding ‘Damson & Apple Sauce’)

Cover design by Tanya M Ross, Elementinc.ie

Cover photograph © www.joanne-murphy.com

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