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"What makes them 'not Irish' if they've been here 1000 years?"

Chef JP McMahon has spent some time exploring Ireland's culinary past- and it took him thousands of years back into our history. He spoke to Ivan about his new cookery book

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18.33 27 Feb 2020


"What makes them 'not Irish' if they've been here 1000 years?"


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18.33 27 Feb 2020


Chef JP McMahon has spent some time exploring Ireland's culinary past- and it took him thousands of years back into our history.

He's now utilised this new-found knowledge to help him write a book called The Irish Cookbook.

Spanning around 12,000 years of cooking and food preparation on this island, JP joined Ivan to talk about how all this adds up to a recipe book in the 21st century that's reflective of both our past and our current tastes


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