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- Catherine Johnson
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Irish-American Margaret Johnson has always had an interest in food and a passion for Ireland. In 1992 she wrote her first cookbook Ireland: Grand Places, Glorious Food based on recipes contributed from chefs at country houses and castles. She likes to say she writes cookbooks based on “left-overs” and found she had nearly enough unused recipes to put together another book, Cooking with Irish Spirits (1995). Both were published in Dublin. She has since authored four more--The Irish Heritage Cookbook (which was nominated for a Versailles World Cookbook Award in 1999), The New Irish Table (2003), Irish Puddings, Tarts, Crumbles and Fools (2004), and The Irish Pub Cookbook (2005), all from Chronicle Books, San Francisco. In 2006, Chronicle will publish A Thirst for Ireland, a revised edition of Cooking with Irish Spirits.
Margaret has also written more than 200 food and travel pieces for newspapers and magazines in both the U.S. and Ireland, and she frequently lectures on Irish food and drink at Irish cultural events, food festivals, and on cruise ships. In July 2005, she will be a special interest lecturer on Crystal Cruise lines “Celtic Embrace” (www.crystalcruises.com), which visits England, Ireland, and Scotland. She also gives cooking demonstrations at various cooking schools, including the Viking Culinary Center and Sur La Table, and regularly participates in events such as "The Book and the Cook" in Philadelphia (www.thebookandthecook.com). In May, she will be the featured chef at the Memphis in May International Festival (www.memphisinmay.org), which this year honors Ireland.
In March 2003, Margaret was honored to have The New Irish Table launched at a James Beard Foundation dinner, co-hosted by her friend, Irish chef Noel McMeel. In July 2006, they will be featured "guest chefs" at Lacombe en Perigord, a cooking school in the Perigord region of France. For details, visit www.lacombe-perigord.com (guest chefs 2006).
