Cafe Canna

Recipes from a Hebridean Island

by Gareth Cole

Imprint: Birlinn

240 Pages, 7.45 x 9.7 in

Hardcover
9781780278513
May 2024
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$34.95

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"The Hebridean cookbook we've been waiting for." — Ailsa Sheldon, Herald food critic

Perched on a beautiful Scottish island measuring just two miles across, Café Canna is one of the remotest restaurants in Britain.

Justly famous for its seafood, landed from clear, sparkling Hebridean waters, foraged seaweed is also a mainstay of the restaurant’s imaginative menu. Meat comes from the fields nearby, vegetables from the garden plot, fruit from the orchard, fresh bread is baked daily and beer brewed on the premises.

This book is a magnificent celebration of Café Canna and the close-knit island community which is its lifeblood. The recipes showcase the enormous range of dishes produced locally – all of which can be replicated by cooking enthusiasts at home. The range of starters, main courses, puddings, accompaniments and baking is rich and varied, from Dulse seaweed croquettes, Kelp miso ramen, Langoustine prawn toast, and Beef, Skye black ale and blue murder pie to Wild gorse crème brulee, Nettle and spinach spanakopita, and Singapore chilli Canna crab.

Gareth Cole was born in Aberdeen and worked for many years in IT in London before moving with his young family to Canna to develop Café Canna.

"The Hebridean cookbook we've been waiting for." ~Ailsa Sheldon, Herald food critic

"A sumptuous affair that portrays a foodie island idyll." ~Emma Cowing, Scottish Daily Mail

"Now you can recreate their culinary magic in your own home!" ~Books From Scotland

"[Cole] shares his love of seafood landed from the waters surrounding the island and seaweed foraged from its shores." ~Maggie Ritchie, Herald

"... there's more to Cole's book than recipes. It's a celebration of his home, and his tiny team... a book for those who want to be a bit hands on." ~Gaby Soutar, The Scotsman

Gareth Cole presides over one of the remotest restaurants in the UK . . . A brilliant showcase for the island's produce and for Gareth's cooking. Recipes include dulse seaweed croquettes, langoustine and smoked haddock pie, and rabbit and chutney sausage rolls' ~Waitrose Weekend, Easter weekend edition

This is a magnificent celebration of Cafe Canna – the brilliant restaurant in the Hebrides - and the close-knit island community' ~Waterstones Recommends