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15 December 2010

Book review: Scottish Traditional Recipes, by Christopher Trotter

For my first book review for this blog, I looked hard for a book of traditional Scottish recipes, written specifically for a vegetarian audience. Alas, there's no such thing - or, if there is, it's not known to Amazon or Google. There are, however, several excellent general Scottish cookbooks that include at least a sprinkling of veggie-friendly dishes.

Scottish Traditional Recipes, by Christopher Trotter, is one such volume. It's true that its main focus is on fish, meat, poultry and game (venison and salmon both make a strong appearance). But more than a few of its 130-odd recipes are either naturally vegetarian or can easily be adapted. The Vegetables and Grains chapter, for example, includes a barley risotto (but you need to use vegetable stock rather than chicken stock) and colcannon (which I always thought was from Ireland, but which has Aberdonian connections, according to the author).