Ham & Eggs and Turtle Soup by Sue King
NEW June 2025
Two hundred years of Manx menus, dishes, ingredients and culinary influences.
From the humble to the gastronomic, the experience of eating outside the home is one we can all relate to, whether it's a picnic on a summer's day, a fancy meal in a restaurant, a school dinner or a bag of chips on a park bench.
The Isle of Man, a small British island in the middle of the Irish Sea, has a colourful, and often surprising, record of such meals and this book lends a fascinating peek into two hundred years of Manx menus, dishes, ingredients and culinary influences.
Including over 300 colour and black-and-white images; packed with nostalgic and unusual recipes; and easily digestible in bite-size chapters, 'Ham & Eggs and Turtle Soup' presents a rare insight into the food that fuelled the Manx nation and its visitors up until the new millennium.
From 19th century 'devils' to a Nineties lemon meringue pie, this is Island life on a plate...
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