Clodagh McKenna welcomes readers to Broadspear in Clodagh at Home, a richly atmospheric new book celebrating seasonal cooking, effortless entertaining and the rhythms of home life.
With more than 100 new recipes, inspiring seasonal menus and behind-the-scenes stories from the farm, gardens and kitchen, Clodagh at Home is an invitation to gather, cook and live beautifully all year round.
In Clodagh at Home, chef, author and television presenter Clodagh McKenna opens the doors to her home and farm that inspires her cooking, entertaining and way of life. Inspired by her new television series, the book celebrates the art of gathering and the pleasures of home, with more than 100 new recipes designed for everything from one-pan suppers and summer garden lunches to big birthday celebrations, Christmas gatherings, St Patrick’s Day spreads, cocktails and canapés.
Part cookbook, part seasonal companion and part guide to creating a more thoughtful home, Clodagh at Home brings together recipes, stories and practical inspiration rooted in the daily life of Broadspear. Seasonal menus run throughout the book, while chapters move from The Pickling Shed, with recipes for jams, pickles, preserves, chutneys, compotes and ice creams, to The Farm and its Seasons, which explores spring and summer, autumn and winter through recipes and ideas for entertaining indoors and out.
Beyond the recipes, Clodagh at Home is filled with stories from the farm and the daily life of Broadspear — from the hens, woodland pigs, beehives and ducks to the pickling shed and the walled vegetable and fruit garden that keep the kitchen closely tied to the seasons. The book also explores how Clodagh decided upon and designed the spaces that shape life at home, including the pergola kitchen, the Cork Arms pub in the woods and the cutting gardens, showing how each one was created to bring together beauty, purpose and conviviality. Alongside this, she opens up her approach to designing, organising and running her kitchen and pantry, and to planning the week ahead in a way that makes it easier to cook well, eat seasonally and live generously every day.
