The Castle Kitchen contains a vast collection of over 500 recipes ranging from exotic concoctions to everyday essentials.
Lady Fiona Hannon has spent a lifetime travelling through Africa, India, Europe and America, picking up local culinary specialities and unusual cooking techniques. This, allied to her own thorough cookery training which began at an early age in the kitchen of her grandmother, the Duchess of Montrose, at Brodick, has given her a unique first-hand view of traditional Scottish recipes and many of the most celebrated dishes the world has to offer.
As well as the basics which every cook should master and the recognized classics - crème vichyssoise, zabaglione, gazpacho - there are many unexpected surprises. If you feel like something different, why not try Bacalhau of the Thousand Devils (a Portuguese fish omelette) or Sousboontjies (a South African bean salad)?
Throughout, in addition to the many hints and tips she gives, the author entertains us with vivid evocations of her childhood, for instance - and the many places and personalities she has known and the inventive cooks who have shared their recipes with her.
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