Trish deseine on bbc ni news

Well done BBC on the exceptional Taste North initiative last week, the highlight of which was Trish Deseine’s splendid Doorstep Cooking television show.

This focus on local food and drink will have helped immensely to increase awareness of the taste, quality, wholesomeness and safety of the very wide variety of products readily available here.

I am sure that Trish’s series for BBC Northern Ireland and Home – Recipes from Ireland, her superb cookbook will encourage more people across the province to look closely at what local produce offers for meals and snacks.

It’s a book that honours the plain cooking of her Co.

Antrim childhood on a beef farm, and the plentiful benefits of the Irish larder.

This beautifully illustrated book is recognition, too, of the great progress of our cuisine in recent years by producers and, of course, by the many talented chefs in restaurants across Northern Ireland.

A native of Ballyclare, Trish is a widely respected food writer with a stri