Titanic Dreams, Treasured Recipes: Letters from 1904–1914

A new and revised edition of the non-fiction novella which won Viola Dono Best Food Writer for Northern Ireland 2014. Dreams and Recipes 1904–1914 was shortlisted for Best Food Writing in the World in the Gourmand Best in the World Cookbook, Drinks Book and World Food TV Awards in Yantai, China, in June 2015. Two girls exchange letters, dreams and recipes in Edwardian and Titanic years. The story moves between Belfast, Cavan, Nottingham and Brooklyn, New York, weaving through people and places, and moments in time. The letters are written in the genre of faction, containing a mixture of fact and fiction, occasionally accompanied by a narrator providing historical context and facts. Penned from extensive research combined with family history, the book threads together thoughts and themes reminiscent of many issues we still face in the world around us today. Recipes are presented in metric, Imperial and American cup measurements to suit bakers’ personal weighing out preferences. A sentimental journey and love story that brings history alive, as the reader peeks through some old kitchen windows for a closer look at a time not long past.