Baroness Claire Macdonald

Author of Seasonal Cooking

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About the Author

Claire Macdonald is the author of 17 best-selling cookery books, including Seasonal Cooking, The Harrods Book of Entertaining, The Claire Macdonald Cookbook and Entertaining Solo. She is an energetic Patron of Scottish Food Fortnight and the Association of Scottish Farmers' Markets. In recognition show more of her contribution to Scottish food, Claire was presented with Lifetime Achievement Awards by the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland (2005) and the National Farmers' Union (2011). She was also awarded an honorary doctorate by Abertay University (2008). show less

Includes the names: Claire Macdonald, Claire MacDonald Of MacDonald, Baroness Claire Macdonald of Macdonald, Baroness Macdonald of Claire Macdonald

Works by Baroness Claire Macdonald

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Seasonal Cooking (1983) 46 copies, 1 review

More Seasonal Cooking (1987) 30 copies, 1 review

Lady Macdonald's Scotland: The Best of Scottish Food and Drink (1990) 29 copies

Sweet Things (1984) 29 copies

Delicious Fish (1986) 22 copies, 1 review

Scottish Cookery (1998) 21 copies

The Scottish Food Bible (2014) 20 copies

Celebrations (1989) 19 copies, 1 review

The Harrods Book of Entertaining (1986) 16 copies

Suppers (1994) 15 copies

Lunches (1996) 11 copies

Scottish Cookery (2010) 11 copies

The Claire Macdonald Cookbook (1997) 10 copies

Quick & Easy Desserts and Puddings (1993) 8 copies

Simply Seasonal (2001) 7 copies

Scottish Highland Hospitality: New Recipes from the Scottish Highlands and Islands (2002) 4 copies

The Scottish Wild Food Bible (2020) 4 copies

The Scottish Salmon Bible (2013) 4 copies

Claire Macdonald's Entertaining Solo: Delicious Recipes for Year-Round Informal Entertaining (2002) 3 copies

Lifting the Lid : A Life at Kinloch Lodge, Skye (2012) 3 copies

Lady MacDonald's Chocolate Book (1994) 3 copies

Fish (2006) 2 copies

Claire Macdonald's Entertaining Solo: Delicious Recipes for Single Cooks Who Like to Entertain (2012) 2 copies

Claire Macdonald's Simply Seasonal: Delicious Recipes for Year-Round Informal Entertaining (2012) 2 copies

Lifting the Lid: A Life at Kinloch Lodge, Skye (2014) 1 copy

Making the most of vegetables 1 copy

Claire Macdonald's Fish: Inspiring Fish Recipes for Creative Cooks (2012) 1 copy

The Claire MacDonald Game Cookbook (2018) 1 copy

Performance Research 2:1 (1997) 1 copy

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Call the Nurse: True Stories of a Country Nurse on a Scottish Isle (2012) — Foreword, some editions — 359 copies, 25 reviews

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Gender: female
Organizations: Association of Scottish Farmers' Markets
Scottish Food Fortnight
Awards and honors: Abertay University (PhD, honorary)
Lifetime Achievement Award (Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland)
Ambassador Award (National Farmers' Union of Scotland)
Order of the British Empire
Short biography: [from CKBK website]
Claire Macdonald is the author of seventeen best-selling cookery books, including Seasonal Cooking, The Harrods Book of Entertaining, The Claire Macdonald Cookbook and Entertaining Solo. She is an energetic Patron of Scottish Food Fortnight and The Association of Scottish Farmers' Markets. In recognition of her contribution to Scottish food she was presented a Lifetime Achievement Award by National Farmers' Union in 2011 and the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. Claire was also awarded an honorary doctorate by Abertay University.
Places of residence: Skye, Scotland, UK
Lancashire, England, UK
Associated Place (for map): UK

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Carrie.deSilva 169 reviews

Celebrations by Baroness Claire Macdonald

Married to a clan chief, running a luxury hotel on Skye and with extensive writing, consultancy and cookery class activities (see www.claire-macdonald.com). This is a super book with different occasions as chapter headings, not always the obvious ones, e.g. Confirmation Lunch and Funerals, as well as the more expected Barbecues and Picnics, Birthdays and Christmas. Highly recommended.

Aug 28, 2011 (Edited)

herschelian 562 reviews

Delicious Fish by Baroness Claire Macdonald

This is a really useful book of fish recipes. It is divided into broad catagories such as soup, main courses, special occasions, and there is some information about cooking methods for fish etc. Many of the recipes are Claire MacDonald's versions of well known fish dishes eg: Kedgeree, Moules Marinieres and so on, however there are some excellent simple dishes which are perfect for family dining. This is a good book for a fairly new cook who would like to cook more fish.

Nov 20, 2006

MarthaJeanne 2,126 reviews

More seasonal cooking by Claire Macdonald

If you are going to organize a cookbook by month, please include a Table of Contents, or at the very least, put the names of the month in the index.

May 28, 2016

Carrie.deSilva 169 reviews

Seasonal Cooking by Baroness Claire Macdonald

Married to a clan chief, running a luxury hotel on Skye and with extensive writing, consultancy and cookery class activities (see www.claire-macdonald.com). Chapter headings are the months of the year and this is a treasure trove of top drawer home cooking.

Aug 28, 2011