Carol Wilson & Christopher Trotter have produced many great cookbooks of Scottish recipes, this one will take you from the classics to more modern twists like spinach salsa and red onion relish. This cookbook includes many of the recipes found in Taste of Scotland. 128 page softcover book begins with 35 pages on Scottish foods, history and locations where great Scottish foods are grown or harvested. Classic breakfast recipes like porridge, potato cakes, kedgeree, lorne sausage and creamy scrambled eggs with smoked salmon. It then has soups & appetizers like scotch broth and hot crab souflles. Main Courses are more adventurous with steamed mussels with spinach salsa, grilled lobster with tarragon cream, Dundee beef stew and mutton hotpot. Pheasant, partridge, wild boar and even rabbit recipes are here. Side dishes include classics like skirlie and kailkenny while desserts recipes include iced cranachan, rhubarb frushie, blackcurrant tart and clootie dumpling. Recipes for drinks like Prince Charlie's Coffee, Glasgow Punch and Athol Brose are here too. There is even a section on breads, rolls & preserves with bannocks, drop scones and more. Each recipe is easy to follow, most ingredients can be found easily in the USA and the food is wonderful. Challenge your palate with these new recipes.