Not only is Shetland a community that’s committed to good food, it’s also blessed with a remarkable number of fiction and non-fiction authors. So, it’s not surprising that we also have a growing collection of books about cooking.
The earliest of these, Cookery for Northern Wives by Margaret Stout, is approaching its centenary, having first been published in 1925 and reprinted in a facsimile edition a few years ago. It records many traditional Shetland recipes; there’s a strong emphasis on using everything that was available from land and sea. Much more recently, Charlie Simpson’s In Da Galley brought together a wonderful collection of seafood essays and recipes.