Beautiful Affair: A Journey in Music, Food and FriendshipFrom the early days of his music with Stocktons Wing to his time training at Ballymaloe Cookery School, food and music have been parallel lines that have kept Mike Hanrahan on track his entire life. Mike Hanrahan, cook and teacher, songwriter and musician, takes us back stage and into the kitchens of a bohemian, international and surprisingly foodie group of Irish household names, including Ronnie Drew, Finbar Furey, Maura OConnell, Leslie Dowdall,

Jimmy Marcus

a picture of the author as a teen rapper

With themes of family

and Roger Williams

Teen Tom Raines grew up with nothing

\"Maguire did something truly remarkable with this novel

the Tin Woodman’s heart

your choices

But as attraction flares between them and ancient evils stir

telling his side of the story in full and for the first time

From student to line cook to teacher to waitress and eventually to award-winning author

That’s all it was meant to be