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Darina Allen

Learn how to cook with Darina's top recipes

Here's how to make homemade mayonnaise in less than five minutes

SCORING a couple of nights in Inis Meáin Suites is as good as winning the Lotto as far as I’m concerned. 

Sat, 04 Jun, 2016

Highlights from the Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food and Wine

WELL, I’ve just put my feet up for the first time in several days. The Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food and Wine is over for another year. 

Sat, 28 May, 2016

Don't miss out on the Litfest, one of the top 10 ‘Best Festivals in the World’

There are over 100 events in the jam packed programme. It kicked off last night in the Grain Store with a welcome party.

Sat, 21 May, 2016

Edible wild plants found along the roadside are added to all the following recipes

At last the countryside is springing into life once again. Wild garlic is in full flush all along the roadside here in East Cork. 

Sat, 14 May, 2016

Feast on these rhubarb and asparagus recipes to nourish and sustain you

WE ARE in the midst of a real crisis in food production. Increasingly farmers and food producers are being paid well below an economic level for their produce and the general public seem totally unaware.

Sat, 07 May, 2016

Here's a taste of what’s to come at the Litfest HQ in Ballymaloe Cookery School, Cork

THINGS are really hotting up here at Litfest HQ, with plans advanced and bookings pouring in for events at this year’s Kerrygold Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food and Wine which Condé Nast Traveller has described as one of the top 10 ‘Best Festivals in the World’.

Sat, 30 Apr, 2016

Delicious recipes from José Pizarro with a Spanish flavour

CLAUDIA RODEN, one of the world’s best known and best loved cookery writers has just celebrated her 80th birthday. 

Sat, 23 Apr, 2016

Some great Moroccan recipe ideas from Darina Allen

There are few really exciting restaurants in Marrakesh perhaps with the exception of al-Fassia, a restaurant run entirely by women. 

Sat, 16 Apr, 2016

Here are some delicious dishes Darina's students made at the Ballymaloe Cookery School

HERE at the Ballymaloe Cookery School, we run three-month certificate courses every year for students who want to gain the skills to earn them a living from their cooking. 

Sat, 09 Apr, 2016

Darina's Imperial Stout Irish Cake has a very distinctive taste and keeps very well

FOOD Awards are two a penny these days. Some carry more cachet than others and all thrill the winners and provide much appreciated exposure.

Sat, 02 Apr, 2016