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Darina Allen

Learn how to cook with Darina's top recipes

Darina Allen's favourite festive treats

CAN you imagine I got my first Christmas card on the third of November, that has to be a record. 

Sat, 05 Dec, 2015

Darina Allen: Utilising cheeses in your recipes

I’VE recently been given a copy of Counter Culture, the Sheridan’s Guide to Cheese.

Sat, 28 Nov, 2015

So much to enjoy in the ever-changing Capetown food scene

JUST back from a hectic few days in Capetown, whizzing from one speaking engagement to the next.

Sat, 21 Nov, 2015

Darina Allen: New book from Trish Deseine offers unique perspective on Irish food culture

A REALLY posh new book celebrating Irish food and cooking has just arrived on my desk. HOME: Recipes from Ireland is Trish Deseine’s new book, and it feels like a love letter to her home country.

Sat, 14 Nov, 2015

Darina Allen: My trip to Chicago

I’VE just returned from a whistlestop tour of Chicago. The main purpose of my trip was to collect a iBAM award which I was indeed very honoured to receive.

Sat, 07 Nov, 2015

Darina Allen: Fiery Pumpkin Soup

HALLOWEEN in the US is almost as big a deal as Christmas, I’ve just recently come back from Chicago and although it was several weeks before Halloween, the celebrations had already begun.

Sat, 31 Oct, 2015

Darina Allen: Warm Roast Duck with Broccoli, Radishes and Anchovy

THE game season is in full swing and at last it is losing its reputation as a luxury food, eaten only in grand country houses. 

Sat, 24 Oct, 2015

Darina Allen experiments with the lingonberry, a weight-loss superfood

LINGONBERRIES grow in the Scandinavian countries, right? Well guess what they also grow very happily here in Ireland in the Bog of Allen in Co Offaly side by side with blueberries. 

Sat, 17 Oct, 2015