Eggs are a magic food - incredibly nutritious, widely available, super versatile, the quintessential fast food and surprisingly inexpensive, considering their food value and satiety. 

Plus: the gifts of nature, as the hungry gap is nearly over in Ballymaloe

"I’ve got my antennae primed to pick up food trends and use every meal slot to try as many exciting new restaurants as I can manage."

Cabbage is making a comeback and I, for one, am here for it

"How wonderful is the miracle of nature — Spring is here at last, and now it's Easter."

Chicken satay, cannellini one-pot, and gooey hot-chocolate pots - good food that really is on the go!

"I just love bacon and cabbage and parsley sauce. Of course, corned beef and cabbage is the emigrant’s favourite in America and very tasty it is too with some real Colman's mustard mixed from the powder."

Curcumin, the active ingredient in turmeric, acts as an antioxidant and appears to have powerful disease- fighting properties.

My friend’s recipes reflect a lifetime of cooking delicious food at her US restaurant

My post-antibiotic fight to regain that special gut feeling