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Darina Allen

Darina Allen is co-founder of the Ballymaloe Cookery School and more recently the Ballymaloe Organic Farm School in Shanagarry, East Cork.

Darina Allen: Cheap food is a myth — the real cost is simply too high

Darina Allen: Cheap food is a myth — the real cost is simply too high

Cutting cost on the food you eat is just raising the cost on your health

Sun, 17 May, 2026

Traditional spanish seafood paella in the fry pan with mussels, langoustine and fish

Darina Allen: How to make Spanish paella, inspired by my trip to Valencia

Darina Allen gives us a taste of her Spanish getaway

Sat, 09 May, 2026

Darina Allen: Having a bank holiday barbecue? Try this smash burger recipe

Darina Allen: Having a bank holiday barbecue? Try this smash burger recipe

Here’s a taste of some of the recipes in Jim Moore’s, How To BBQ Everything published by Ebury Press. Happy grilling.

Sat, 02 May, 2026

Delicious homemade spinach pie and spatula on grey table, top view

Darina Allen: Think a spinach quiche sounds dull? You need to try this delicious recipe

We’ve allowed ourselves to become ridiculously de-skilled, many otherwise highly achieving people can scarcely make toast

Sat, 25 Apr, 2026

Darina Allen: Try something new with these super-easy Chinese dishes

Darina Allen: Try something new with these super-easy Chinese dishes

This week, I am sharing super-easy recipes from Suzie Lee’s new book ‘Simply Speedy Chinese.’

Sat, 18 Apr, 2026

Darina Allen: What to eat to nourish yourself through menopause — with recipes

Darina Allen: What to eat to nourish yourself through menopause — with recipes

Start a food and drink diary for a week and be prepared for a shock

Wed, 15 Apr, 2026

Roast leg of lamb with potatoes and rosemary on serving wooden board

Darina Allen: My recipes for a traditional Easter Sunday lunch — including roast lamb

We love Easter Sunday lunch — it has to be lamb.

Sun, 05 Apr, 2026

Darina Allen: Three Indian street food recipes to try at home

Darina Allen: Three Indian street food recipes to try at home

Pilgrims come from far and wide, some over 700km, to worship in this holy place, to give thanks to the Narmada for their life, or to scatter ashes of loved ones in the sacred river

Sat, 28 Mar, 2026

Darina Allen: I've found the perfect book for the mammy who loves to feed people

Darina Allen: I've found the perfect book for the mammy who loves to feed people

Orla Drumgoole is a proud Irish mammy who loves to cook, bake, and feed her family and her many friends

Sat, 21 Mar, 2026

warm, freshly baked irish soda bread

Darina Allen: My traditional soda bread, bacon and cabbage, and potato bread recipes

Recipes to celebrate St Patrick's Day

Tue, 17 Mar, 2026