Weekend food with Darina Allen: World Bee Day

May 20 is World Bee Day so I’m devoting a whole column this week to honey, nature’s most delicious, interesting and biodiverse sweetener.

Sun, 19 May, 2019 - 14:00

Darina Allen

May 20 is World Bee Day so I’m devoting a whole column this week to honey, nature’s most delicious, interesting and biodiverse sweetener.

Honey has long been prized for its medicinal properties, now backed up by modern medicine and a growing body of scientific research. I’m a big honey aficionado.

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Courts Food & Drink Food Place: Land of Milk and Honey Place: Ballymaloe Place: Townland of Sweet Honey Place: Ireland Place: London Place: Paris Place: New York Place: Kinoith Garden Person: Darina Allen Event: World Bee Day Event: Dublin Honey Project Organisation: Ballymaloe Cookery School Organisation: Manuka Organisation: Belfast Bees Organisation: EU Organisation: European Food Safety Authority

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