Darina Allen

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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

Darina Allen: Three recipes for an Indian-inspired brunch

Darina Allen: How to make a beef burger and my secret to make it perfect

Darina Allen: Three recipes to inspire you to leave the city for countryside life

Darina Allen: As price of beef continues to rise, versatile venison offers an alternative

Darina Allen: Chicken kebabs marinated in yoghurt and spices

fried thai fish cakes on a skillet on a concrete table with sweet chili sauce

Darina Allen: Sustainable fish recipes for World Oceans Day

'Look out for hake, rock salmon, sometimes called coley or saithe, and mackerel'

Sat, 05 Jun, 2021

Traditional argentinian chimichurri sauce made of parsley, cilantro, garlic and chili pepper in a glass jar. Selective focus, ho

Darina Allen: My favourite recipes using easy to grow garden herbs

Herbs to add a bit of magic to dishes — recipes for Parsley Pesto and Chimichurri Sauce

Sat, 22 May, 2021

Darina Allen: Purple potato, pickled beetroot, red onion and scallion salad

— and that's just one of recipe made using delicious ingredients from the well-deserved winners of the Irish Food Writers Guild Awards

Sat, 15 May, 2021

Darina Allen: Nettle and wild garlic soup is literally a top pick

It's time to step up to the plate and work on our sustainability

Sat, 08 May, 2021

Homemade Rhubarb Compote on White Marble

Darina Allen: Growing your own is worth it on so many levels

— delicious fresh beetroot is a winner with salmon or in salad or as a tonic

Sat, 01 May, 2021

Darina Allen: My favourite barbeque recipes for sunny weekends

— and you'll love Lamb, Pork or Chicken Satay or Spatchcock Chicken with Sumac, Thyme and Garlic

Sat, 24 Apr, 2021

What about tucking into this festive munch for brunch?

Top chefs Neven Maguire, Paul Flynn and Darina Allen believe in serving a simple yet delicious Christmas brunch. Arlene Harris reports on their mouthwatering suggestions

Fri, 18 Dec, 2020

Darina Allen: How to grown your own veg, use leftovers and live sustainably

From growing your own, to cooking with leftovers, Darina Allen has been advocating a sustainable approach to food for decades now. We are finally listening, writes Joe McNamee

Sat, 23 May, 2020

Darina Allen: The latest food trends - What's hot and what's not

Darina Allen examines some of the latest food trends

Mon, 02 Mar, 2020

Darina Allen: A feast of food and lots of fun

Darina Allen says it is time to make a shopping list for your Christmas meals to remove any stress and enjoy the break with your loved ones.

Tue, 10 Dec, 2019

Darina Allen has helped us put dinners on the table, week in and week out

As Darina Allen marks 21 years of her column for The Irish Examiner, Weekend editor Vickie Maye pays tribute.

Fri, 22 Nov, 2019

Weekend Food with Darina Allen: Harissa and Goat’s Cheese Buns

Honey & Co Chefs, husband and wife team, Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich are sitting contentedly at our kitchen table podding peas and broad beans for supper.

Sat, 06 Jul, 2019

Ballymaloe Cookery School back in black with modest return to profit

Celebrity chef Darina Allen's Ballymaloe Cookery School returned to profit last year, recording a profit of €62,134 compared to a loss of €45,548 in the previous year.

Tue, 28 May, 2019

Darina Allen: A Food Lovers Weekend in Paris

The Paris restaurant scene has sprung back into life. That may sound like a bizarre observation considering its reputation as the gastronomic capital of the world.

Mon, 01 Apr, 2019

Try an Indian breakfast recipe with Darina Allen

To celebrate Holi, the festival of colour and love- a piece on India.

Tue, 19 Mar, 2019

Darina Allen: Marmalade is not just for your toast or scones

THE last few weeks have been a frenzy of marmalade-making. Julia, and her team in the Farmers Market kitchen here at the Ballymaloe Cookery School, have been slicing and juicing surrounded by preserving pans of bubbling citrus peel.

Sat, 23 Feb, 2019

Two Cork eateries honoured at inaugural World Restaurant Awards in Paris

Two restaurants in Cork and a restaurant in London have triumphed on the global food stage at the inaugural World Restaurant Awards.

Mon, 18 Feb, 2019

How to cook the traditional festive feast this Christmas

From starters to the main course, Darina Allen and Rory O’Connell unveil the ultimate Christmas feast – including the traditional turkey and all the trimmings.

Fri, 14 Dec, 2018

Darina Allen: What's in season this time of year?

Root vegetables will be even better in a few weeks’ time, says Darina Allen.

Sat, 01 Dec, 2018

Weekend Food with Darina Allen: Our food can and should be our medicine

Ted Dinan, Professor of Psychiatry at UCC and I shared a platform at the Science Foundation of Ireland and IIBN event at the River Lee Hotel recently.

Sat, 10 Nov, 2018

Darina Allen: A celebration of the humble spud

This week’s column is a celebration of the potato — the super versatile, super nutritious and super cool tuber often referred to as the humble spud.

Sat, 13 Oct, 2018

Weekend food with Darina Allen: Wild foods in vogue

Wild foods have never been so much in vogue, they are all over restaurant menus and we love it, writes Darina Allen

Sat, 29 Sep, 2018

A sneak peek at some recipes from Darin Allen's new Simply Delicious cookbook

Darina Allen looks back on the success of her Simply Delicious cookbooks

Sat, 22 Sep, 2018

Darina Allen's recipes are standing the test of time

Her Simply Delicious books taught a generation of Irish people to cook. Now, in a new book, Darina Allen has compiled 100 recipes from the classic collection for the next generation, writes Joe McNamee

Sat, 22 Sep, 2018

Weekend Food with Darina Allen: Recipes to pass down to the small ones

On Sunday, September 30, we celebrate Slow Food Grandmothers’ Day at the Ballymaloe Cookery School.

Sat, 15 Sep, 2018

Darina Allen and Brendan Grace to recreate Kennedy tea party

Television chef Rachel Allen and comedian Brendan Grace are teaming up to re-create the most famous Tea Party in Ireland’s history, as they are set to host the Kennedy Tea Party during a summer school in Co Wexford.

Mon, 20 Aug, 2018

Food of the Caucasus with Darina Allen

FOR some time now I’ve become more and more intrigued by the food of the Caucasus — Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia.

Sat, 18 Aug, 2018

How to cook with edible flowers

Darina Allen shares some of her favourite recipes with edible flowers

Sat, 11 Aug, 2018

Weekend Food with Darina Allen: Some berry nice recipes with fresh summer fruit

THE currant and berry garden here at the Ballymaloe Cookery School is bursting with ripe, juicy organic fruit and so are the Farmers Markets.

Sat, 28 Jul, 2018

Darina Allen's appetite for life is still growing as she hits 70

On the occasion of her 70th birthday this month, Joe McNamee talks to Darina Allen about her life in food, a journey that has grown increasingly radical with each passing year.

Sat, 14 Jul, 2018

Darina Allen: Pork with Beijing Scallions and other recipes

Darina Allen offers up some recipese with a Chinese flavour.

Sat, 07 Jul, 2018

Weekend Food with Darina Allen: Cool off with these La Grotta Ices recipes

Kitty Travers’ La Grotta Ices book has arrived just in time for us to catch some of the early summer flavours that the undisputed ice-cream queen has captured in recipes that you and I can make right now.

Sat, 30 Jun, 2018

Weekend Food with Darina Allen: Legacy left behind by Myrtle Allen

By the time you read this column on Saturday, the news of Myrtle Allen’s passing will be well known.

Sat, 16 Jun, 2018

Darina Allen: Indian inspired recipes from Kricket

Darina Allen prepares more delicious recipes and talks about a restaurant called Kricket in London.

Sat, 19 May, 2018

Darina Allen: Recipes inspired by the gastronomic revolution in County Laois

RECENTLY I was invited back to my home county, Laois to an event to raise awareness of the burgeoning food scene.

Sat, 21 Apr, 2018

Weekend Food with Darina Allen: The New York food scene

Rory O’Connell and I were over in the US for St Patricks Day doing our bit to spread the word about the exciting renaissance on the Irish food scene and the many good things that are happening over here.

Sat, 07 Apr, 2018

Easter baking with Darina Allen

DOWN here on our farm in Shanagarry the hens are laying with gay abandon, a clutch of chicks just hatched out in time for Easter and the ducks on our little pond at the end of the garden seem to be producing a beautiful duck egg each and every day.

Sat, 31 Mar, 2018

Darina Allen's recipes made from the magical ingredient milk

Time for St Brigid to be as big as St Patrick — after all neither of their lineages stands up to real scrutiny, so no grounds for nit picking there, writes Darina Allen.

Sat, 03 Feb, 2018

Darina Allen looks at some delicious dishes using Jerusalem Artichokes

Jerusalem artichokes curious nutty flavour is reminiscent of an artichoke heart which has a wonderful affinity with fish particularly mussels and scallops, writes Darina Allen.

Sat, 27 Jan, 2018

Darina Allen: Nollaig na mBan treats for all the hardworking mammies, grannies and aunties

I just love that the tradition of celebrating Little Christmas or Nollaig na mBan, as it was known, has once again become super cool. Why wouldn’t it? 

Sat, 30 Dec, 2017

Darina Allen: How do we keep the magic of Christmas alive

HOW do we keep the magic of Christmas alive at a time in history when we are all being mercilessly manipulated by commercial interests. 

Sat, 09 Dec, 2017

Darina Allen: The best new cookbooks just in time for Christmas

AS we edge ever closer to Christmas, my desk is piled high with new cookbooks published just in time for the festive season. 

Sat, 02 Dec, 2017

Darina Allen: Recipes from her family

This Autumn, four members of our family published cookbooks within a couple of weeks. It wasn’t planned that way but it was a lovely coincidence.

Sat, 18 Nov, 2017

Darina Allen: Buttered Shrimps and Old-Fashioned Rice Pudding

Surely people know by now that pure natural butter is good for us and that other edible ‘food like substances’ predominately made in laboratories are most definitely not, writes Darina Allen

Sat, 11 Nov, 2017