Person: April Bloomfield

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

food

Darina Allen is inspired by her stay at Coombeshead Farm for this week's recipes

A FEW weeks ago we flew from Cork Airport to Bristol, hired a car and headed for Devon and Cornwall.

food

4 top celeb chefs on their favourite summer recipes

general

René Redzepi eats his way across Mexico to deconstruct its secrets

Allegra McEvedy’s Broad Beans Braised in their Pods

news

Foodies get their fill at packed lit fest

food

Eat your words at Ballymaloe

Rhubarb Fool with Cardamom Cream and Pistachios

There’s great excitement at Ballymaloe this weekend for the third Kerrygold Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food and Wine, which by now is affectionately known as the LitFest, a mega two day celebration of great food and drink and food writing. 

Sat, 16 May, 2015

Ballymaloe serves up tasty €180,000 annual profit

The world-renowned Ballymaloe Cookery School served up tasty profits last year as they nearly topped €180,000.

Fri, 15 May, 2015

Darina Allen: Honey & Co Prawns in Orange, Tomato and Cardamom

JUST a week to go to the Kerrygold Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food and Wine May 15-17, there’s a mouthful! 

Sat, 09 May, 2015

Darina Allen’s Buttermilk panna cotta vinegar and honey

WE PACKED our bags recently and headed for the US ready to launch the Kerrygold Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food and Wine in New York. 

Sat, 21 Feb, 2015

Here’s the food and drink highlights of spring 2015

Joe McNamee reveals some new year highlights in the food and drink world.

Sat, 03 Jan, 2015

April Bloomfield’s Chopped Chicken Liver on Toast

I’VE JUST spent a few days in New York on a reconnaissance trip to check out what’s happening on the food scene over there.

Sun, 30 Jun, 2013

April Bloomfield’s Rhubarb Fool with Cardamom Cream and Pistachios

COOKING ‘from scratch’ is the hottest food term in the restaurant world at present, Add seasonal, local, and artisan, and you are right on the button.

Sun, 10 Mar, 2013

Weekend food with Darina Allen

If by any chance you have a few book tokens left over from Christmas presents, I’ve got some brilliant suggestions for worthwhile cookbooks to track down. For the growing number of cake-makers, Annie Bells Baking Bible published by Kyle books is a real gem. Recipes are triple tested so really work which can’t be said for every book.

Sun, 06 Jan, 2013

Capital choices in London

AT LAST, restaurants are reporting an increased appetite for eating out; perhaps those green shoots really are sprouting. I’ve had several requests from readers for an update on the London food scene. Lots of good things are happening over there – despite the cautious atmosphere, many young people are “chomping at the bit” to open cafes, restaurants and gastro pubs.

Sat, 15 May, 2010