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<p>These gorgeous little chocolate pots are served at breakfast but are delicious any time of the day. </p>

food

Darina Allen: Delicious chocolate pots and other recipes from my trip to the Inis Meáin Suites

Try a new way with broccoli and their famous treacle bread

So many great chefs on show at Litfest

Here's a taste of what’s to come at the Litfest HQ in Ballymaloe Cookery School, Cork

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The ultimate cookbook gift guide for Christmas

Darina Allen: Tomatoes with Wasabi, Mascarpone and Pine Nuts

Darina Allen: Violet Bakery Hazelnut Toffee Cake

Skye Gyngel’s Asparagus with Romesco and Crème Fraîche

Last week, I promised I would share some more of the gems cooked by the guest chefs at the Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food and Wine 2013.

Sun, 26 May, 2013

Madhur Jaffrey’s Whole Roasted Masala Chicken

WE’RE all still buzzing here since the Literary Festival of Food and Wine at Ballymaloe over the bank holiday weekend.

Sun, 19 May, 2013

Madhur Jaffrey’s Rogan Josh

HERE in Ballymaloe we are so excited about the first ever Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food and Wine taking place in Ballymaloe House; at the Grain store and Ballymaloe Cookery School.

Sun, 21 Apr, 2013

Weekend food with Darina Allen

AFTER Christmas I’ve got a whole stack of cook books with lots of tantalising recipes to try — so much talent out there.

Sat, 14 Jan, 2012

Time for making whoopie

IT’S JUST possible that whoopie pies may be the next cupcake — ‘homey’ to look at, totally scrumptious to eat but mercifully less luscious icing than a cupcake.

Sat, 20 Nov, 2010

Claire Ptak’s Chocolate Wafer Cookies

These are like Oreo cookies. This recipe makes six logs. You can scale it – icing quantities would need to be adjusted also.

Sat, 18 Jul, 2009

Claire Ptak’s Candied Flowers

Get creative with some edible flowers with this foolproof food recipe.

Sat, 18 Jul, 2009

Claire Ptak’s Chocolate Wafer Cookies

These are like Oreo cookies. This recipe makes six logs. You can scale it – icing quantities would need to be adjusted also.

Sat, 18 Jul, 2009

LAST WEEK we headed off to London with a group of teachers from the cookery school. We were on our school tour, a fact-finding mission to check out and experience the London food scene. It’s amazing what can be crammed into two days when you are on a mission.

Sat, 06 Jun, 2009