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Darina Allen: A sample of some of the exquisite food cooked during Litfest

We’re sitting on the bouncy grass on the cliffs above Ballyandreen Strand watching the waves crashing onto the rocks below. 

Darina Allen: Busy days at Ballymaloe as Litfest gets underway

Don't miss out on the Litfest, one of the top 10 ‘Best Festivals in the World’

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Gin of the week: Highbank Orcards Organic Crystal Gin, 40% abv; 70cl — €61.95

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

Darina Allen: Garlic jam and Avoca multi-seed bread

Foodies get their fill at packed lit fest

The weather gods smiled down on the third Kerrygold Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food & Wine, as 8,000-plus visitors from more than 30 countries streamed through the gates of Ballymaloe House, in East Cork, over the weekend to watch Irish and international stars of food and wine strut their culinary stuff.

Mon, 18 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

Ballymaloe’s celebration of food

The second Kerrygold Ballymaloe Litfest of Food & Wine ended last night where it all began just 48 hours previously, in the ‘Big Shed’ at Ballymaloe House in East Cork.

Mon, 19 May, 2014

Lilly’s Quinoa Salad with Pistachios and Pomegranate

After months of exciting plotting and planning, the Kerrygold Ballymaloe Litfest got underway at the Grain Store in Ballymaloe last night.

Sun, 18 May, 2014

Maggie Beer’s Salmon with Sorrel Butter

THE excitement is really mounting, it’s just a week to this year’s Lit Fest at Ballymaloe, May 16-18.

Sun, 11 May, 2014

The Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food & Wine is back

AT 9.30am on a glorious Saturday last year, I paused at the entrance to the Ballymaloe Grainstore; was I really going to pass up a rare blast of Irish summer sunshine to instead sit indoors and listen to two guys talking?

Sun, 27 Apr, 2014

Stevie Parle’s Madeleines

A MONTH after the Literary Festival of Food and Wine at Ballymaloe we’re still getting excited feedback and thank you cards in response to the event, from both participants and those who came along over the May Bank Holiday weekend.

Sun, 02 Jun, 2013

Drinking and eating it in at Litfest

WE HAVE a dairy industry to be proud of in Ireland.

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