Darina Allen: One of Darina's favourite comforting dishes is Chicken Masala

LOVELY Mary Jo McMillin from Chicago came to the Ballymaloe Cookery School again recently — Mary Jo has been coming to Ireland for more than 30 years. 

Her idea of a holiday from her restaurant in Oxford, Ohio, was to come into the busy kitchen at Ballymaloe House for a couple of weeks each summer.

We all had fun cooking together and learned lots and lots of good things from each other.