Ballymaloe House has been occupying a space on our bucket-list culinary map for quite some time now. Having travelled to so many of Ireland’s gastronomic destinations it was high time we included this gourmet...
The National Dairy Council has announced that Great British Bake Off star and Queen of Cakes Mary Berry will be the special guest at the NDC stand at this year’s National Ploughing Championships. The...
“Just one minute, I’m outside the cookery school” says the inimitably upbeat Rachel Allen when she answers my call. With one of those instantly likeable and contagious laughs, Rachel is the kind of person...
In this week’s Best Possible Taste Podcast, Sharon Noonan gets all the details about the inaugural Poacher’s Gin & Tonic club, thanks to Oisin Davis. She also chats to Karen O’Donohoe, who is Head...
Ireland is fast gaining a reputation as a culinary destination, with not only amazing restaurants, artisan producers, and an array of food festivals but also world class cookery schools across the country. You don’t...
For kids, there is no downside to the summer holidays. Two whole months full of no homework, sunshine, and adventures. However to parents the sound of that final school bell ringing can bring with...
It’s not just Ballymaloe House‘s recipe for their famous brown soda bread that guarantees a perfect rise. It seems they also have the recipe for successful business with profits rising last year, almost tripling...
Amanda Freitag could scarcely walk down a New York street without being recognised, but here in Ireland she recently managed to fly largely under the radar as she sampled many of the delights our...
Over the past four years Ballymaloe LitFest has become a hub where food and drinks enthusiasts from all over the world come to meet, share ideas, and take part in a celebration of food...
“We don’t drive where we don’t have to,” says Cortney Burns, one half of culinary couple behind the critically acclaimed Bar Tartine restaurant in San Francisco. Despite being in Ireland only two days it...
Going for a walk along the quiet country roads of East Cork with two of the most celebrated and innovative chefs in San Francisco is not usually how I spend my Sunday mornings, but...
Many people feel that we are becoming increasingly disconnected from the food that we eat. At worst there are those who believe that meat comes in neat little vacuum-packed plastic trays with little idea...