Ballymaloe Cookery School profits soar after Kate Winslet enrolled for course
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Ballymaloe’s €193,000 loss ‘could have been so much worse’ – Darina Allen
Co-owner of cooker schools says it is in full compliance with Covid-19 regulations
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Food File: Enjoy a hotel breakfast at home, and say hello to halloumi, hot sauce and pizza
Gardaí visit Ballymaloe Cookery School over classes during lockdown
Darina Allen’s Cork school insists it did not breach Covid-19 restrictions
Reflect on nature in all its glory with a garden pond
Water features attract a wide array of wildlife making them a wonderful addition to any home
Ask the Experts: Christmas books 2020
There’s a book here to suit just about everyone on your Christmas list
What’s cooking? The best online classes for all ages and experience
Cookery schools are adapting to feed our new-found appetite for online learning
‘Everything starts here’ - Waterford well of Lismore biscuiteer inspiration
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Start them stirring, knife skills at four: how to teach kids to cook
Some of the best ways to get children interested in cooking, by Darina Allen, Thomasina Miers and more
Rory O’Connell: ‘I didn’t get to know my sister Darina until I came to Ballymaloe’
The chef and author on finding joy in food, fine dining and working with his famous sister
A totally Irish midweek supper: Pork chops with wild mushrooms and cider cream
Kitchen Cabinet: Use local, top-quality ingredients, says Longueville House’s head chef
Darina Allen goes back to basics as Covid shuts cookery school
Celebrity chef opens online business and expands food outlet to keep business ticking over
Family holidays are great, but the journey can be hell
It is a straight road from Dublin to Cork. With two kids, what could go wrong?
A vegetarian and a non-drinker visit Ireland: here’s their verdict
I’m not one of those Americans who think the Irish diet is solely beef, butter and Guinness
Joshua Allen enters addiction treatment until sentencing hearing
Son of celebrity chef Rachel Allen will spend three months in residential treatment centre
A simple panna cotta – with a distinctly Irish twist
What gives the Italians a hold on this set cream dessert?
Make a move to Kimmage: A leafy city suburb that won’t keep up at night
The Dublin neighbourhood is popular with first-time buyers but it lacks nightlife
Is this the most original pop-up restaurant in Dublin?
Food File: Two chances for sake tasting and one of Dublin’s most original pop-up menus
Stars of Netflix's Chef’s Table headline Galway food event
Chef’s Table participants Alex Atala and Ben Shewry to take part in Food On The Edge
Irish produce served Pugliese style at Killian Crowley's House of Peroni pop-up
Food File: Chilli tuna, seafood soirée, cookery course and chef competitions
Think summer camps are just for kids? Here are some great ones for adults too
Learn to play Irish music or speak the language, to sail, cook, understand wine – and much more
This seasonal stone fruit tart will rock your world
Mix slightly underripe apricots with ripe nectarines for this delicious dessert
Food festival with a difference pops up in Cork city
Design POP fuses design and food in a new series of talks, demonstrations, exhibitions and collaborations
Joshua Allen affirms guilty plea to drugs offences following €30k cannabis seizure
Son of celebrity chef Rachel Allen remanded on continuing bail
This cheese grilled makes a great alternative to beef burgers in barbecue season
Halloumi has a high melting point, making it perfect for frying or grilling, Try it with honey and za'atar salad
How to grow herbs and keep them happy
Most culinary herbs can be grown in pots or tubs while plenty will stay compact enough to grow very happily in a window-box
Head west for food festivals and fun
Food File: Restaurants extend their menus to include a little wellness and design
Potter’s glebe house with new lease of life for €895k
Refurbished six-bed country guest house outside Shanagarry ticks many boxes
‘It’s in the blood’: Meet the women butchers
‘I just fell in love with it. But I got out of it a couple of times because it’s a tough job’
Wine: The joy of going au natural
Delicious, brimming with life and perfect with food, once you taste a really good natural wine, there is no going back
Go big, go bling: how three top chefs set their tables at Christmas
Kevin Dundon, Maria Raftery and Rory O’Connell on how less is definitely not more
First Look: Bread 41 café in Dublin is new sourdough mecca
Bread 41 will serve breakfast and lunch, with pizzas to go in the evening
Light yet satisfying granola
Lily Higgins: Serve with creamy Irish yogurt for a really gorgeous breakfast, in seconds
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