Aveen Bannon

Remember when chef Wade Murphy of Restaurant 1826 in Adare took part in the RTÉ TV show Healthy Appetite a while back, and almost gave dietician Aveen(...)

Most of us know which foods are healthy and which are not and how a nutritionally balanced diet with adequate amounts of protein, fat, carbohydrates, (...)

Like many people, it took me until my 40s to start to feel like I had a handle on life. The insecurities of youth are (mostly) a thing of the past and(...)

I’m 24 hours into my experiment in veganism when I make my first mistake. I reach into my bag and mindlessly grab a Triple X mint. Only after I’ve eat(...)

There’s an old saying that you should never trust a thin chef. What, then, should we make of a cooking show fronted by a former model? “Can you make (...)

If you want to make a chef cry, put the salt out of reach, bin the sugar and ban the butter. Let’s hope no tears – apart from crocodile ones – are sh(...)

Many years ago, after a break-up, a well-meaning friend gave me a book about embracing single life and finding empowerment within. I’ll admit to nev(...)

It is one of those things that before you became a parent, you never imagined you would do: cook different dishes for dinner, to suit individual taste(...)