There’s a frenzy of preserving going on here these days, despite the weather we still have lots of ripe tomato, beets, marrows and over grown courgettes… in the garden plus we are surrounded by wild food. Most of the blackberries have ripened at [...]
I’ve had Barrafina Tapas Bar on my London list for ages, but somehow didn’t manage to make it until recently. Everyone I know tells me it’s possibly the best in London – Giles Coran, not given to unbridled praise, wrote in The Times [...]
Congratulations to Ballymaloe House who have won a number of Georgina Campbell Awards for 2012. Good Housekeeping Award. Good Cooking Award Country House Breakfast Award Irish Breakfast Award We are delighted that Ballymaloe won these awards which reflects the dedication and hard work of all those involved.
We had another terrific guest chef at the cookery school recently, Sunil Ghai is a tall handsome chef from Gwalior but he is firmly established on the Irish Restaurant scene. He was chosen as Chef of the Year in Ireland in August 2009 by Food and Wine Magazine– no easy task at the best of [...]
The whole gastro pub scene hasn’t quite taken off in Ireland in quite the same way as in the UK where some of the very best food is to be found in comfy grungy pubs often with mismatched wooden furniture and crockery, serving gorgeous non fussy seasonal food. There are many good ones now vying [...]
Our recent event with Outstanding in the field, was covered by some food bloggers. http://marmitelover.blogspot.com/2011/09/outstanding-in-field-at-ballymaloe.html
Alys Fowler dedicated her book The Thrifty Forager “to my mother – thank you for teaching me to eat my weeds” – how cool is that! It’s a terrific book; Alys’s mum taught her how to forage when she was just a tot, the first thing she distinctly remembers is sucking nectar from clover flowers. [...]
Recipes Heirloom Potato EventShanagarry GIY Group Monthly Meeting at Ballymaloe Cookery School Heirloom Potato Event Lissadell Estate in Co Sligo has the largest private collection of potatoes in Ireland. Dermot Carey and David Langford will give a talk on the collection from the Victoria Walled Garden on Lissadell Estate at Ballymaloe Cookery School. They will [...]
We had a terrific day last Saturday, the winners of the Slow Food Grandmothers Day Examiner Competition arrived to enjoy their prize – a day at the Ballymaloe Cookery School and Gardens – six grandchildren, four grannies and a couple of mums. [...]
Did we ever think we would hear a discussion on the RTE airwaves about people choosing to go hungry rather than default on their mortgage for fear of loosing their house – the reality has stunned the Irish nation. One can just imagine how paralysed with fear many must be [...]