Darina Allen should be a household name. She's the founder and chief instructor at the Ballymaloe Cookery School in County Cork Ireland which she opened in 1983. She's written over 10 books on food and cooking, hosted numerous television series, started the modern farmer's market movement in Ireland, is the...

It's been 30 years since Irish cooking personality Darina Allen started SIMPLY DELICIOUS, her original television program and cookbook series. Today she looks back over that period of time and talks about the tried and true Irish dishes that she has gathered for her newest book, Simply Delicious: The Classic...

Flatbreads and quick breads may seem like strange oven-fellows, but hear us out. In the venn diagram of bread baking, they both fall in the overlap of “speed” and “differently leavened.” So we're firing up the tonir, the tandoor, the griddle, the bastible, the wok, and even a rock, to...

Darina Allen joins us on this week's episode of A Taste of the Past, to tell us about Ballymaloe Cookery School located in southern Ireland, of which she is the founder. Linda asks her about real Irish cuisine, and she explains how many people in Ireland were so slow to...

Darina Allen is an Irish chef, food writer, TV personality, and founder of the Ballymaloe Cookery School in Schanagarry, County Cork, Ireland. In this week's episode of A Taste of the Past, Darina explains the current state of Irish food and culture in our society today, bringing us back to...

Owner of the Ballymaloe Cookery School in Shanagarry, Co Cork, Ireland, Darina Allen is a teacher, food writer, newspaper columnist, cookbook author and television presenter. The Ballymaloe Cookery School is situated on her family's organically run farm, and they believe that good food, good health and good farming practices are...

This week on The Main Course, Patrick is joined by "The Julia Child of Ireland", Darina Allen. Darina is an award-winning author and runs the world-renowned cookery school at Ballymaloe in County Cork, Ireland, which she founded with her husband in 1983. Tune in to learn more about the 12-week...