Darina Allen

Based on the hugely popular courses at Darina Allen's Ballymaloe Cookery School, this book reveals the lost art of making creamy butter and yoghurt, keeping a few hens in the garden, home-curing and smoking bacon, and even foraging for food in the wild. So many of our happiest childhood memories are connected to food. Rediscover the flavours of all-time favourites such as traditional stuffed roast chicken, figgy toffee pudding, and freshly baked scones with strawberry jam. Darina also offers lots of thrifty tips for using up leftovers in delicious ways. Essential reading for urban and rural dwellers alike, this is the definitive modern guide to traditional cookery skills.'There's not much this gourmet grande dame doesn't know.' Nigel Slater, Observer Food Monthly'Our first lady of food.' The Irish Independent'Ireland's answer to Delia and Nigella.' Sunday Telegraph Stella magazine

Start a breadmaking revolution right in your own home with the breadmaking experts at Ballymaloe. At Darina Allen’s world-renowned Ballymaloe Cookery School, making the daily bread is a living tradition. Now Darina brings a new generation of home bakers on a journey to learn bread techniques, from simple yeast bread and speedy soda bread through to sourdough from scratch. The New Ballymaloe Bread Book will take the mystery out of breadmaking, passing on all the knowledge that you need to make superb loaves at home. An accessible and achievable collection of failsafe recipes for every kitchen.

Celebrating 40 years of the Ballymaloe Cookery SchoolWinner - Gourmand World Cookbook Awards: Best World Gourmand Cookbook 2017Growing your own food is exciting but, when it comes to knowing how to make the most of your produce, it can be daunting. In Grow, Cook, Nourish, bestselling author Darina Allen draws on more than 30 years of experience gardening at Ballymaloe to take you through an extensive list of vegetables, herbs and fruits. Each entry includes explanations of different varieties, practical information on cultivation, growing and maintenance, plus instructions for the best ways to cook produce as well as preserve and utilise a glut. With more than 500 recipes, including dishes for every ingredient, Darina shows how to use your harvest to its full potential. Vegetables range from annual crops such as chicory, radishes and kohlrabi to perennials like asparagus and spinach. Fruits cover apples, currants and peaches as well as the more unusual and interesting myrtle berries, loquats and medlars. Plus a comprehensive list of herbs, edible flowers and foraged foods such as samphire, wild garlic and blackberries.'There's not much this gourmet grande dame doesn't know.' Nigel Slater, Observer Food Monthly'No matter how many new or recherché ingredients Allen uses, her recipes are grounded and she writes with good sense.' Diana Henry, Guardian

'Darina Allen is Ireland's Delia Smith and Mary Berry rolled into one' - The Times'She is without doubt one of the most important people working in the food world today' - Skye GyngellWe all know cooking from scratch is healthier for our waistlines and our wallets, but pressed for time and inspiration, most of us turn to the same meals again and again. In this accessible and streamlined cookery primer, Darina Allen, of Ireland's world-renowned Ballymaloe Cookery School, shows how simple it is to rustle up delicious and nutritious meals using 25 of the most popular staple ingredients, from eggs and potatoes to tomatoes, rice and pasta. With advice on shopping well, wasting less and the essential equipment every kitchen needs, Darina shares her lifetime of experience to show you how to cook good food time and time again.

Classic and contemporary one-dish recipes - from roasting tray dinners to casserole stews - taking in pots, pans and even the odd tagine

Wild and beautiful, A Taste of Cork takes the reader on a voyage around a stunning county on the very edge of Europe. Cork’s rich and diverse landscape is renowned, but in this book one of Ireland’s top photographers, Seán Monaghan, presents it in a new light, combining the spectacular vistas with the world of the artisan gourmet food producers who are so much a part of the culture. Seán Monaghan describes the motivations and method behind his photographs, while Andrew Gelasure recounts the anecdotes and individual stories of the people, giving a unique flavour of the county from Kanturk Castle and McCarthy’s artisanal butchers in the north, to Crookhaven and Durrus cheese in the west. This wonderful book shows you this side of Ireland in a new light, and gives a flavour of not just the scenery but the life of a county, and how this can be experienced in a whole new way.

'There's not much this gourmet grande dame doesn't know.' Nigel Slater, Observer Food Monthly'Our first lady of food.' The Irish Independent'Ireland's answer to Delia and Nigella.' Sunday Telegraph Stella magazineBased on the hugely popular courses at Darina Allen's Ballymaloe Cookery School, this book reveals the lost art of making creamy butter and yoghurt, keeping a few hens in the garden, home-curing and smoking bacon, and even foraging for food in the wild. So many of our happiest childhood memories are connected to food. Rediscover the flavours of all-time favourites such as traditional stuffed roast chicken, figgy toffee pudding, and freshly baked scones with strawberry jam. Darina also offers lots of thrifty tips for using up leftovers in delicious ways. Essential reading for urban and rural dwellers alike, this is the definitive modern guide to traditional cookery skills.

Explains 1175 recipes, 370 variations and more than 100 basic skills, from making pastry to the art of carving, from preserving lemons to making delicious home-made pasta, from culturing creamy yogurt to butterflying a leg of lamb.

Ireland's most famous chef, Darina Allen, owns, manages, and teaches at the famous Ballymaloe Cookery School in County Cork. She is also presenter for the British television series Simply Delicious.