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Darina Allen

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Three highlights from my MAD trip to Copenhagen

yesterday 9

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Three recipe highlights from the Ballymaloe Festival of Food

07.06.2025 10

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Summer salad recipes, including this classic Caesar salad

31.05.2025 9

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Three Indian recipes from the inspiring London-based cook Asma Khan

24.05.2025 7

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Three recipes to try at home inspired by the London food scene

22.05.2025 10

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My top basic baking tips and three of my favourite recipes to try

10.05.2025 10

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How to use nettles in your cooking, including a recipe for nettle beer

03.05.2025 9

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How to make the most popular monkfish dish in our restaurant

26.04.2025 10

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How to make my lemon meringue roulade

19.04.2025 7

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How to make The Happy Pear's easy 10-minute Indian dhal

12.04.2025 10

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Three Sri Lankan recipes to try, including a potato curry

05.04.2025 10

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The school meals scheme needs to change and here's why

29.03.2025 7

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Cinnamon is a natural anti-inflammatory, here are three recipes that use it

22.03.2025 8

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How to make Ireland's true national dish — bacon and cabbage

15.03.2025 7

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A pair of steak recipes for the connoisseur

10.03.2025 7

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Three one-pot recipes perfect for single-portion cooking

04.03.2025 7

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More recipe gems from Chicago cook Mary Jo McMillin

22.02.2025 9

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The importance of getting the basics of food right

15.02.2025 10

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Cutting-edge recipes from London's burgeoning new food scene

10.02.2025 20

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Three recipes you have to try with my favourite underrated winter vegetable

01.02.2025 8

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Comforting soup recipes to chase away the January blues

25.01.2025 7

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Comfort recipes to ease you into the new year

18.01.2025 10

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Twenty-two food trends to keep an eye on in 2025

11.01.2025 10

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Four tasty recipes for a cosy family movie night

04.01.2025 6

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How to make these homely, comforting Christmas leftover dishes

28.12.2024 5

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Cookbooks to gift and recipes for smashed potatoes and Christmas fudge

14.12.2024 5

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Take the pressure off at Christmas with these edible presents

07.12.2024 8

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Whip these recipes up for National Mousse Day

30.11.2024 7

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The future of farming, and recipes from Fitzgerald's Woodlands Hotel

23.11.2024 20

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Nothing beats the smell of freshly-baked bread — try these recipes

16.11.2024 10

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Locally-caught prawns and sloe whiskey — food fare is the star in Co Down

09.11.2024 20

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Three tasty recipes inspired by my visit to Bristol and Wales

02.11.2024 6

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Barmbrack, bodice and meringue púcas for Hallowe'en

26.10.2024 7

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Dig into Myrtle’s Beef & Oyster Pie to celebrate Ireland's place in seafood culture

12.10.2024 10

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All shucked up by a trip to London for the Oyster Championships

05.10.2024 10

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Foodie gems from Co Clare, from Wagyu beef to St. Tola goat's cheese

28.09.2024 8

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Three new Ottolenghi recipes to try that are a playful spin on comfort food

23.09.2024 3

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Gems from a food writers' outing to Derry

14.09.2024 3

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Just how low could oil prices go?

08.09.2024 4

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Starter recipes and must-have ingredients for college students on a budget

31.08.2024 10

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Three great ways to cook fresh fish like mackerel and pollock

27.08.2024 3

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How to get started with Malay cuisine — with these exciting recipes

17.08.2024 2

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Three recipes inspired by my trip to England, including a twist on Irish soda bread

10.08.2024 4

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Recipes for locally-sourced food to mark National Farmers' Market Week 2024

03.08.2024 6

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Buddy Oliver's recipes prove the apple doesn't fall far from the tree

27.07.2024 2

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Wedge salads are the shape of food to come

13.07.2024 10

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