foraging, survivalism and a good dollop of mischief.
Oh sweet cicely! I lovage the herbs but I feel like a butterhead beCos I can’t remember them. Lettuce not get too distracted though – we need to dill with it. It doesn’t take a sage to mustard up a recipe list but ain’t nobody got thyme for that! I’d love to tell you that …
With a long wooden spoon in one hand and a spatula in the other, I started today’s cooking with determination in mind. The end of week four was just in my grasp and I wanted to go out of Kitchen 2 on a high note. I had a blackberry, apple and sweet geranium tart, strawberry …
The rain pelted down and I jumped out the door to rescue my bread from turning into a soggy gloop. This was my first time in Kitchen 2 and I was like a rabbit in the headlights. Though a breath of fresh air from my run in Kitchen 3, getting myself orientated in a new …
Rolling over in my bed this morning after a rather busy dream that saw me in an intense argument with a fish, I was glad to wake up and face a new day! Strictly speaking I wasn’t actually in Ballymaloe but in the comfort of my home in Kerry, but despite that I still very …
Rory smashed the dish onto the demo floor and it shattered with a crash. The Friday feeling was buzzing around the kitchens today, and looking to give ourselves a final push before the weekend we charged forward with the day’s cooking. Students arrive in the kitchens between 8 – 8.30am and I got in early …
The smell of freshly cooked fish wafted towards me and once again I was delighted that I had managed to nab myself a front row seat. Our morning’s cooking went well, and Daniel and I did our best to keep on time. Sally is our teacher this week, and like all the Ballymaloe teachers, she …