ireland

Who's Darina Allen? Well, you might say she wrote the book on traditional Irish cooking. After all, she's the author of the comprehensive tome Irish Traditional Cooking. She also happens to be the founder of The Ballymaloe Cookery School in Shanagarry, one of the only cooking schools in the world located on an entirely organic farm.

When you hear Irish whiskey what’s the first thing that comes to mind? A shot of Jameson’s with a can of Tecate or PBR at your local dive bar? Maybe those ambiguous ads for Bushmills featuring cool kids like Bon Iver, Chromeo and Elijah Wood? Don’t feel bad if you’re struggling to think of anything else. Ireland’s brown liquor has had a tough time of defining itself over the last, oh, eight or nine decades.