Darina Allen's new cook book: 100 essential recipes everyone should know

Darina Allen in the gardens of the Ballymaloe Cookery School with her 20th book How To Cook. Picture: Dan Linehan
SOME of us weren’t lucky enough to grow up with cooking always going on in the family kitchen, learning the basics of how to cook, like Darina Allen did.


Darina’s book is published by Kyle Book, and costs €25 in all good bookshops.
- Green eggs and ham - add 2-3 tablespoons of chopped chervil to the eggs and serve with two slices of ham on hot-buttered toast.
- Thai scrambled eggs - add 1 tablespoon of sliced spring onions, (or garlic chives), 1-2 teaspoons of fish sauce and 1-2 tablespoons of light soy sauce and scramble as in the basic recipe.