Take a Look Inside the Kitchen at Ireland's Ballymaloe Cookery School
If there's one place to learn the lost art(s) of making real food, it's at Ballymaloe in Ireland's County Cork. The home cook's dream is not only a cookery school, it's also a farm, restaurant, and hotel that happens to be breathtaking—see for yourself, straight ahead.
Shantanu Starick1/10Ballymaloe does quadruple duty as a farm, cookery school, restaurant, and hotel. Co-owner Rory O'Connell's best advice: "Spend time sourcing really good ingredients. Good shopping will pay for itself many times over in the final dish."
Shantanu Starick2/10Red onions, ready to pickle.
Shantanu Starick3/10Prepping in class at the cookery school.
Shantanu Starick4/10Kale in the greenhouse.
Shantanu Starick6/10A colorful classroom.
Shantanu Starick7/10Cookery school supplies.
Shantanu Starick8/10Ballymaloe co-founder Rory O'Connell slices salmon.
Shantanu Starick9/10Wheels of cheese age in climate-controlled bliss.
Shantanu Starick10/10Onions and chiles hanging to dry in the greenhouse.
