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Darina Allen


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Created: March 27, 2012

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Darina Allen is one of the co-founders of Ballymaloe Cookery School and Gardens in Ireland and a enthusiastic champion of Irish cooking. Her most recent book is an update of Irish Traditional Cooking.

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