Becki Melvie

The students of the 12 week cookery course were invited to afternoon tea at Ballymaloe House as part of our culinary learning experience...

Hello!! How is everyone? I miss home so bad. My bed! My car! Running on an actual path! Running! My friends! My Mom! My Dad! Sleep! Babysi...

How Julia Child would've sealed a classic French Paté Terrine, with fluting paste, not tinfoil. I'm never going to be the sam...

Tim and Darina Allen in the Fruit Garden at Ballymaloe Cookery School. We're heading into week eight at school which means almost f...

Marzipan Stuffed Dates in Kitchen 3 at Ballymaloe Cookery School. Things are getting real as week four has been completed at Ballymaloe...

Sunrise over Ballymaloe Cookery School in Shanagarry, Co. Cork, Ireland. On my way into school Friday morning the sunrise over the Ball...

Another week down in the Ballymaloe Cookery School Book has me falling into the groove of this place. Some of the highlights of the past we...

Farmer's Market in Midleton, Co. Cork, Ireland

Reception lobby of Ballymaloe.  Exxxxxxxxhale. First day of school, check and done. Where to start describing this surreal experienc...

Penn Castle in Shanagarry, Co. Cork, Ireland. Birthplace of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania State. It's Sunday so natural...

Good morning from Ireland! It's surreal to be drinking coffee in a Dublin hotel restaurant, about to write a blog about my travels,...

Tomorrow I leave! Goodbye house, goodbye stuff, goodbye roads appropriate for two cars, goodbye family and friends, goodbye moon, goodbye ...

Let's start September off with a plate of hot peppers stuffed with sweet corn, cheddar and basil. Huzzah! Huzzah? Mmm, hmmm. Over the ...

Sweet Corn Fritters with Honey Butter are for everyone. Evv-err-reee-ya-one. Everyone: your kids, duh, these are like puffy little pseudo-...

Hello! How are you today? Today Minnesota is having  the most gorgeous weather day of the year. Guaranteed. Temperature is right around 7...

Eggplant was intended for a great love affair with basil. Like Harry and Sally, red wine and chocolate, peanut butter and jelly, blue jea...

Cochon King, Thomas Boemer's Festival Masterpiece. If you are a lover of all things allium sativum  the 10th Annual Minnesota Garli...

St. Paul's Irish Fair. Fairly certain Irish people will not dress like this. Or will they? I'm moving to Ireland. To become a ...

If you're receiving a CSA basket, you may have reached the point of the season when staggering feelings of overwhelming anxiety hit yo...

The headline of my newest recipe is paleo and gluten-free, but if you're like me and eat one-fourth of the chocolate chip brioche th...

Oh, my…where does the time go? Already on CSA Cooking Week 8?! I apologize if you've noticed an absence in the Recipe Writing Departm...

Photo: Mary Sue Stevens Another week participating as a work-share member at Sweet Beet Farm and I've got some vegetable love to s...

I was invited to attend the 4th Annual Fine Spirits Classic held by Minnesota Monthly Magazine  on Thursday evening because I submitted a...

So, here is the first time I made this Spanish Tortilla, and I'm quite pleased with the way it turned out. The recipe is in no way a ...

Today, between telling Liam NO, he could not have this 46th piece of banana laffy taffy, forgetting the hose running in the yard for hmmm...