Rob's cooking adventure.

Well tomorrow is the start of my cooking adventure. Cooking adventure you say. That sounds a little incongruous that cooking could be an adventure but I lie not. I am travelling to Ireland to attend the prestigious Ballymaloe Cooking School in the country outside of Cork. I will be taking the 5 week summer cooking program. The school teaches a variety of culinary and regional styles and is not solely limited to Irish cuisine. The school is also very much farm to table and an advocate for sustainable farming and eating. They raise their own dairy and livestock and grow their own produce. I have always wanted to step up my culinary skills and this program should really help me up my game.

One may ask How did I come across such a program. There is a business in our local strip mall called Awn kitchen where they teach cooking classes. I have taken a number of courses from the Awn kitchen over the years and really enjoyed them. Kaelin the owner is a graduate of the Ballymaloe 3 month diploma program in the Culinary Arts. Checking out her blog I realized what a wonderful experience going to the school would be but I would have to wait for retirement to be able to have such a prolonged amount of time to dedicate towards this course. When the opportunity for the summer course came up I jumped at the Opportunity. Registration opened last September 30 and was full in a day so I was very lucky to have gotten in. One can check out Ballymaloe 's website

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