LITERARY FESTIVAL
Luminaries of the food
and wine writing world
will assemble for a
three-day festival at
Ballymaloe, writes
Marie Claire Digby
Eating their words
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Yotam Ottolenghi (right) and his
business partner Sami Tamimi
oe House, Giana Ferguson’s event about
her soon-to-be published book, Myrtle Allen’s Cookery Archive, and Extreme
Greens – Understanding Seaweed with Sally McKenna, also sold out very quickly,”
Allen says.
However there are still plenty of events
with availability, and the fringe programme at The Big Shed, adjacent to Ballymaloe House hotel, where there will also
be art installations, live music and local producers selling food, will be open to all. “People still have the opportunity to book for
Sami Tamimi, Yotam Ottolenghi and Ariana Bundy discussing the food of the Middle East; tickets for the conversation between John McKenna and René Redzepi
are still available, as is Tim Hayward’s talk
about his book, Food DIY. And Christopher
Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton of Canal
House Publishing in the US will be giving a
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