Darina at Dominican
THERE was a fantastic festival atmosphere in An Tairsearch on Saturday for its Midsummer Celebration.
Centre manager Kate Duggan said the day had been a fantastic success.
‘Over 200 people from Wicklow Town and surrounding areas enjoyed An Tairseach’s Midsummer Celebration on Saturday. The day was a huge success with a lively buzz at the local artisan food and craft market, ‘art in the barn’ for children, a summer solstice celebration and sell out Indian Cookery workshops by Sukhi’s India.’
Past pupil of Dominican College Wicklow, chef Darina Allen, addressed a packed room about the importance and ease of growing ‘just something’ of your own and the huge benefits of added nutrition, as well as the enjoyment that this brings.
The renowned cookery school owner highlighted how the aim of supermarkets is now to provide the maximum amount of food at minimum cost and the frightening statistics of the impact of this on our health.
Everyone enjoyed Darina’s insights and good humour and this was evident as they queued to buy a signed copy of her book ‘Grow, Cook, Nourish’. Director of An Tairseach Sr Colette Kane said: ‘We really enjoyed celebrating Midsummer with the local community and are looking forward to holding another event again soon’, She thanked everyone for making the day such a success.