The New Irish Food: Celeb Chef Offers Glimpse Into Ireland's Culinary Revival
My visit w/Catherine Fulvio at Ballyknocken in February 2019 “You come here, you experience Ireland in one fell swoop.” Chef Catherine Fulvio is talking about Ballyknocken, her childhood home in Ireland’s County Wicklow and, today, one of the island nation’s premier culinary destinations. “When we welcome guests,” she continues, “it gives us a chance to share our passion for all things Irish – our culture, our home, our food.” Mrs. Fulvio is a well-known personality in Ireland, a bona fide celebrity chef, with six Irish TV series and six cookbooks to her name; American audiences will recognize her from Netflix’s popular cooking show, “Lords and Ladles.” Her celebrity, certainly, has bolstered Ballyknocken’s success as a place to stay – a sprawling 280-acre estate less than 40 miles south of Dublin that’s embraced by the undulating Wicklow Mountains and a rippling green landscape as far as the eye can see. Click here for my video story about Chef Fulvio and the oth