{"id":1471,"date":"2015-04-22T15:51:25","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T15:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisisbanter.com\/?p=1471"},"modified":"2015-05-18T08:58:25","modified_gmt":"2015-05-18T08:58:25","slug":"banter-at-ballymaloe-litfest-109-may-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banter.test\/banter-at-ballymaloe-litfest-109-may-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Banter at Ballymaloe LitFest (109, May 2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s set to be a very busy summer for\u00a0Banter<\/a>\u00a0on the festival circuit with events to come at\u00a0Bloom<\/a>\u00a0in Dublin\u2019s Phoenix Park on the June bank holiday weekend,\u00a0Make A Move<\/a>\u00a0in Limerick in July and\u00a0The Big Grill<\/a>\u00a0in Dublin\u2019s Herbert Park in August.<\/p>\n

We are delighted to kick off the season of festival shenanigans with a trip to Co Cork for the\u00a0Ballymaloe LitFest<\/a>\u00a0next month. You\u2019ll find Banter in the Garden Tent on Saturday May 16 and 17 where we\u2019ll be hosting four panels in all<\/p>\n

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The sweetest touch<\/strong>: food writer, author and former Chez Panisse pastry guru\u00a0David Lebovitz<\/a>\u00a0adds sugar to the mix in a tale of desserts, puddings and afters<\/p>\n

The GIY manifesto<\/strong>: a conversation with Michael Kelly about how he\u2019s grown the\u00a0GIY Ireland<\/a>\u00a0movement<\/p>\n

So you want to start a food business<\/strong>?:\u00a0Leon<\/a>\u00a0co-founder\u00a0Allegra McEvedy<\/a>,\u00a0Sarit Packer<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Itamar Srulovich<\/strong>\u00a0from\u00a0Honey and Co<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Arun Kapil\u00a0<\/a>from\u00a0Green Saffron<\/a>\u00a0on the lessons they\u2019ve learned from their start-ups<\/p>\n

The best meal I\u2019ve ever had:<\/strong>\u00a0a bunch of Ballymaloe speakers wax lyrical about the best meal they\u2019ve ever had<\/p>\n

Banter will share the Garden Tent space with\u00a0Joe McNamee\u2019s Rants, Raves and Ruaille Buaille<\/a>,\u00a0Caroline Hennessy\u2019s Cookbook Chronicles<\/a>, readings by\u00a0David Murphy<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Raymond Blake\u00a0<\/a>and a\u00a0Questions & Answers Food Special<\/strong>\u00a0with\u00a0John Bowman\u00a0<\/strong>and guests. You\u2019ll find the full schedule for the Garden Tent\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the full schedule for the LitFest features all manner of food and drink speakers, talkers, makers and do-ers including\u00a0Alice Waters<\/a>,\u00a0Jack Monroe<\/a>,\u00a0Kevin Thornton<\/a>\u00a0and dozens, nay hundreds, more. Full programme\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s set to be a very busy summer for\u00a0Banter\u00a0on the festival circuit with events to come at\u00a0Bloom\u00a0in Dublin\u2019s Phoenix Park on the June bank holiday weekend,\u00a0Make A Move\u00a0in Limerick in July and\u00a0The Big Grill\u00a0in Dublin\u2019s Herbert Park in August. We are delighted to kick off the season of festival shenanigans with a trip to Co … <\/p>\n