For $1,000, I went to the same cooking school in Ireland as 'tradwife' Ballerina Farm. It was blissful - and exhausting.
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For $1,000, I went to the same cooking school in Ireland as 'tradwife' Ballerina Farm. It was blissful - and exhausting.
"I'm among the hundreds of millions of people who have watched the 35-year-old making everythingfrom mozzarella to lemon meringue pie from scratch in her rustic Utah farmhouse kitchen while tending to her eight young children. This was the first time I'd seen her in a different setting. A caption told me she was at Ireland's prestigious Ballymaloe Cookery School, where she and her husband, the son of JetBlue's founder, were reported to be taking a famed three-month intensive culinary course."
"On the farm, students learn knife skills, including working with fish and meat, fermentation, baking, and how to prepare a menu. The content Neeleman shot there hearkened back to a romanticized time before ultra-processed food made up a large chunk of our diets, when meals were home-cooked, and people had hobbies instead of phones. It was the antithesis of my daily life in a global city."
Hannah Neeleman, a 35-year-old 'tradwife' known as Ballerina Farm, shares homemade recipes and homemaking life from a rustic Utah farmhouse while caring for eight children. She appeared at Ireland's Ballymaloe Cookery School with her husband, reportedly enrolled in a three-month intensive culinary course costing $19,000 per person excluding accommodation. Ballymaloe's program teaches knife skills, working with fish and meat, fermentation, baking, and menu preparation. Her footage at Ballymaloe evoked pre-processed-food, home-cooked nostalgia and contrasted with urban corporate life. A London viewer, seeking an antidote to burnout, booked a 2.5-day Ballymaloe course costing 850 euros to experience slower living.
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