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'Food evokes such memories': says chef Rachel Allen
Most of us have a soft spot for our mothers' cooking, and for Rachel Allen, it's inspired her latest cookbook. The Irish chef talks to Keeley Bolger about her Icelandic heritage, why 'foodies' didn't exist when she was growing up and food as nostalgia
![Rachel Allen, taken from Recipes From My Mother by Rachel Allen, published by HarperCollins](https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/22RIK4N53NMHTDZCFUVN26WP2E.jpg?smart=true&auth=0cf3060742210c5008c646e9731ffecce221e2932183f938a4f6d1b619e072bb&width=1463&height=822)