Fight, fight, fight! Regular readers will know that we love a good old fashioned scrap here on CheapEats, and this week delivered two: one on table manners and one on self-serving Tesco’s “Screw the Children’s Charity” campaign.  I discovered that deli rolls can be very satisfying, and wrote about Amicus in Co. Cork, while our competition [...]

Myself and Snack Box stayed with our friends Rercy (she of CheapEats writing fame) and David on their farm in West Wicklow last week, and both gorged ourself on Dave’s amazing, all-purpose, good with everything sauce. The recipe is so simple. Take about 250ml extra virgin olive oil, add 2-3 cloves of raw garlic (depending [...]

I’m always suspicious of places like this. Slap bang in the centre of Cork, Amicus is a giant, heaving restaurant serving food from China to Mexico. To make it worse, they have another branch in Douglas, a few miles outside the city. But, for reasons I’ve long since forgotten, myself and Cat crossed its threshold. [...]

In today’s Irish Times, Conor Pope reports on The G Club, a new initiative from Georgina Campbell that offers reduced price meals to diners in fancy restaurants around the country. For a €75 sign-up fee, G Club members will get a membership card, entitling them to great rates in participating hotels and restaurants. Most of [...]

There’s a fine wine sale on at Lidl, but I’m scared: my one experience of Lidl wine involved pouring most of it down the sink. Maybe it was just one bad brand? What’s your experience? Once again, the special buys this Thursday July 30 are wonderfully random. It’s all diving gear and DIY, including: 1kg [...]

Specials at Aldi this Thursday July 30 include: Children’s Adventure Set – three toys in one – €19.99 Beach Shelter – €12.99 Marlin/ Mahi Mahi Game Fish Steaks (290g) – €2.99 Special buys on Sunday August 2 include: Quality Cookware – from €18.99 3 Piece Kitchen Knife Set – €3.99 Extendable Sink Colander – €7.99 [...]

I’m still horsing my way through the bag full of goodies I picked up at the Bloom Festival last month, and I’ve just come to the end of my jars of Olvi oils. What a gem. Father and daughter team Sam and Miriam have been in business for well over a decade, and it’s easy [...]

One Sunday last year, I swung by a Centra for chicken breasts to throw in a Patak’s curry. It was definitely the vilest chicken I’ve ever eaten. Bleurgh. It’s half-price there at the moment. Don’t. However, they’ve a few bargains and special offers worth keeping an eye out for, most notably six free-range eggs for [...]

I liked this recipe from The Messy Chef blog for using up leftover potatoes in an omelette. Perfect for… well, just about anytime. For afters, I’m finding some great cooking tips over on Lookandtaste.com: how to melt chocolate, making a sponge base, tips on a good cheese board, and much more. These are all in [...]

It’s all of about five minutes since we had our last comment scrap, so I thought I’d try and get another one started.  Tom Doorley recently wrote about table manners in his Megabites blog, and lists some of the table manner faux-pas that send him mental.  Some of his worst offenders: holding the knife like [...]