I’m always dubious when someone tells me they’ve discovered the best Indian restaurant in Ireland. More often than not, it turns out to be very good indeed – but also very, very similar to most Indian food served in Ireland. Seven pieces of identically shaped chicken or lamb, swirling in lots of sauce, and served [...]

The Guardian – home of the wonderful Word of Mouth blog, publisher of the Observer Food Monthly magazine, and my favourite newspaper for food journalism – has just launched a handy online search guide for its recipes. It’s disarmingly simple: enter the ingredients you wish to use, with the option to exclude those you don’t [...]

By Mitchell O’Brien We’ve been doing this one at home for ages. The kids love it, but it works for a dinner party just as easy. Have a go! Sweet and sour pork chops with buttery mashed potatoes Total cost: (excluding electricity) € 8.80 Serves: 5 Cost per person: € 1.76

Offers this week at Dunnes include: Snack pack apples, pears, and oranges (1kg) each – €1 Mix and match any 2 selected meats for €6 Johnson’s selected baby toiletries – half price And there’s loads more, on everything from the essentials to the treats. Offers are valid until Saturday September 4 unless otherwise stated. Click [...]

Loads of tempting offers this week at SuperValu, including: Mix and match any 3 selected fruit and veg for €4 SuperValu chopped tomatoes (3 tins x 400g) – reduced from €2.15 to €1 Mix and match any 3 selected meats for €10 (save €8) You can also pick up the ingredients for a family dinner [...]

Competition closed. Check back again to see if you’re the lucky winner. Passionate pizza fanatics are being given the chance to star on the Milano menu for the first time. Milano has just launched a nationwide challenge to cook up the ultimate pizza idea and is inviting everyone to come up with imaginative suggestions that [...]

I’ve been watching Jamie Oliver’s New European Series – so far I’ve seen him in Morocco, Spain and, most recently, Greece. This episode was all about simple ingredients simply put together. He went spear fishing, met up with some bee keepers and nibbled on some goats cheese with a Greek Orthodox monk. Some of the [...]

I’ve posted before about Let’s Eat In, a takeaway with branches in Blanchardstown, Shankill, and Sandyford. The portion sizes are substantial and many of the dishes will feed two people. Last weekend, I picked up one of their best dishes, the Chickpea Chana Masala (€7). I wasn’t enormously hungry so opted for it as a [...]

I’m a born and bred southside boy, but no stranger to the mean streets of Dublin north. Back in the 70′s and early 80′s – when, like today, money was a scarce commodity – my dad made a weekly trek through ten feet of snow, volcanoes, solar flares, heatwaves, and floods to pick up fruit [...]

M&S recently sent me some items from their new Mexican selection, and it’s confirmed my new found grá for this cuisine. I’m consuming large amounts of burritos and fajitas lately; I ate out at Boojum earlier this week, I’m a big fan of Pablo Picante’s and Taco Taco, and I’m looking forward to trying out [...]