Our reader Katia shared this healthy recipe with us recently. For those who have an aversion to parsnips (you are legion!), you could substitute carrots, sweet potatoes or turnip. Ingredients dash of oil 1 large onion (or to taste) peeled and roughly chopped 2/4 cloves of garlic peeled and roughly chopped a nice piece of [...]

I was in the delightful Bite of Life cafe on Patrick St this morning when I heard them telling some regulars about a fundraiser event – so I got the details to spread the word here, as it sounds just lovely. Bite of Life, DIT and the National Gallery have come together to raise funds [...]

If it doesn’t taste better with honey, it should taste better with mustard. Or if butter doesn’t fix the problem, don’t eat it. Last year, I got some great recommendations for new mustards to try out. Horseradish mustard. Various dijons. One reader, Laine, highlighted how mustard leaves add life and heat to a salad. I [...]

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I recently came across a lovely resource for home cooks while looking for ideas for Pancake Tuesday.  The parenting site MummyPages.ie has a very comprehensive recipes section, with recipes put together by MummyPages and tested by their team of mums.  Recipes can be filtered by category, there’s loads that are suitable for families and there [...]

Our regular commenter Laine sends in this recommendation for the Mongolian BBQ in Temple Bar: I used to ignore this place until my cousin told me about it. She’s a student, and they know all the best deals. For lunch time they charge a measly €5 – you can’t even get a pretentious panini for [...]

The M&S Dine in for Two for €12.50, almost everyone’s favourite deal, returns this weekend. The €25 Valentine’s Dine In special proved enormously popular recently; stories reach us of shelves stripped bare and real fights breaking out. The full menu is on the M&S website.

The reliably hilarious and wonderful writer Grace Dent had a piece in the Guardian last week about breakfasts.  Like Ms Dent, I am old enough to remember when orange juice was served alone as a starter, and am also grateful that breakfasts have improved from the days of tepid Ready Brek and soggy white toast. [...]

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Feck eating healthily today, for today is Pancake Tuesday! I made a vat of pancake batter last night (it’s best if it gets to sit overnight) to bring into work, where we’ll be cooking it up in our office kitchen with savoury fillings for lunch, followed by the highlight – a classically delicious plain pancake [...]