And the winner of the Saba cookbook is… Here are your random numbers: 50 Timestamp: 2011-12-16 15:21:34 UTC Congratulations, commenter number 50, that’s you Mark. We’ll be in touch to let you know how to claim your prize. For those of you who weren’t lucky this time, please consider buying the Saba Cookbook as a [...]

Competition closed If you know someone who likes cooking, Thai and Vietnamese food, or both, The Saba Cookbook is the perfect Christmas present. There’s plenty of gorgeous recipes, information on Thai and Vietnamese food, stories about Saba, and beautiful food photography. The recipes feature easily accessible ingredients. Compared to some other restaurant cookbooks on the [...]

Thanks to everyone who entered our 2000th post giveaway to win a €50 M&S voucher. We really appreciated your comments and feedback, but there can only be two winners, and here they are… Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 79 61 Timestamp: 2011-11-07 15:15:00 UTC Congratulations to our two winners, Ciara O’Reilly and [...]

A big, big thank you to everyone who helped out with our Cake Sale and everyone who came along to buy cake.  We had a delightful afternoon, there was SO MUCH delicious cake, and we raised over €300 for Barnardos and their crucial work with vulnerable children in Ireland. Some of the things we got [...]

Here are your random numbers: 86 Timestamp: 2011-11-01 16:56:46 UTC That’s you, Stephen, commenter number 86. Congratulations, you’ve won a €50 voucher to spend on any Groupon deal of your choice. We’ll be in touch to let you know how to claim your prize. To everyone else: if you didn’t win this time, you can still [...]

It seems like only yesterday when Jean came up with the idea for a food blog, and asked me to join her in this Cheapeats endeavour. “What’s a blog?” I asked. Almost three years later, I think I’ve figured it out. Two thousands posts of shocking Tesco exposes, cheap recipe ideas, restaurant and supermarket bargains, [...]

Competition closed Daily deals websites are changing the way we eat. The concept is simple and there’s no catch: Groupon.ie offers cheap deals on restaurants, hotels, leisure activities, and beauty treatments. Here’s a selection of recent Groupon deals. They’re quite phenomenal, and would make you feel like a bit of a chump for ever paying [...]

The winner of our Milano Ranelagh competition is… Here are your random numbers: 136 Timestamp: 2011-07-12 12:05:29 UTC Congratulations Josephine. You can enjoy a free meal in Milano’s new Ranelagh branch or any Milano’s restaurant of your choice. We’ll be in touch about your prize.

Competition closed. Check back next week to see if you’ve won. Milano have recently opened up a brand spanking new restaurant in the heart of Ranelagh, Dublin 6. Situated on the site of the former Cafe Bar Deli, the 140-seater has been packing them in since it opened in May. To celebrate this, Milano is [...]

This was a bit more complicated than our usual competitions: as not every suggestion made the list, not every entry made the draw either. There were four winners including, as mentioned in the previous post, commenter number 18 Jennifer. They’ll all be getting a €35 voucher for Gourmet Burger Kitchen, which I listed as one [...]