We don’t usually get into politics here on CheapEats, but this one is pretty irresistible, and is happily on-topic for a food site. The Assembly of Recipes cookbook was published in the North a few years ago featuring recipes from members of the Legislative Assembly of Northern Ireland.  A friend has a copy, and even [...]

I was completely hooked to ‘Masterchef’ when it was on BBC and it kind of controlled my life for a while, as sad as that sounds. Due to unstoppable snacking, I had to arrange my dinner around the show and make sure I would either be eating while it was on or have dinner afterwards. [...]

Donal Skehan is giving away a signed copy of his lovely Good Mood Food Cookbook on his blog. Get over there and get your name in the hat!

Following on from Tuesday’s post on cookbooks, another one of my favourite books is ‘Just One Pot’ by Lindsey Bareham. What I love about this book is the recipes cover a whole range of cuisines including – India, France, Trinidad, Spain and Thailand amongst others. As you can tell from the title, all the dishes [...]

There are a stupid number of great and not so great recipes available online but to me having a cookbook in my hand feels good. I like the way you can tell what recipes have been cooked by the state of the page and you can also bring the book to the kitchen counter rather [...]

Competition Closed at 4pm, Tuesday Oct 13. Check back tomorrow to see if you’re a winner. Cooking is a feel-good act anyway, but if you want to tip the scales of generally feeling fabulous, then make the next cookery book you buy ‘Zest’, the proceeds of which will go to the Irish Hospice Foundation. About [...]

Sadly Keith Floyd, the booziest and funniest of all chefs, passed away on Monday. He was a legend. Best known for his haphazard presenting and his penchant for knocking back the vino while he was at it; kind of reminds me of my husband come to think of it. The original TV chef produced some [...]

Last Friday, ITV’s Tonight show screened a programme about the demise of the celebrity chef. In the UK, Gordon Ramsay and Anthony Worrall-Thompson are amongst those whose restaurants have been battered by the recession. One wonders how Ramsay’s restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Powerscourt, Co. Wicklow, is faring. Meanwhile, over here, Dylan McGrath has [...]

“Buy cleverly. Waste less. Eat well.” That’s the slogan of The Frugal Cook, a book by blogger Fiona Beckett. Published late last year, the book is full of great advice: how to cut your food bill, the art of using leftovers, the skill of stretching food, how to be more efficient, portion control, waste disposal, [...]

Today, I made this White Bean and Roast Mediterranean Vegetable Pie with Basil Mash, which I’ve adapted from page 242 of Cornucopia At Home. This very comfortably fed four people two big helpings each, and I also had enough left over to fill two ramekin dishes for the freezer – that’s two lunches sorted next [...]