I religiously consult the ‘Going up - Going down’ section of the Sunday Times style magazine to keep abreast of what’s hip and what’s not. Naturally I don’t follow any of their advice but reading their checklist of what to wear, eat, listen to, buy and avoid is titillating stuff.
If I did follow their recommendations [...]

For years, I’ve heard people banging on about the merits of loose-leaf tea versus tea bags and I thought to myself - surely there’s better things to talk about.
It turns out there isn’t! Loose tea is so much better than bagged and I want to tell the world - I can’t believe it’s taken me [...]

Cocktail offers have suckered me twice now. Last year, I was at a friend’s birthday and we all piled into Alfie’s on South William Street for the €5 cocktail deal. After ordering a round, we found that the alcohol content was pretty puny. One person went to complain to the barman and was met with [...]

Water shortages are continuing to disrupt people’s daily lives. All throughout Ireland, but especially in Dublin, our clapped out water infrastructure has finally wheezed a sigh of relief and kicked the bucket.
On holidays in Croatia a few years ago, a friend’s father gave us his gorgeous island home while he went on holidays. Not before [...]

Our favourite wine blogger Lar Veale has started a new weekly column in the Sunday Tribune - check it out for great recommendations for affordable wines. He also suggests food pairings: handy!
Lar blogs about wine at SourGrapes.ie

Like many people, I’ll be looking to buy a few bottles of sweet, sweet booze for Christmas.  I only need to pick up a few for gifts and for the house, and don’t have a large enough order to warrant a trip to the North.  While doing some shopping in Dublin city yesterday I was [...]

The older I get, the more debilitating hangovers get. They can be outrageously painful and quite often I become really stupid; I have been known to walk into walls, even run into them.
What’s worse is during Christmas I usually meet up with people I haven’t seen in ages and instead of being witty and attractive: [...]

Subway are currently doing any coffee – cappuccino, latte, americano etc – for one euro. And it’s not bad quality. I have noticed quite a few cheap coffee deals in the city of late, particularly on Aungier St. However, most of the cheapest options are muck.
I got a latte from Subway and I was [...]

This is a warming little recipe to serve up to your kids and kidults alike on Halloween evening after you’ve been out on a hard night’s trick-or-treating. Although I know all our cheapeats readers are extremely on the ball, I am nevertheless obliged to point out the following: Kid version - less spice, no alcohol. [...]

Jacqueline Strawbridge has just joined the CheapEats.ie team. She is currently deputy editor of Love Food with the Irish Independent, with articles published in the Irish Times and the Evening Herald Wedding Guide. She loves good food, and is probably happiest when she’s cooking – she’ll be sharing some of her culinary secrets [...]