Post originally published Jan 11, 2010 This cold weather is particularly brutal on wild birds, who will have real trouble finding anything to eat.  They depend on finding scraps at this time of year, as there are very few insects or berries around, and the snow coverage makes that very difficult.  There are a few [...]

Out with the midnight crisp and ice-cream feasts, and exercise consisting of a walk to the shop for more sweets. In with fruit, popcorn, yoga (I’m shocked too, but that’s what happens when you start hanging out with squatters in France), swimming, and long walks. Yep, I’ve been on a very healthy buzz these past [...]

I knew watching TV was a bad idea. Dettol have just released the No-Touch hand wash system, a new, utterly pointless product to add to your eerily clean and soulless home. Specially designed to play on the  fear and ignorance of unsuspecting, never-ending consumers, the No-Touch system promises that you don’t even need to touch [...]

My good friend Jimmy Dalton sends us this handy guide to excess mayonnaise. Specifically, Hellmann’s mayonnaise: umpteen moons ago, Snackbox snubbed his nose at a fancy organic mayonnaise I picked up in some snooty Dalkey shop. He then proved a point by eating  Hellmann’s straight from a jar, with his hands. In fairness, he was [...]

A flowchart that helps you find somewhere to eat in New Orleans (click for larger version) From Berning Marketing.  Thanks to my friend John H for sending this on.

Tea or coffee? Well, is it freshly ground coffee from a machine? Or is it instant? I sound like an awful ass, so I always hesitate to ask. Tea please, I say, with my heart longing for coffee. Last week, my friend Sarah told a terrible, terrible, evil, evil lie. But she did it so [...]

“Since the beginning of time, food has always meant the gathering of the clan, loved ones chopping, stirring, kneading together, and that second most intimate of acts, feeding each other, for food is not so much about cooking as it is about love and sharing.” Loving the recent addition to Huffington Post, the HuffPost Food [...]

I’m hoping the good readers of CheapEats can help me solve a mystery involving swans, hot cross buns, and the Grand Canal. Yesterday evening I took a stroll from Dolphin’s Barn down to Baggot Street. SnackBox and I enocuntered three dead lobsters along the canal, opposite an old bearded man with long white hair who [...]

Ever had such surly service that you’re afraid to complain? Recently, I went with my amazing aunt Julie, over from London for the weekend, for a few drinks and a bite to eat in a south Dublin pub. As soon as I decided to have a drink and leave the car parked overnight, we both [...]

Today is the only day of the year where you can eat dessert for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert, and nobody can question you. A simple pancake filling of warm raspberry jam with a topping of fresh whipped cream and honey is just one of deliciously distracting possibilities. My friend Roisin – the queen of [...]