Update: The ice cream is only €2.29, not €2.99. My bad. That’s purdy good value. Tried and tested on a jury of our peers: Aldi’s new ice-cream range. And the result – more reasons to love Aldi. Coming in three flavours – Madagascan vanilla, caramel fudge, and the pièce de résistance, triple chocolate – each [...]

M&S’s Dine in for Two for €12.50 offer must be one of the most attractive and successful supermarket special offers of recent years. It’s been running for ages now, consists of a great selection of unfeasibly luxurious food (both ready-made meals and fresh ingredients to cook) and is clearly hugely popular.  I’ve seen people charging [...]

M&S recently sent me some items from their new Mexican selection, and it’s confirmed my new found grá for this cuisine. I’m consuming large amounts of burritos and fajitas lately; I ate out at Boojum earlier this week, I’m a big fan of Pablo Picante’s and Taco Taco, and I’m looking forward to trying out [...]

I have a problem with Aldi: there’s not enough branches around Dublin. In particular, south-east Dublin, and the Dun Laoghaire area. Their range easily wipes the floor with Lidl’s offerings, but I find myself having to travel all the way to Nutgrove to get those goodies. Aldi recently picked up 12 titles at the UK [...]

Current specials at Tesco include: Keeling’s strawberries (300g, €4.99), raspberries (125g, €3.99), blackberries (125g, €3.99) – buy any 2 for €6 Fresh Irish Finest Angus Sirloin (€4 each) – 2 for €7 Nestle Coco Shreddies (500g, €2.49), Honey Cheerio’s (600g, €3.75), Oat Cheerios or Oats More Honey (400g, €2.99) – buy one get one free [...]

Asian food absolutely rocks but I always feel that shop bought noodles let a good stir-fry down. However, I have recently discovered wholegrain noodles which are a complete revelation. As a general rule I try and eat as much wholefoods as possible; I’ve eaten brown rice for years and changed over to wholegrain pasta a [...]

Leaving Cert economics: snob value. You buy something precisely because it is expensive and hard to find. Following a few weeks where I turned from food, I found myself in Liston’s on Camden St. and felt like splashing out on some fancy foods. I got some delicious Killowen yogurt but was really drawn in by [...]

Last weekend, Jean, Rercy and I joined a group of lovely friends on a beautiful riverside picnic – particular kudos to Lou for her impeccable quiche – and had a most enjoyable day. I brought along some bottles of Crabbie’s alcoholic ginger beer, for which I was raised on everyone’s shoulders and declared a hero. [...]

While in Dun Laoghaire, join the queue for Teddy’s ice cream. Teddy’s has been around since forever, and it really is the sweetest, creamiest and freshest whipped ice-cream you’ll ever taste. Sometimes, whipped ice cream can have an artificial or even metallic taste. Teddy’s, however, tastes as though it’s gone from cow to ice cream [...]

Special offers this week at Dunnes include: Shaw’s crumbed/ carved ham family pack (260g) – half price – now €2.87 Sun All in One dishwasher tablets (40′s) – 2 for €6 Blossom Hill wines – reduced from €7.80 to €5.99 Offers are valid until May 11. Click here for more information. If you fancy a [...]