I’ve been trawling through the very excellent BBC Good Food website in order to learn some new healthy dishes and avoid dying of boredom while eating healthily.  I found many lovely recipes including a great one for Sicilian Fish Stew. I tried it out, made a few tweaks, used a generous hand with the lemon [...]

We’re all about the healthy eating here at the moment (except for the occasional lapses when we will be stuffing jellies into our faces, obviously).  I am keen to expand my repertoire of healthy dishes this Spring, and have been poking around in both my store cupboard and my favourite food websites for new inspiration. [...]

Kids are getting so hard to whelm. Some time ago, a few friends with kids called over for a big long lunch, and Jean suggested that I let the little ones decorate their own pizzas. Turns out the kids were way less interested in topping pizzas than I was. So I kept it simple, throwing [...]

Yawning spaces opened up in the fridge. Lonely potatoes and tomatoes felt conspicuously exposed in the presses. There was a freezer full of long-forgotten sauces. Meanwhile, an excess of herbs, spices, and assorted condiments shrugged their shoulders, unsure how they could help. But I was determined to eat what I had. With a visit to [...]

I was in The Port House on South William Street over the weekend which is one of my favourite tapas places in the city. They do a delicious dish of Deep fried cubed potatoes served with a selection of sauces for €3.95 each. My favourite is the Patatas Mojo which is potatoes served with a [...]

As part of my attempt to fool myself into thinking I’m on holiday, I am having a dish a day from holidays past. Brazil had the most amazing food, in fact pretty much everything about Brazil was amazing. I had some of the best fish stews there and if you like prawns there are loads [...]

I love Indian food and feast on it at least once a week but I just haven’t got the cooking down yet. I am comparing myself to my husband who makes the most amazing curries. This is one recipe that I will be taking on. I have observed that the secret to a great curry [...]

I’ve seen a sneak preview of Jamie’s Food Revolution in the US (watch the trailer here) and already I am fascinated and horrified in equal parts. I think Jamie is fantastic, you can see that he really cares about what children are eating. He takes Huntington in West Virginia as his starting point for a ‘seed [...]

My uncle told me about this recipe, and I’m including it because, along with other gorgeous ingredients, it contains turmeric. I am a turmeric virgin, but really want to learn more about what dishes to add it to. This is not a typical turmeric-fuelled recipe, but it is lovely. It’s called The Barge Casserole because [...]

I’ve recently discovered Yotam Ottolenghi’s innovative and inventive take on vegetarian food. The chef’s exciting approach to Mediterranean cooking is experimental with bold flavours and pure ingredients. Finding new ways to make vegetarian food interesting is always good so I’ll definitely be buying his book Ottolenghi: The Cookbook. Some of his dishes include white and [...]