If you’ve never made jam you should give it a go. I’m not going to lie and say it’s stress-free as it involves boiling hot liquid, glass and uncertainty, but with the right preparation it’s fine. The results are always something to be proud of and even the ones that won’t set are delicious in [...]

At last! Tomorrow, Aldi are opening up in Sandyford, south county Dublin. If, like me, you refused to drive past several branches of Lidl to get to Aldi in Nutgrove, this will be very good news indeed. Aldi don’t stock the very amazing Fruchtsaft or cheap organic potatoes – until they do, I won’t be [...]

I’m determined to find sick and twisted ways of forcing history’s five greatest foods – anchovies, honey, mustard, raspberries, and chicken wings – to live together in one tiny room and swap each other around in surprising combinations (I know, I know, mustard is a condiment not a food). Honey and mustard are in love, [...]

The blackberries are out and it’s your chance to get free food. You can use them to make jam, cakes, ice cream, compote, crème brulée, coulis and even tea. You can also use blackberries in savoury sauces. Venison goes well with autumnal purple-red produce and this Pan-fried venison with blackberry sauce is very fast and [...]

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 [...]