We get pancakes, they get the biggest party in the world. Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras is what they call today in the deep South. The logic is the same as our tradition: get as fat and fucked up as possible because there’s forty days and forty nights of misery on the way. Mardi Gras [...]

SnackBox is in Mississippi  with his band Hoarsebox recording an album – check out their distinctly  un-southern tunes here. This Monday, his chicken fever reaches new heights. Wing Fanatic – the best wing joint in town. Everybody knows how the yanks like to do things large – eating, drinking, partying, even lying down. But Wing [...]

SnackBox has returned to Mississippi  with his band Hoarsebox to record an album. Every Monday, he’ll be spilling his guts on the oft-overlooked cuisine of America’s deep south. Mississippi burnin’ in my a… So I’m back in Mississippi. I’m officially eating too much spicy, smoked, chilli-related foodstuffs. BUT I CANT GET ENOUGH. Couple this with [...]

Now, before you all go screaming about this not being a cheap eat, I know. I know. Nonetheless, I’d saved up all my pennies for many months and managed to scrape together enough to treat myself to a few nights B&B, dinner, and spa treatments in the remote getaway that is Delphi Mountain Resort. From [...]

Payday, oh payday. So I’ve finally got that tyrannical bank manager off my back and it’s time for a well-deserved break. I know that Discover Ireland have some incredibly good deals, which you’ll find here (it’s a large file, beware!), but I’m torn, so I turn to you guys for advice. Both Delphi Mountain Resort [...]

Snack Box went in search of fried chicken to the source: Mississippi. However, fish and other such delights became the focal point of the gastro tour. I generally try to avoid American states with towns called Coonsville. But my love for fried chicken got the better of me. So I went to Oxford, a small [...]

It wasn’t until we’d booked our accommodation, and hopped on the train, that we learnt San Sebastian is the most expensive city in Spain. Great. But as soon as we arrived – feet weary from the Camino – we fell in love with this very popular beach city. It’s billed as the gastronomic capital of [...]

Up at the crack of dawn, walking 25-30km a day, over mountains, across valleys. And what do we do after eight days on the Camino de Santiago in Northern Spain? Get really drunk and stuff our faces full of bread in San Sebastian and Bilbao, two major Basque cities. Our visit to Bilbao was brief: [...]

On the very tedious road from Dublin to Cork a few weeks ago, I inevitably got a bit peckish. Since the motorway opened, Abbeyleix and Durrow in Co. Laois are now the two main stopping points. In Durrow, there’s the Castle Arms Hotel, which always seems to attract a fair amount of business. I ate [...]

The French Laundry features on the recently published San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants. El Bulli in Spain is ranked at number one, with Hestor Blumenthal’s The Fat Duck at number two. The list is a good guide if you fancy a once-in-a-lifetime treat while on holidays or, indeed, if you’re looking for an unusual [...]