I fancied some classic fish ‘n’ chips but my beloved Burdocks (man they give huge chip portions) was miles away in the big smoke. Stuck up a mountain and with no option but my local chipper which serves up manky muck, I had to rustle up something myself. My local Supervalu was doing a deal [...]

To mark Bastille day, I’m planning a French feast this evening with some friends. Tucking into French onion soup, a classic Coq au vin and a Crème brûlée; a French three course meal doesn’t have to cost a fortune and this menu contains basic ingredients that won’t break the bank. Incorporating onions, white wine, cheese [...]

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 [...]

What with Rercy succumbing to Tesco, both SnackBox and I sucked in by McDonald’s extra value sugar offer, Cat plundering the depths of dessert, and Jean on a steak/pie-only diet, you’d be forgiven for thinking we’ve given up. Yes, we’ve taken to the couch surrounded by empty pizza boxes, and a shallow and judgmental documentary [...]

Feeling lazy and hankering some comfort food, I nipped into Tesco and bought the Tesco Finest Lamb Moussaka. I naively thought it would marry well with the Potato Gratin from the normal Tesco range but I choose poorly. Both were tasty but sadly not together – I swear I could almost hear my arteries clog [...]

All Christmas I couldn’t stop thinking about food out of greed and now I can’t stop thinking about it out of fear. I live on the top of a mountain in West Wicklow and I’m snowed in – alone. I did make provisions last week and got copious amounts of food including an auxiliary ham [...]

I’ve mostly been cooking good old reliable comfort recipes this week, so haven’t tried out too many new recipes. As we batten down the hatches for the weekend, I thought I’d relink to some of CheapEats most popular comfort food recipes. Rercy’s Lebanse Style Shephards Pie brings a heartwarming taste of the middle east to [...]

If the seas haven’t frozen over, or if you’ve got some fish in the freezer, fish pie has to be one of the greatest comfort foods ever. For me, it’s got to be topped with creamy mashed potato. I also put in little bits of broccoli to add some flavour and texture. And this recipe [...]

Panic buyers are surging to the shops in Britain as the snow threatens to entomb us all, write some breathless newspapers in the UK. Yesterday’s Guardian newspaper reported that shoppers are stocking up on salt, alcohol, soups, and ready meals, while the never-hysterical Daily Hate showed a post-apocalyptic scene of empty supermarket shelves, presumably in [...]

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a lovely Christmas. I’ve spent most of the last week eating, sleeping, and watching TV by the fire, punctuated by the occasional social gathering and repressed bout of guilt: January 4th would soon arrive and normal service would resume. The day has arrived and the snow and [...]