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 of shrimp [...]

Attention fancy bastards!  A tipster has got in touch to say that Donnybrook Fair in Dublin 4 is selling whole live lobsters for €10 this week only.
Let us know if you make it down there and grab one, and what delicious things you’re going to do with it.  YUM.
Thanks to the gorgeous Sally F for [...]

These days we are bombarded by nutritional facts and figures which on the one hand is a good thing because we are getting important information but on the other hand can be really confusing.
It can be very difficult to pick your way through the maze of food facts and figure out if certain information is [...]

I work mostly from home but I have been working quite a bit in the city lately. Living in the sticks and having no car means I have to contend with an epic journey home.
After enduring the longest Dublin bus journey in history (even longer than the 17 bus route), I then have a thirty [...]

As part of a whirlwind tour of Hook peninsula I popped into Roches in Duncannon for lunch. This is a charming family-run bar and restaurant: one brother is serving, one is behind the bar and the others (along with talented head chef Denise Bradley) are in the kitchen.
The bar area is very quaint with restaurant seating [...]

If you like your fish and chips, you can pick them up half-price at hundreds of chippers across Ireland tomorrow, Wednesday May 26. “National Fish and Chips day” is being organised to promote and celebrate the Irish Traditional Italian Chipper Association (ITICA), and participating chippers will promote this special offer in their window.
What’s your favourite chipper?
Update: [...]

So there we were arguing about why we were in Galway, shouting about whose turn it was to be designated driver, and having tantrums about what our future really held together.
Thankfully, however, all four of us agreed that we should have fish for dinner. McDonaghs in Galway City has been feeding people whatever the sea [...]

Last week at Lidl, I noticed two almost identical packets of fish fingers sitting side by side in the freezer. One was priced around €2.15, the other closer to €3.
Identical in taste, the main difference lay in the origins of the fish. The more expensive option was certified by the Marine Stewardship Council, meaning you [...]

I’ve been eating a lot of mackerel lately. It is one of the cheapest buys at the fishmongers these days and it is a relatively guilt-free fish too because this little creature is thriving at the moment.
It also tastes delicious and goes great with Mediterranean flavours.
Whether you fry it up and serve it with just [...]

Our own lovely Jacqueline and her partner Dave fed me again recently. I really enjoyed the sea bass, and Jacq told me that they’d picked it up in the freezer section of Aldi.
On a visit to Aldi a a few weeks ago, I made a beeline for the freezer section and picked up some frozen [...]