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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

It was so warm on Monday morning that I had my morning cup of tea in the sun and it was bliss. It has been such a long cold winter, I felt like a cave creature that had just crawled out of the darkness – pasty and squinty-eyed in the bright pure sun. I know [...]

Who ever thought that Ash Wednesday would take on a commercial edge? No mind, whether you’re observant or not, you may as well get some healthy fish while it’s on special offer. Fish, chips, and minted mushy peas is an incredibly easy dinner to make and it’s utterly delicious. If you oven-cook the chips in [...]

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 [...]

Painful experience has gently nudged me away from impulse buys, but one small sample of hot smoked salmon shattered my caution. Because of my inbuilt capacity for financial self-destruction, I went along to last week’s Food and Wine Magazine show with only €10 in my pocket. Also,  it was all the money I had in [...]

I was in Egypt a few years ago and thought the food was very good indeed. For some of the time, I stayed with a family so I got to  experience some Egyptian takes on some of my favourite dishes. As a big fan of Kofta I was in heaven but it was the falafel [...]