Kebabs are one of those foods that have a bang of shame off them. Picture a kebab, and chances are you’re picturing it clutched in the hand of a stumbling drunk, with it leaking white garlic sauce over their knuckles.  But a kebab doesn’t have to be a disgrace. The basic ingredients of an authentic [...]

There seems to be BYO restaurants popping up all over Dublin these days. I can’t complain. So far, any of the ones I’ve eaten in have been delicious and a lot of them have no charge for bringing your own wine, definitely not to be sniffed at. Myself, my boyfriend and my mum went for [...]

Mmmmmm falafel.  There are few things tastier than those little deep-fried balls of crunchiness, and the flavours of the salads and sauces that they come with are pretty special as well.  Our reader Becky has helpfully given us a recipe for falafel that avoids deep-frying, and makes it a healthier choice.  It’s also an easy [...]

I’m really loving Anissa Helou’s fantastic mezze recipes, as well as the stories on her wonderful blog. She currently has a lovely tale to tell about chocolates made from camel milk. Here’s two more mezze recipes from her excellent book Modern Mezze; check out more of her books here. Mezze are so versatile: they make [...]

I’ve been watching Jamie Oliver’s New European Series – so far I’ve seen him in Morocco, Spain and, most recently, Greece. This episode was all about simple ingredients simply put together. He went spear fishing, met up with some bee keepers and nibbled on some goats cheese with a Greek Orthodox monk. Some of the [...]