Have you ever tried black rice?  It’s available in most Asian shops but it’s something I rarely see on menus.  I first had it in a delicious salad,  in an amazing vegetarian restaurant in New York (it was years ago and I have tragically forgotten its name) and have been cooking it at home ever [...]

Vietnamese cuisine is fresh, subtle and really satisfying. Vietnamese lime grilled prawns are a great bbq recipe that is simple but exotic. I had them at many beachside locations on my Honeymoon in Vietnam. The combined flavours of lime and pepper give the prawns a citrus kick that is quite unusual. Vietnamese pancakes are also [...]

Holidays to me are all about indulgence: doing, eating and drinking what you fancy. So I was stunned, when after returning home from Vietnam, I realised that I had somehow managed to have a detox holiday without even noticing. How so I hear you say? Well, Vietnamese food is incredibly delicious but also stupidly healthy, [...]

Welcome to a new series here on CheapEats.ie, where our friend Maria Crispy will be writing from the perspective of someone who doesn’t really cook.  Maria will be teaching herself to cook and blogging about how it goes, and also recommending takeaways and other options for the kitchen-phobic. Jean Here on Cheapeats.ie, I am an [...]