This morning it was raining - tipping it down. A soggy July, hot on the heels of one of the wettest Junes on record! Then this afternoo...

A Store Cupboard Supper So just back from my holidays it's time to get back to some good simple eating and balance out some of the bol...

A Side Tasty Enough for a Main You know those dishes that are meant to be a side but are so good you could just eat a large plate full by...

Another Brunch Recipe It appears that of late I'm writing a lot of brunch recipes. Maybe that seems more romantic than calling them ligh...

Veggie Treat I love a nice big bowl of vegetarian chili, it picks me up and comforts me. Winter is most definitely on the way out - so I ma...

The Salmon of Knowledge So this is my first proper cooking after finishing the course. I spent a good week eating mostly vegetables and dri...

This is another recipe I cooked over Christmas in the Peak District in Yorkshire. It's from Tasamin Day-Lewis cook book 'Supper for ...

From the Snowy Peak District  I was lucky enough to be taken away with my parents this Christmas. We spent a week in the snowy and icy Peak ...

This ain't no Ballymaloe Relish - they've got that secret recipe in a secret vault, inside a pelican, inside a safe, inside an icebe...

Cheffactor Entry Here it is! In all it's glory, what I have strangely decided to call my signature dish, though I've never cooked it...

Never Mind the Electric Picnic here's the Acoustic Dinner Party So to distract ourselves from the fact that we weren’t at Electric Pic...

I discovered a nice new blog yesterday from fellow Dubliner, David - Kitchen 72 , there are some nice recipes with a healthy bent. I read h...

Wow, the weather today is fantastic AND I have a day off work! That never happens! So I went to the Phoenix Park and cycled around...

Lest I forget (completely)  My photo archives show me some very tasty dishes I have cooked over the last year - but due to circumstances...

Mammy Minestrone Yup so this is a minestrone I made with my mum while home over the bank holiday. I decided to make it when I saw how mu...

Triple Pork Breakfast Well it's not a fry - which is the traditional way of eating three types of pork first thing in the morning, ...

Maybe more of stew than a sauce This recipe was started off by catching a wiff of barbecued burgers in town whilst having a drink. So it wa...

Twice Baked Bread I saw this recipe mid-week and just knew I had to make it. One of my favorite things is bread and butter pudding , and...

Very Full Tart - by Yotam Ottolenghi Yotam Ottolenghi write the 'new vegetarian' in the Observer on Sunday, I love his recipes, ...

A recipe and some waffle - not a waffle recipe! I’m celebrating by heading off to a festival for the bank holiday. It’s called Vantastival ...