Shrove Tuesday takes place 47 days before Easter Sunday. Because the date of Easter Sunday is dictated by the cycles of the moon, Pancak...

Very quick emergency tomato soup with garlic & cheese croutons. You will never go hungry if you have a few tins of tomatoes in th...

The sandwich is undoubtedly one of life’s simplest culinary pleasures. Open-faced, hot, cold, sweet or savory and with an endless combin...

Garlic butter is a compound butter, basically a 'flavoured' butter. These butters are endlessly versatile. A flavored butter ...

Home-made fish fingers have more fish, more flavour and more crunch than shop bought ones and are well worth the extra effort. Most chil...

Oh, fruit loved of boyhood! the old days recalling,  When wood-grapes were purpling and brown nuts were falling!  When wild, ugly face...

It's that time of year again, ladies. The time of year when the rare strain of flu takes hold, so powerful and so deadly, it can ...

Beautiful soup, so rich and green, Waiting in a hot tureen! Who for such dainties would not stoop? Soup of the evening, beautiful ...

Plum season is upon us and so, here are two plum sauce recipes. This first recipe is a quick version I make with a jar of homemade plum...

French onion soup made properly is a joy. But, this is not French onion soup. This one has an Irish accent and is all the better for it....

Bread slices that have been brushed with oil, sprinkled with salt and pepper, and baked until golden brown. Crostini is just a fancy nam...

It's so easy to go through the morning motions on auto-pilot, doing the routine until the second cup of tea or shot of coffee eng...

This is a post about sausage rolls and how to make them extra tasty. Before I go any further I feel I must say in my defence, that it...

Anyone roaming around the food sites lately must have seen that the big trend for the last week was party foods. The Super Bowl brings ...

For me, this soup is just a big hug in a bowl. It's deliciously warming, perfect for lunch or chilly evenings and ready in just...