Vegan

The Pickle Of The Crop

These slightly sweet pickled redcurrants are one way of making the short redcurrant season’s bounty last the year ’round


Dishing It Up For Ireland

A new national dish for Ireland? That’s what they’re looking for at the Só Sligo Food Festival. Wonder would my Irish coleslaw recipe stand a chance?


Once Upon A Mustard

Need mustard? Have mustard seeds? This spicy homemade beer mustard recipe might just interest you then…


Spud Sunday: ‘Twas The Day After Christmas

Redcurrant chutney, a new addition to the Christmas table


Spud Sunday: Star Of The Seaweed

Dillisk or dulse, a wonderfully savoury seaweed found on the shores of the North Atlantic, goes down a treat with spuds, a fact ably demonstrated by this dillisk-seasoned garlicky potato gratin.


Spud Sunday: The Late Edition

Take some boiled potato, mash it, dry the pieces out in the oven until golden and crunchy, et voilà, potato crumbs. Scatter wherever you think crunch, gluten-free or otherwise, is needed.


Oats, Glorious Oats

A hamper of oats from Flahavan’s means that I’ll have this coconut soup with oatmeal high on my winter menu, alongside an awful lot of porridge


Spud Sunday: Cut And Dried

Introducing oven-dried potato crisps – salt, vinegar, crunch and a distinct lack of fat