The Frugal Cook

Take a look at these two bottles. The one on the right - bought a few months ago - contained 500ml of red wine vinegar. The significantly sm...

This afternoon I found I'd been short-changed by Tesco on a special offer. It's the second time in a month that's happened - th...

I was going to blog about the two fabulous old cookbooks I picked up for a song in Devon last week but this week has been so manic I'll ...

My visit to the farmers' market this morning has left me feeling quite depressed. Apart from one stall whose produce is always snapped u...

Remember a time - not so long ago - when the standard advice on how to save money on fruit and veg was to buy them loose? And that the best...

We haven't quite got our act together since we got back on Friday so found ourselves scouring the local shops at 4.30 for something for ...

Back to Blighty yesterday to be greeted by a full page ad in the Times (and probably other papers too) publicising Sainsbury’s ‘Big 5’ deals...

I was amused to read today that Gordon Brown was telling us to be more frugal and not to waste so much food. He's absolutely right, of ...

Being slightly out of the loop over in France the latest round of supermarket price cuts had passed me by so thanks to regular contributor c...

There's a full page ad in the Guardian (and probably other papers) today showing the massive savings that Sainsbury's is offering on...

My efforts to save the odd pound here and there are put firmly into perspective by a sobering series of reports in the Guardian today and on...

I finally found a beef cut that's popular in France but hard to find here (back in England) - cotes de boeuf or beef ribs, ironically s...