The Frugal Cook

We spent the day yesterday at friends for a big family party, all cooking in the kitchen together. My contribution was a couscous salad and ...

As you know I was going to give the blog a break but I've been overwhelmed at the quality of the produce in the south of France since we...

Taking a break from the blog for a couple of weeks while I'm on holiday in France - unless I come across an impressively frugal dish. En...

I made the best recipe for a while the other day. By accident from virtually free ingredients and it was so ridiculously simple. My chef fri...

It’s always a great moment when you finally hold a copy of a book you’ve written in your hands. It makes all the hard work - and believe me ...

It's a strange world out there in supermarketland. We were shopping last night and picked up a 400g pack of Somerfield's 'Best E...

One of the few upsides of the recession is that there seem to be an unprecedented number of good deals in restaurants at the moment - provid...

Although I can't think, given the current weather, why we ever switched off the AGA, I'm getting increasingly persuaded by the virtu...