The Frugal Cook

Fish couscous might sound an odd idea but it actually works really well, particularly at this time of year when you can get your hands on p...

One of the problems about being a food writer or blogger is that you very quickly lose touch with the number of ingredients that your reader...

No sooner am I back then I'm going to stray off-piste and write about music and books. And, even more maddeningly, a shop that's onl...

Well, here I am back again. You might well wonder why when I already have two other blogs ( Food and Wine Finds and The Cheeselover ) but t...

How long should a blog last? It's a question, I guess, that more and more bloggers will be asking themselves over the next year or so. ...

The other day I roasted a mallard duck (which I'd found at a good price at our local butcher, I hasten to add). Mallards are quite small...

My husband continues to upstage me on the frugality stakes, bearing bargains back to the house on an almost daily basis.This week's tri...

It's been a super-frugal week in the Beckett household so far, thanks not to me but my husband who has been trawling for bargains in the...