The Frugal Cook

I was blogging this week for The Guardian about soft drinks - mainly from the point of view of what to drink when you don't drink alcoh...

Or, to be more accurate, leftover roasties given the patatas bravas treatment .... Here's how it came about. We roasted a chicken last n...

This week I ordered a chilled watercress soup (not the one above) in a smart London restaurant. Nothing remarkable about that you might thin...

Frugality, as I've said before, isn't just about buying cheap but making the best use of what you buy. And nowhere is this more true...

Whenever a conversation about budget eating comes up, it almost always comes down to how often you shop. My view has always been that doing ...

In all the time I've been writing about frugal food I've never thought of making my own drinks. Actually, I lie. I did post this id...

I've just spent the past week on a work trip in Alsace (I know, I know, alright for some ... ) and stopped the night on the way back at ...

I hesitate to put Thai recipes in this blog because they involve a significant outlay on ingredients but chances are if you're into Thai...