The Frugal Cook

Having spent the last 10 days in France it's struck me again what a mystery it is that you can't order more vegetable-based dishes i...

If you're someone who never manages to use up the nuts or spices you buy for a recipe dukka (aka dukkah) could be your salvation. Basica...

I've banged on about this before and probably will again but I just wanted to have another moan about the extortionate price of fresh he...

With Burns Night coming up this week and many celebrating it this weekend, now's a good time to stock up on your favourite whisky brand...

I’m not a great one for ‘the perfect this’ or ‘the perfect that’ in recipes but if you’re a marmalade aficionado I promise you this is as g...

If you're finding it hard to give up booze for the month you might want to snap up a bottle or two of Waitrose's low alcohol cider ...

Following yesterday's post the good news is that my student cookery site Beyond Baked Beans is back up and running but at a new domain n...

Some of you may have arrived at this blog looking for my student website beyondbakedbeans.com. I'm sad to say it no longer exists. (See ...