TRUE CONFESSION: I wait ALL DAMN YEAR for this, The Best Leek and Chestnut Stuffing. It is my life. Why do I love it? It’s just the greatest freaking stuffing ever! It’s so buttery, so delicious, so flavoursome…it makes everything it touches turn…
One of my favourite things about food is the seemingly magical way in which certain ingredients interact. These Whipped Maple-Pecan Sweet Potatoes are one of the ultimate examples of that! Sweet potatoes on their own are pretty magical, it…
Ahhhhhh, the sauces. They are absolutely what makes the meal. A plate of T-giving food without that savoury gravy and sharp-sweet cranberry? Unthinkable. The sauces are what provides bridges and links between the different flavours on your plate. They…
Thanksgiving begins and ends with Turkey. It’s funny, this time of year there’s always an equal number of articles telling you how to make ‘THE BEST turkey everrrr!’, and conversely that turkey is totally overrated and never that good….
Who doesn’t love Haloumi cheese?! It’s that squeaky, delicious, golden edged cheese from the Med, that hits its highest peak when fried. Yes, all cheese is good when heated (or most cheese anyway) but Haloumi absolutely cries out for…
When it comes to comfort food, potatoes are king. That filthy, dirt covered tuber that we of Irish descent (and pretty much everyone else) seem genetically disposed to adore – it just can’t be beat. As Nora Ephron said,…
Nachos are such good time food, aren’t they? Nobody ever makes sadness nachos or angst nachos. And if they do then that is the worst thing I’ve ever heard. They should switch to a more sadness-appropriate food, like mashed…
The Slutty Frenchman is no joke. Let me lay it out for y’all to play it out; sliced, smoky ham, melty gruyere, oozy fried egg, crisp spring onions and a slick of sriracha mayo on a soft, white bun….
I’ve always found bacon a welcome addition to my salads, haven’t you? It tends to make them feel less like an entire field of grass that I have to chew through because health, and more like a delicious, exciting…
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? <—-name that song. In answer to that rhetorical question, YES, this is real life! And I feel no shame in the game of admitting that I absolutely freaking love…