We all love a good roast, and at this time of the year it’s all about the lamb. A lovely fresh, tasty and light meat, it is unfortunately also bloody expensive, and so here’s our pick of the top offers in the supermarkets for lamb. These are just the...
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Good God, I ventured into Tesco, Dooradoyle, Limerick on Thursday night. That’s the evening before Good Friday, when alcohol can’t be sold. It was like a battlefield. You’d swear Irish people would never ever be able to get hold of a bottle of chardonnay for ever more! Anyway, if...
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I don’t get all the fuss really, to me they’re just fruit scones with sweet stuff drizzled in lines, but a) I
don’t can’t really bake and b) I’m a cohabiting, mass-dodging, wine-swilling semi-heathen, so we should probably discount my opinion fairly sharpish.
In case you are partial to...
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This week Gastronomics.ie is bringing you the definitive guide to supermarket Easter offerings. We’ll cover all the basics of your Easter ingredients alongside the usual supermarket specials. This is gonna be easy-peasy for me - I like lamb. I like hot cross buns. I like wine. And I
especially...
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Most of us are still reeling at figures released this week as part of the banking stress test. The official line - I believe - is that our banks owe, oh, somewhere approaching bazillions. Which means of course that realistically we owe bazillions. Specifically, you and I, via our paychecks....
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If you do your weekly shop at the weekends, you might want to factor this week's highlights into your shopping list...
Aldi’s clearing out the competition this week with their 79c offers; Tesco’s Kerr Pinks at €2.07 and
Supervalu’s Parsnip & Carrot trays at €1 aren’t coming...
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Posted By: Gastrogirl, 11th February 2011, in
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Roll up roll up, read all about it....herewith my modest opinion on the supercalifragilistic and well, not quite so special, special offers.
Valentines fever has well and truly gripped the grocery stores, although I'm not so sure about the paying customers - has anybody yet recovered from the shock of their...
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