Eat Street 231 Lisburn Road Belfast BT9 7EN 028 9058 2068 THIS is a negative review.

THE clickbait social media videos of people trampling over each other in a frenzied bout of violent consumerism may not be as prevalent this year, but the last Friday in November still involved savvy shoppers/utter lunatics (*delete as appropriate) hauling themselves out of their warm beds at stupid o'clock in the pitch dark to grab the early bargains.

WHEN hard-hitting BBC One documentary Drowning In Plastic aired last autumn, Liz Bonnin had no idea of the reaction it would cause.

- IKEA'S Christmas tree offer has started.

Havana Bank Square 56-58 Berry St, Belfast BT1 1FJ 028 9031 0809 Havanabanksq.

YOU think you know potatoes, and then you discover what The Quality Chop House does to them.

THINK salads are just for summer? Think again! I am not talking lettuce, tomato and a bit of limp cucumber with a dollop of salad cream on the side, but instead making the very best of what the season has to offer.

CHRISTMAS entertaining is all about being prepared and, in the cookery classes over the next couple of weeks, all our customers go away with ingredients that can be made now and stored for Christmas Day.