THREE years ago, Jamie Oliver turned 40, and he really "didn't enjoy it much.

SINCE the weather has taken a decidedly Autumnal turn, there's no better way to pretend we're still on our summer holidays than with our food.

CHILDHOOD summers were long and hot, so they say.

IT SEEMS you can’t pick up a bottle or can these days and not see a minimum of two brewers’ logos slapped on it.

ON national prosecco day here's a recipe for a prosecco cocktail

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DIETARY fibre may not be the most glamorous subject in the nutrition world but there may be more to this indigestible substance than keeping us regular.

WHEN you're in another country, perhaps the easiest way to begin to fathom a culture is through its food – and Rachel Khoo is an absolute expert at doing just that.

BETWEEN summer schemes, holiday camps, sleepovers, birthday parties and generally keeping the peace, these months off school can be trying for any parent, whether at home full time, working or running a number of restaurants – cough.

FROM Wilde to Shaw, Joyce to, eh, Dave Allen I suppose, the Irish have always been renowned for their wit.

Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has revealed he is set to publish a cookbook.

TRADE WHITE FOR BROWN Swap white bread for brown bread; white rice for brown rice, etc.

2 North Street Food 51 Clooney Terrace Waterside Derry I TELL you what – street food has changed a bit, hasn’t it? Time was, it used to mean walking up to the ground for the match, and a smell of dying onions clogging the air.

LAST week I was chatting to you about how to manage sugar cravings.

ARGUABLY, cooking isn't a game.

WITH all the rain this week, I was going to make a crack about it being good weather for the fishes, but these two recipes are most definitely not.

DEPENDING on your age, or taste I suppose, Cannonball will either summon the name up of Burt Reynolds or Damien Rice.

It's the first Friday in August so that can only mean one thing - International Beer Day.

DO YOU need a sugar fix? If your sweet tooth is leading you into the temptation of chocolate, biscuits and sweets more often than is healthy, it could be more than just a matter of lack of willpower.