Donal Skehan

This week’s Fakeaway is a much-loved Indian dish that isn’t really Indian at all. Chicken tikka masala is widely believed to have originated in the UK(...)

Lockdown longings can do funny things to a person, and while takeaways are available, not everyone has access to the food they crave. In addition, the(...)

Sometimes what is called for, even when we are trying to eat healthily, is a dinner that can be shoved in the oven and forgotten about while other tas(...)

It’s now time to turn our thoughts to what desserts to make to bring Christmas lunch or dinner to a suitably show-stopping conclusion. We’ll take it (...)

How long does it take to caramelise onions? The answer to that cooking conundrum is about the same as how long is a piece of string, and it’s the tech(...)

These days people frequently observe how dystopian novels like The Handmaid’s Tale and 1984 are harbingers of today’s unpleasant realities (see this w(...)

Sorcha is pacing the kitchen floor. “Mom,” she goes, “you shouldn’t actually be here?” But her old dear’s like, “I have nowhere else to go.” “Yes, (...)

The restaurant meal-kit collection and delivery model has taken a distinctly fishy turn this week, with the launch of two lobster and shellfish option(...)

It’s National Banana Day, so what else would you be eating other than a freshly baked loaf of the cake that pretends it’s a bread? As its popularity h(...)

We’re one of those families. You might be one of those families yourselves. When we’re filling the supermorket trolley every week, we’re not shopping (...)