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Donal Skehan is back with the second part of series 2 of Kitchen Hero with the hugely popular presenter sharing his tips and tricks for thrifty cooking and cheap eating. But banish any thoughts of penny-pinching and making do with less than tasty fare. This brand new series is all about embracing home cooking at its very best and making inexpensive ingredients work harder for the money you spend on them, so that you can enjoy delicious food as part of your everyday diet."These programmes include episodes where I cook with my Granny, visit BLOOM in the Phoenix Park, learn how to keep chickens, and chat to my local butcher. There is a real emphasis on how to get the best value for money from the ingredients you use" says Donal who has also taken on a new role as a Junior Masterchef judge which airs on CBBC in the UK in November.

The resulting 2 box set, unlike any other available today, groups together the main vocalists in the story of jazz from the first half of the 20th century. Each of these 20 CDs offers in more or less the same proportion, the purest of African-American song with gospel and blues singers, from truculent Ma Rainey to majestic Bessie Smith, sophisticated Sarah Vaughan to popular Louis Prima, the folk-related tones of Charlie Patton to the honeyed voice of Frank Sinatra.