Watch: Currabinny Cooks make sticky spicy ribs

James Kavanagh and William Murray sort through the spice drawer and come up with some tasty dishes

Five Spice Ribs. Photo: Bríd O'Donovan.

January is always a time where we do a big stocktake of everything we have in the kitchen. This involves sorting through all of the cupboards, cabinets, shelves, countertops, the fridge, behind the fridge, under the table, spilling out into the dining room. 

Not having the luxury of a proper pantry means that food tends to accumulate unchecked. There will often be multiples of things like baking soda, packets of rice, lentils, tinned tomatoes, stock cubes and an interesting but largely unnecessary array of different types of vinegar.