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Fragrant Spinach Rice

01/04/2018 By Richard Bewley 1 Comment

"I love rice!" - is something I hear on a very ...

Boeuf Bourguignon

18/02/2016 By Richard Bewley Leave a Comment

The very first time I had ever tried Boeuf ...

Salad is not rabbit food. The green leafy matter which may be added to your plate and often abandoned is not just for decorative purposes – it is both edible, and good for you ;o) I am really, quite the fan. To anyone who doesn’t like tuna, anchovies or capers – read on – this…

Last week I returned from a fantastic reunion in Slovakia – a place I really see as my second home. I taught English to adults in a town called Roznava 18 years ago (I was one of the youngest in the class at the time), and was exposed to many great traditions – my favourite…

I am sure that I have stated somewhere before that if it wasn’t for the occasional carnivorous pleasure gained from a really good steak, I would gladly follow a Pescatarian lifestyle. I genuinely love all those fishy critters which originate from what most of mother earth is covered in and for the time-deprived (something I…

Nearly five weeks to the day, I did what I try and do every time a birthday comes around – (OK, this year I admit, as a leap year, it wasn’t a real one) – escape the cold, wet and bleak February weather and exchange it for winter sun. One destination neither my far…