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Fusilli pasta with pesto and griddled Mediterranean vegetables

10/10/2018 By Richard Bewley 1 Comment

I would be first to admit that whipping up a ...

Baked eggs with spinach, chilli, and red onion

18/08/2016 By Richard Bewley Leave a Comment

At the very end of July, I spent a truly ...

Scrambled eggs with spring onion and truffle oil

05/07/2016 By Richard Bewley 1 Comment

This year, I had the great fortune to spend a week ...

Goat’s Cheese, Red Onion, and Kale & Rocket Pesto Pizza

16/04/2016 By Richard Bewley Leave a Comment

Time poverty has really been a curse of late ...

Some time ago, I regularly used to buy ready prepared spatchcock Poussin from Gressingham, the remarkable duck people (in their own words). Well, what is remarkable about poussin is that they are, em, not a duck – but a butcher’s term for young chicken. Poussin are typically a breed that is naturally slow-growing, meaning that…

Reheating Rice

Reheating Rice I regularly reheat rice I have cooked up to 4-5 days in advance. I will either zap it in a microwave in a cling film (perforated) covered ramekin with a drop of water, or make a recipe like this. Whilst I am sure there are valid reasons as to why I should be…

Dull and wilted salad leaves this is not – I have been making it a bit of a personal mission of mine this summer to see how many new salad concoctions I can come up with. In summer, in particular, I really enjoy having big ‘meal-in-one’ salads and am really enjoying the process of assembling…

One of the worst jobs I have ever done (and there have been a few, sadly) was during my summer school holiday when 17. Desperate to make a few pounds to use on a camping holiday in France and Spain, I accepted a job in the kitchens of a local Oxford hospital. Soul-destroying? Yes. I…