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Guacamole Toast

28/02/2019 By Richard Bewley 1 Comment

As this blog is supposed to be about cooking, I ...

Fragrant Spinach Rice

01/04/2018 By Richard Bewley 1 Comment

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

Linguine alle vongole

23/10/2017 By Richard Bewley 9 Comments

Just shy of four months ago (still inspired by a ...

Egg fried rice with cashew nuts, ginger and lime

21/02/2017 By Richard Bewley 1 Comment

The last three months have been crazy busy. Any ...

Zesty Monk fish and Tiger Prawn Skewers

14/11/2016 By Richard Bewley 2 Comments

I am sure that I have stated somewhere before that ...

Wagamana can do it. ITSU can do it. You can do it. No, I am not suggesting you sell up and risk all to start your very own Japanese healthy food outlet, but knock up, in next to no time at all, some delicious and nutritious meal which you can assemble, in next to no…

Over the last few weeks, I have been experimenting with different bread recipes. I have been combining different types of flour, different seed combinations, finding interesting ways to flavour the crust.. it has been a lot of fun. Last week, I made a Paul Hollywood inspired sun dried tomato and black olive bread (I intend…

In January 2012, I experienced the joy of having surgery which, in spite of opting for the ‘keyhole’ method, took a good two to three weeks or so to heal. I distinctly remember asking the surgeon a good few days afterwards why it still hurt so much, to which he replied : “What do you…

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…