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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 ...

The first time I made this dessert was in 1992, and after a 22 year hiatus, I decided to give it a go again last weekend. Surprisingly, I remember my very first attempt with great clarity. I was 16 years old, had recently finished GCSE exams and invited some friends over for a meal when…

It is very rare that I get around to making mash, and certainly not something I will do for myself – but each time I whip up a batch the feedback I receive encourages me to make it again. For me (and I am not trying to trivialise the effort required to make it taste…

Since posting my Watercress and Pomegranate salad recipe, I have really got into the salad ‘zone’. I will gladly eat salad on a daily basis – better still, when, in summer (or our version of it) it is easy to make a meal of it. It also gives me the opportunity to use up some…

According to Wikipedia (so, it must be true), the ‘Pizza’ was invented in 1889 when Neopolitan pizza maker Raffaele Esposito was commissioned by the Royal Palace of Capodimonte to create a pizza in honour of Queen Margherita. The tomato, mozzarella cheese and basil creation – as legend would have it – matched the colours of…