red chilli

Onion, Red Chilli, and Black Olive Bread

02/10/2014 By Richard Bewley 7 Comments

Confession time... this is my third attempt for ...

Thai Chicken and Coconut Noodle Soup

22/09/2014 By Richard Bewley 2 Comments

The very first time I tried Thai food was at the ...

Prawn, squid, lime and white wine spaghetti

16/09/2014 By Richard Bewley Leave a Comment

It is not uncommon that I adapt an otherwise ...

As I sit at my desk in my beloved man cave on New Year’s Eve writing my first recipe for 2018 (last twelve months were very short-changed in the output department), I look back at 2017 – a sodding awful year for so many reasons – hopeful that 2018 will compensate for the 365 days…

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…

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…

It is a good while since I last turned my hand to making a pizza – this weekend I had the opportunity to use up some ingredients I had lurking in the back of my refrigerator and couldn’t think of a more fitting end to them. My last pizza recipe was a Smoked Salmon, Artichoke…