recipes

Pieces from the Pantry .4

Sweetcorn While it is fair to say that lockdown has eased considerably since my last Pieces from the Pantry instalment, that doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t still be trying to use the food we already have tucked away in our cupboards. Whether you want to discourage waste or be creative with timeless tinned ingredients hereContinue reading “Pieces from the Pantry .4”

Pieces from the Pantry .3

Coconut milk While coconuts grow in hot, humid and sandy climates it is not unusual now to see tins of their luscious creamy milk on the pantry shelves of rainier climes like the UK. Surely coconut milk can be said to be a modern-day store cupboard staple, or at least it is one of mine.Continue reading “Pieces from the Pantry .3”

My mega Mother’s Day Meal

This Mother’s Day, being unable to go to a restaurant because of the virus plaguing the world as we speak, I decided to cook the mega-est Mother’s Day Meal I could think of. And, why not learn some cool new cooking skills along the way? Of course, none of this could have been possible withoutContinue reading “My mega Mother’s Day Meal”

Pimp that pizza for your Friday night dinner

Has your Friday night pizza for dinner become a boring event? Are you tired of the plain old usual pizza toppings? Then look no further than my guide to pimp that pizza. Everybody loves the old Italian reliables of Margherita or pepperoni atop a crisp golden pizza dough base. Or, maybe you are more ofContinue reading “Pimp that pizza for your Friday night dinner”

Love a Chinese but hail the homemade? Kwoklyn Wan offers the answers in his ‘Chinese Takeaway Cookbook’

Here’s a review of Kwoklyn Wan (yes, Gok Wan’s brother’s) recipes for your takeaway favourites, with no MSG in sight. Flipping through the pages of this cookbook you spot the absolute classics of everyone’s favourite takeaway (Chinese right?) and its iconic pamphlet style menu. Queue recipes for prawn toasts, beef and green pepper in blackContinue reading “Love a Chinese but hail the homemade? Kwoklyn Wan offers the answers in his ‘Chinese Takeaway Cookbook’”

Cabbage: A redefining of the unloved Christmas vegetable

After the festive holiday season some of us may have some sad leftover vegetables hanging around in the fridge. Cabbage and Brussel sprouts seem to always take up this space in the post-Christmas lunch fridge, never the favourites on the Christmas roast dinner plate. Well, I am here to tell you: no more. These sadContinue reading “Cabbage: A redefining of the unloved Christmas vegetable”

She’s salty, but not about food

A chance to tell you why the hell I’ve constructed yet another food blog to send into the vast webasphere. Food organises all of our lives; our minds (or at least mine) are consumed by questions of “when will I eat lunch?”, “what do I fancy for dinner?” or “what’s in the fridge”? It isContinue reading “She’s salty, but not about food”