After a year long hiatus (and maybe more), March saw the return of my cooking the books series. To recap, if you missed last month’s …
Tamago Donburi
Here’s another easy recipe for you to try during lockdown: tamago donburi. We love to cook food inspired by our travels and short-grain rice, cooked …
Daddy Cool’s eggy bread
In a recent twitter poll, 47% of you voted for more recipes on the blog so I’m kick starting that with a really simple but …
Cooking the books: Mandalay, recipes and tales from a Burmese kitchen
.After a year long hiatus (and maybe more), it’s time for cooking the books! I put the shout out on twitter earlier in the month …
Supporting local food businesses across the UK during Coronavirus
Wow, where to start? It’s been quite a week (or two). When I last updated the blog, Coronavirus (or Covid-19) was something happening in China …
JML artificial pork stew noodle cup
Back in the summer of 2019, when Dave and I worked at the same place in the city centre, we set ourselves something called the …
What’s the right approach? Thoughts on plant based eating…
This month Dave decided to follow a wholly plant-based diet. Unlike the vast majority of people doing Veganuary he opted for the lesser known, possibly …
Ten must try Polish foods!
Polish food is so much more than dumplings and pork sausage. Recently I was lucky enough to take part in a press trip around this …
A whole load of Bristol Belly Laughs
January was crazy. So crazy that I actually made myself ill and am now moping around the house feeling just a tad sorry for myself. …
A stay at the Plough Inn, Cold Aston
I just love the Cotswolds. It’s such quintessentially English countryside. Rolling hills, sheep dotting the landscape and pretty stone cottages. It all feels a little …




