Food

• Jun 18, 2022: Okra fries!
• Jun 4, 2022: Marmite or Dynamite 🧨
• Jun 3, 2022: Bank holidays. Yesterday was small barbecue day, today is pizza day.
• May 28, 2022: Finished reading: Rice, Noodle, Fish: Deep Travels Through Japan’s Food Culture by Matt …
• Apr 23, 2022: IPES food report: The Politics of Protein 🔗
• Apr 9, 2022: Keeping it simple 🍕
• Feb 10, 2022: Check in 🗺 — The Harbourside Refuge, Porthleven. Great fish dishes. 🐟
• Jan 5, 2022: Spent a long time preparing sushi maki with my daughter last night. Fillings of shiitake, smoked …
• Oct 30, 2021: Saturday pizza 🍕
• Oct 30, 2021: Not a satisfactory solution. Also trying to make pizza at the same time 🏏 🏉 🍕
• Oct 26, 2021: The Great British Bake Off. Usually bread week is my favourite, but tonight’s pastry week is great! …
• Oct 3, 2021: Cooked with tempeh for the first time tonight - it made a very good noodle dish 🍜
• Sep 9, 2021: Sri Lankan street food and drink at The Coconut Tree in Cardiff last night. If I hadn’t …
• Sep 8, 2021: Check in 🗺 — Coconut Tree. Sri Lankan street food. And more rum cocktails 🍸
• Aug 29, 2021: Wood firing pizza tonight 🍕 😃
• Aug 6, 2021: Lenten Spaghetti with Tahini. A success!
• Aug 6, 2021: Friday night dinner recipe from Vefa’s Kitchen: Lenten Spaghetti with Tahini
• Jul 24, 2021: Purezza Bristol, vegan pizzeria. Seaspiracy pizza 🍕
• Jul 24, 2021: Check in 🗺 — Purezza Bristol, vegan pizzeria. 🍕
• Jul 23, 2021: Pizza sequence. Trying out the pizza oven in wood fired mode for the first time. 🍕
• Jul 11, 2021: Euro 2020 Final: England v Italy ⚽️ Pre-match feasting 😋
• Jun 27, 2021: Check in 🗺 — Sunday lunch at the Bunch of Grapes again 😀 🍺
• Jun 25, 2021: Food at Citta is so good, and all prepared in a tiny open kitchen. Have missed coming here 😊
• Jun 24, 2021: Tapas at Bar 44, Cardiff.
• A Brazilian stew 🍲 Jun 18, 2021
• Jun 6, 2021: Squid ink linguine with grilled octopus. Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd.
• May 25, 2021: Persian inspired vegan mezze at Koocha, Gloucester Road, Bristol. Delicious!
• May 19, 2021: Barbecued vegetables, pitta breads, hummus, taramasalata and sriracha sauce. Enjoying the good …
• Apr 28, 2021: Planning a paella de verduras
• Apr 20, 2021: I find myself eating 😃 for the first time in years.
• Apr 10, 2021: Monotone - green olives, jalapeños and capers 🍕
• Apr 10, 2021: Yet again, Saturday night is pizza construction time 🍕
• Apr 9, 2021: This was delicious! 🐟
• Mar 7, 2021: The Jalapeño Popper Vegan Grilled Cheese (jalapeños, pickled chillis, chilli jam and vegan cheese in …
• Feb 14, 2021: Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 14: compassion — I prepared a Valentine’s Day …
• Feb 4, 2021: Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 4: layers — Rome, 2018 📷
• Jan 23, 2021: Baking some homemade burger buns for later today 🍔 🍞
• Jan 5, 2021: There’s no need to peel ginger | Waste not 🔗 I used to peel my ginger badly, trimming off …
• Jan 2, 2021: Doorstep Flame Grilling Beyond Burgers 🍔. Getting my first BBQ of the year in early.
• Dec 27, 2020: Running a little late, but finally starting to cook our Xmas Dinner.
• Dec 1, 2020: Check in 🗺 — Bunch of Grapes. Bilidowcar Single Hop from Tenby Harbwr Brewery. Pan fried hake. 🍺 🐟
• Dec 1, 2020: Check in 🗺 — Barker Coffee. Cappuccino and smoked salmon, cream cheese and rocket bagel. Great idea …
• Nov 30, 2020: Chocolate truffles and sherry.
• Nov 30, 2020: Tapas at Bar 44 in Cardiff.
• Nov 29, 2020: Check in 🗺 — The Gwaelod y Garth Inn . Sunday lunch. Hereford Pale Ale 🍺
• Nov 7, 2020: Earlier fears were well founded. Difficult to get above 250°C with the wood we had available. Tried …
• Nov 7, 2020: Trying our pizza oven with its wood burner for the first time. It’s brilliant when gas fired but I’m …
• Oct 11, 2020: Whitebait, mackerel with black garlic braised lentils and a coffee crème brûlée - a brilliant Sunday …
• Oct 7, 2020: The most important invention of the 20th century keeps us alive but is killing the environment. The …
• Oct 2, 2020: For my second night of cooking Meera Sodha recipes I’ve gone for vegan chilli cornbread with …
• Oct 1, 2020: Cooking Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for Shaoxing and soy braised tofu with pak choi. And sticky …
• Sep 27, 2020: Every time I read Meera Sodha’s column in The Guardian I find things I must cook. My latest …
• Sep 26, 2020: A Pizza Express Neptune Pizza 🔗 — Excerpt: I’m sure Pizza Express won’t mind my singing …
• Sep 1, 2020: Bakewell Tart. ☕️
• Aug 31, 2020: Delicious breakfast this morning, bookmarked for cooking again - 🔗 Vegan Mushroom Bacon Breakfast …
• Aug 28, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 28: Emotions — Overexcitement 📷
• Aug 24, 2020: Italy in a bowl: 10 simple, delicious summer pasta recipes – chosen by chefs 🔗 — Excerpt: Pasta with …
• Aug 24, 2020: Lunch 🐟
• Aug 24, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 24: Frosty — Cool chillies 🌶 📷
• Aug 12, 2020: Paella de verduras 🥘
• Aug 9, 2020: How to make the most of past-their-best aubergines – recipe 🔗 — Excerpt: India is a country that’s …
• Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd Aug 7, 2020
• Aug 3, 2020: Casa do Frango’s Portuguese summer spread – recipes 🔗 — Excerpt: Chargrilled spicy cauliflower with …
• Aug 1, 2020: A waste-free Middle Eastern runner bean meze recipe 🔗 — Excerpt: At 14, I worked on a pig farm for …
• Jul 25, 2020: Saturday night pizza 🍕
• Jul 25, 2020: Basil and wine - in the midst of making pizza 🍕 🍷
• Jul 13, 2020: Goan Fish Curry with Fragrant Rice 🔗 — Excerpt: Method Prep time: 10 min Cooking time: 30 min Step 1 …
• Jul 11, 2020: Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for Sri Lankan cucumber cashew curry 🔗 — Excerpt: It’s possible …
• Jun 14, 2020: Tried making sushi for the first time today - avocado and cucumber rolls.
• Jun 8, 2020: Linguine with carrot top pesto 🥕
• Vegetables: Riverford Organic Farmers 🌱 Jun 8, 2020
• Apr 20, 2020: Rachel Roddy’s recipe for piadina flatbread 🔗 — Excerpt: No 17 on my plan of things to do when …
• Apr 16, 2020: Easy as 1,2,3: chefs on the 50 most simple, delicious three-ingredient recipes 🔗 — Excerpt: Most …
• Apr 12, 2020: Chard dressed with lemon and Parmesan 🔗 — Excerpt: Method Prep time: 15 min Cooking time: 10 min The …
• Apr 2, 2020: Kimchi Miso Hotpot
• Apr 2, 2020: In the process of cooking a Kimchi Miso Hotpot from Tim Anderson’s Vegan Japaneasy
• Mar 28, 2020: Cooked pizzas. Scary daughter included! 🍕
• Mar 28, 2020: Saturday night pizzas about to go into the oven 🍕
• Mar 23, 2020: Just received Tim Anderson’s Vegan JapanEasy in today’s post. Still awaiting delivery of some …
• Mar 20, 2020: Made a loaf using khorasan flour for the first time. Rise was a bit peculiar but I really like the …
• Mar 10, 2020: Anna Jones’ squash and crispy kale pizza recipe 🔗 — Excerpt: Pizza is a big part of my life. It’s …
• Mar 10, 2020: Whipped feta, potato stew: Anna Jones’ recipes from Greece 🔗 — Excerpt: One of the things I need to …
• Feb 2, 2020: Cooked Rachel Roddy’s recipe for fried potatoes and eggs for Sunday brunch. Very comforting! Had to …
• Jan 22, 2020: Nant Ddu Hotel and Spa. Check in 🗺 - katsu cauliflower curry.
• Jan 21, 2020: Delico Deli. Check in 🗺 - vegan steak bake and espresso ☕️
• Jan 18, 2020: Lezzet. Fantastic Turkish restaurant!. Check in 🗺
• Jan 8, 2020: How to make the perfect broccoli and stilton soup 🔗 — Excerpt: So entrenched is broccoli and stilton …
• Dec 22, 2019: Meera Sodha’s Christmas recipe for vegan achari brussels sprout curry — link 🔗
• Dec 9, 2019: Lezzet. New discovery in Cardiff - a great Turkish restaurant.
• Nov 28, 2019: Duly delivered.
• Nov 27, 2019: Fantastic tapas and wine at Curado Bar, Cardiff, including Cabrales, my favourite blue cheese, and …
• Nov 27, 2019: Curado Bar. Brilliant tapas.
• Nov 27, 2019: Been shopping - now fully equipped for Xmas cake making this weekend. Apprehensive because last time …
• Nov 22, 2019: Bar 44. Still my favourite place to eat in Cardiff.
• Nov 19, 2019: 4000 year old Babylonian stews from cuneiform tablets – link 🔗 A short video of the attempt to …
• Nov 4, 2019: Making sourdough starters using Paul Hollywood’s method. Very active even in our relatively cool …
• Nov 3, 2019: Bayside Brasserie.
• Oct 26, 2019: How to make cinnamon buns — link 🔗
• Oct 15, 2019: Rachel Roddy’s recipe for potato, onion and tomato gratin — link 🔗
• Oct 15, 2019: Rachel Roddy’s recipe for Bolognese rice cake — link 🔗
• Oct 14, 2019: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for butternut squash — link 🔗
• Oct 12, 2019: First time trying a selection of vegan cheeses.
• Oct 4, 2019: ASK Italian.
• Oct 2, 2019: Bar 44. Tapas
• Sep 28, 2019: Delico Deli. Spanish quiche and latte ☕️
• Sep 22, 2019: Chips, cheese and gravy - Puckin’ Poutine.
• Sep 18, 2019: Sea bream and sea bass with the broccoli, of course!
• Sep 18, 2019: Barbecuing some broccoli - results as yet uncertain …
• Sep 11, 2019: Porto Lounge. ‘Beyond Cheese’ burger (vegan), tapas and Malbec 🍷
• Sep 3, 2019: Spiced Apple Chutney production
• Jul 6, 2019: Our final evening in Skiathos - meal at BU on the Bourtzi of Skiathos. Possibly the best grilled …
• Jul 6, 2019: Kalamari at Mikros Vasilias beach cafe
• Jul 5, 2019: Vegetarian whitebait?
• Jun 30, 2019: Increasing my limited space holiday cooking repertoire - ‘pizza’ made in a frying pan using pitas, …
• Jun 12, 2019: woodfired pizza & kitchen.
• May 16, 2019: 🔖 Don’t talk about ‘food poverty’ – it’s just poverty
• Apr 25, 2019: 🔖 A couple of simple tofu ideas I may try this weekend, both from BBC Food: Tofu Thai green curry …
• Apr 22, 2019: We’ve had this portable barbecue for 25 years now - it has served us well.
• Mar 3, 2019: Checked in at The Hardwick. Sunday lunch.
• Feb 17, 2019: 🔖 Cooking Sunday roast causes indoor pollution ‘worse than Delhi’ During the day of cooking, PM2.5 …
• Jan 29, 2019: Milk! ... a strange battle has emerged, between an industry trying to replace something it says we …
• Jan 14, 2019: 🔖 Recipe to try: Rachel Roddy’s rocket, leek and potato soup
• Jan 5, 2019: Checked in at Ai Barbacani
• Dec 19, 2018: Checked in at Wahaca
• Dec 18, 2018: 🔖 The new rules of Christmas dinner: don’t ask for Yorkshire puddings and always wear a party hat
• Dec 8, 2018: 🔖 Anna Jones’ vegetarian Christmas squash and chestnut tart recipe
• Dec 8, 2018: 🔖 Nigel Slater’s Christmas vegetarian loaf
• Nov 4, 2018: Alone for my evening meal tonight, so I cooked moules marinière.
• Oct 27, 2018: Checked in at Ask
• Oct 25, 2018: 🔖 Why the ultimate breakfast of champions might just be wine and cheese
• Oct 15, 2018: In a tapas bar with four drinks on the go at the same time – next we’re heading to see Echo and the …
• Oct 15, 2018: Checked in at Bar 44. Tapas.
• Oct 14, 2018: Checked in at Gino D’acampo My Pizza & Prosecco Bar
• Sep 29, 2018: Cooked rakott kelkáposzta – Hungarian layered savoy cabbage casserole – last night, using Quorn …
• Sep 25, 2018: Cooked with cime di rapa for the first time last night – spaghetti with cime di rapa, garlic, …
• Sep 22, 2018: Olive and anchovy 🍕
• Sep 1, 2018: Checked in at El Greco. Third time in El Greco, Alykes in a fortnight. Great food!
• Aug 31, 2018: Checked in at Kaki Rahi Taverna
• Aug 29, 2018: 🥚 🥪 action!
• Aug 27, 2018: Checked in at Paolos Corner
• Aug 26, 2018: Checked in at Taverna Zorbas
• Aug 25, 2018: Checked in at Al Fresco
• Aug 24, 2018: Some limited space cooking – tomato, cheese and oregano omelectte and garlic/tomato bread.
• Aug 22, 2018: A couple of excellent grilled sea bass earlier this evening.
• Aug 20, 2018: Indulging
• Aug 13, 2018: Reducing a tomato glut 🍅
• Aug 10, 2018: I have got to try and make this – Manousheh: the Lebanese breakfast pizza that stole my heart
• Aug 4, 2018: Lovely sunny breakfast this morning - going to be another hot weekend I think 😎
• Jul 23, 2018: Variation from The Green Roasting Tin – Courgette, Beetroot, Onion and Goat’s Cheese Tart
• Jul 10, 2018: Checked in at Sergio’s. Italian!
• Jul 5, 2018: The Green Roasting Tin by Rukmini Iyer @missminifer arrived today – Oven Baked Ratatouille cooked.
• Jun 16, 2018: Checked in at Wales Millennium Centre Bar. Bean burger 🍔 & Malbec 🍷
• Jun 10, 2018: Cooking sea bream on a bucket. Don’t think the bush is happy that I keep barbecuing in this spot.
• Jun 1, 2018: Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on Earth
• May 30, 2018: Is Japanese knotweed driving you wild? Don’t curse it – cook it. I never imagined this was …
• May 30, 2018: Beer - Otley O2 Croeso - and chickpea, coriander & chilli burger at The Bunch of Grapes, …
• May 27, 2018: Checked in at JOL’s. Sunday lunch.
• Apr 29, 2018: Checked in at Bar 44. Tapas.
• Apr 22, 2018: Cooking!
• Apr 15, 2018: Checked in at Brewhouse & Kitchen. Seren’s 17th birthday.
• Apr 14, 2018: Checked in at Ask
• Apr 12, 2018: I used to enjoy a Mr Kipling Cherry Bakewell. Not so sure I will now – What is Britain eating?
• Apr 11, 2018: Checked in at Coast just outside Saundersfoot. Brilliant food is an understatement. Exceptional!
• Mar 30, 2018: Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd for great food and even better beers.
• Mar 19, 2018: Another snow day means time to bake some scones (and Scottish shortbread biscuits, and a rosemary …
• Mar 13, 2018: Tonight I will definitely be getting my greens!
• Mar 4, 2018: Pizza ready to go!
• Mar 4, 2018: Pizza 🍕 entering the oven.
• Feb 20, 2018: Fava and aubergine salad at Café Avissinia.
• Feb 8, 2018: Watching Hairy Bikers' Mediterranean Adventure Episode 6/6 Mainland Spain. Some great looking food, …
• Jan 31, 2018: Japanese, Indian, Middle Eastern, North African and Italian ingredients from Sous Chef - let the …
• Jan 22, 2018: Checked in at Cafe Citta. Cardiff, linguine & wine 🍷
• Jan 15, 2018: My kitchen bookcase is getting a little overcrowded. 📚
• Jan 14, 2018: Sea bass grilled, served with a borlotti bean and mushroom stew and broccoli stir fried with chilli …
• Jan 14, 2018: Not quite the weather for a BBQ, but planning to charcoal grill some sea bass on our balcony. May …
• Jan 5, 2018: Checked in at Chicco di Grano. Final lunch in Rome. Seren having spaghetti al pomodoro again…
• Jan 4, 2018: Checked in at Taverna Volpetti. Pasta.
• Jan 3, 2018: Checked in at Trattoria Al 19. Brilliant meal!
• Jan 3, 2018: Checked in at Antica Enoteca. Pizza & wine.
• Dec 31, 2017: Checked in at Yr Ieuan Ap Iago (Wetherspoon). New Year’s Eve curry.
• Dec 25, 2017: Checked in at Foelcwan Farm. Xmas Dinner.
• Dec 23, 2017: Checked in at David’s Italian Restaurant
• Dec 7, 2017: Many years ago I used to cook Sarah Brown’s Red Dragon Pie from her Vegetarian Kitchen book. I …
• Dec 3, 2017: Checked in at Rhoswenallt Inn. Sunday Lunch.
• Dec 2, 2017: Checked in at Cafe Citta. Italian lunch before going to Wales-South Africa at the Principality …
• Dec 1, 2017: Checked in at Mackenzies. Tapas, beer, wine.
• Nov 29, 2017: 🔖 Ramen noodles with fresh greens and chilli miso www.theguardian.com
• Nov 26, 2017: Checked in at Mamma Mia. Italian Sunday lunch in Swansea.
• Nov 24, 2017: 🔖 Instant gratification and total convenience and delivery ― How the sandwich consumed Britain
• Sri Lankan cooking tonight Nov 20, 2017
• Nov 19, 2017: Pizza time 🍕
• Nov 12, 2017: 🔖 Keeping in mind for Xmas ― Joe Trivelli’s Italian Christmas recipes
• Nov 10, 2017: Queso de Cabrales - a brilliant blue cheese!
• Nov 10, 2017: Checked in at Bar 44. Tapas. One of the best places to eat in Cardiff!
• Nov 8, 2017: Checked in at Yr Ieuan Ap Iago (Wetherspoon). Five-bean chilli and a pint of Spitfire.
• Oct 11, 2017: Café Cittá, Cardiff - superb home-cooked Italian meal, already booked again for Wales-RSA rugby 🏉 in …
• Oct 8, 2017: October, but great weather, so I’m barbecuing a mackerel
• Sep 24, 2017: … and I still base my nut roast on a recipe in my 30+ year old Cranks recipe book. Can’t be …
• Sep 23, 2017: The best dried oregano 🌿 I’ve ever found!
• Sep 20, 2017: Cooked these tonight ― Aloo Paratha (Indian Potato Stuffed Flatbread) ― Delicious!
• Tapas at Bar 44 Sep 3, 2017
• Aug 31, 2017: 🔖Bookmarking ― A nice bit of squirrel: should we chow down a diet of invasive species?
• Jul 26, 2017: BBQ Toolbox - It’s a barbecue … in a toolbox - from @whatsamadder on Twitter, always a …
• Jul 25, 2017: Tapas time…
• Jul 23, 2017: Third night of delicious food in Skiathos - grilled sea bass
• Jul 22, 2017: Greece needs bigger tables (or maybe we should order less food) …
• Jul 8, 2017: BBQ imminent …
• Sunday Sourdough Nov 20, 2016
• Oct 28, 2014: Tapas at the Rhoswenallt Inn tonight!
• Sun-drying tomatoes in Ravello Aug 9, 2014
• Aug 3, 2014: First pizza in Italy! http://t.co/isACPBrrT5
• Jul 23, 2014: Mountains of tapas and mojitos this afternoon…now at Urban Tap House. http://t.co/rPMi7XKBzj
• Jul 22, 2014: Tapas night at the Rhoswenallt Inn next Tuesday - we’ll be there!
• Quails' eggs #2 Jun 29, 2014
• Quails' eggs Jun 29, 2014
• May 17, 2014: Tapas #food (@ La Cha Cha) http://t.co/NwmiZCw2Ge
• Apr 8, 2014: Pizza - again! (at @PizzaExpress) http://t.co/Hz0yJ80Sko
• Mar 29, 2014: Eating pizza (at @PizzaExpress) http://t.co/Op26pD7tdL
• Abergavenny Food Festival Sep 23, 2013
• Vietnamese Summer Roll Sep 23, 2013
• Aug 3, 2013: Whitebait, fried courgettes, dips #foodphoto http://t.co/3rxdcre5ys
• Apr 19, 2013: I’ve just ordered lots of strangely named Domino’s Pizzas from the Aberdare store. Mmmm.
• Mar 22, 2013: Fire, Pizza, Quirky Bird and … The Lost Boys …
• Mar 16, 2013: Benson the foot warmer in action. Amazing what a crust of pizza will buy you! http://t.co/s0b5sPEz5U
• Jan 26, 2013: I don’t make many cakes but second time for this one in 2 weeks - Spiced Olive Oil Cake - …
• Jun 27, 2012: In Revolucion de Cuba for tapas prior to wine tasting @NakedWines in Cardiff #nakedtour2012
• May 23, 2012: Rules to live by #4284 - How to eat: pizza http://t.co/D9pyfcyj via @guardian
• Apr 17, 2012: @valleyboi1 Cheers - having another good dose of tapas and watching Bayern Munich-Real …
• Apr 14, 2012: Some of the best tapas we’ve ever eaten - El Capitain, Caleta de Fuste http://t.co/qogg8Wrc
• Mar 17, 2012: Rugby done, tapas underway, dance next… http://t.co/8QuB4rAd
• Nov 30, 2011: Great delivery this morning - Wild Meat Company and @NakedWines, perfect partners! …
• Oct 22, 2011: @serenalys Ballet, Pizza Hut, Strictly
• Sep 10, 2011: Tapas in Cardiff http://t.co/CnXWHzW
• Jul 15, 2011: Making myself an anchovy, olive and jalapeno pizza to counteract two days of scrounging bland …
• Jul 2, 2011: Romcom, pizza and wine tonight…girls' night in plus me…
• May 31, 2011: Neptune 1965, pizza without cheese take 2 ! http://lockerz.com/s/106450284
• May 4, 2011: Pizza from 1965 apparently - tuna, anchovies, capers, olives, onion, parsley, a squeeze of lemon …
• May 4, 2011: Pizza Express, Cardiff Bay. http://lockerz.com/s/98674523
• Nov 13, 2010: Fire lit, dough for homemade pizzas proving, wine breathing, set for an ideal evening - if it …
• Oct 9, 2010: Tapas in Cardiff, after a quick visit to the Apple store :) http://plixi.com/p/49598805
• Apr 25, 2010: http://twitpic.com/1ifm2z - 2 bbqs in 2 days! Some of it in rain today tho'!
• Apr 10, 2010: Top pizza topping - anchovies, capers & black olives :)
• Mar 4, 2010: http://twitpic.com/16kvq4 - First cake I’ve baked in years - made with help of Seren for …
• Feb 4, 2010: Virginity auction, Mel Gibson swearing, shark kill, psychic cat, head in pizza oven - Bizarre top 5 …