I had a big bunch of cavolo nero, and a bit of searching for some ideas on what to do with it brought me to the UK edition of Delicious Magazine, where I found[...]

Baked potatoes are always good. And then there’s hasselback baked potatoes - a ridged version that you can dress up by sticking all sorts of interesting[...]

After I moved to Bilbao in September 2008, this was one of the first Spain-inspired recipes I ever made. Bilbao is green and hilly and lies in the Basque north[...]

This is a dish that came back over and over as I was growing up. And while it’s not particularly spectacular in any culinary sense, it’s wholesome[...]

You know those days when you just don’t feel like dinner in the traditional sense, but would rather fork in snacks all evening? Yeah, I was having one of[...]

When I visited the Turkish store yesterday, I was looking for Israeli couscous (also known as pearl couscous). Instead, the shop owner gave me a package of[...]

Recently, I shared a rocket pesto recipe with you. Here’s an example of what you can do with it. :) Ingredients (serves 2): 120g penne 1 small red onion,[...]

Mexico - once it nestles in your heart, it’s a country you never forget. The colours, the vibrance, its tastes and its smells. After four years there[...]

As the world around me is locking down, I’m looking for ways to stay sane. There’s the books I haven’t read, and the movies I haven’t[...]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE risotto. And I love it creamy, so creamy that it feels like it melts in my mouth - with lots of veggies, with meat, with fish; you can go[...]

Some days I just can’t be bothered to cook a proper meal. But a girl’s gotta eat, and chips alone won’t cut it. What to do? For some reason[...]

When I was younger I didn’t appreciate it much, but spinach has become one of my favourite veggies. It’s packed with vitamins - K, A, C, B2,[...]

It’s not for nothing that an entire page on this blog is dedicated to risotto & pasta. Let there be no doubt: if there’s a team pasta,[...]

Growing up, it was always my sister who helped out my mother in the kitchen, while I was content to just enjoy the fruit of their labour. My interest in food[...]

This recipe is courtesy of my good friend and great cook Catarina Galhanas, who served these on her birthday in Stockholm in 2007. Unsurprisingly, they were[...]