Prawn Pad Thai

This is one of my favorite dishes to order in a Thai restaurant, and before I went to Thailand I’d tried making it myself from a few different recipes in British cookbooks. It was nowhere near ‘authentic’, and you could tell. As well as eating bucketloads of the stuff in Thailand recently, I was shown … More Prawn Pad Thai

King Prawn Spaghetti with Garlic and Cherry Tomatoes

‘Spaghetti con Gambas’ and variations thereof is probably my favourite dish, and I reckon I could happily eat it every night of the week (perhaps making an exception for pizza on Fridays). Sometimes I thrown in a bit of chorizo, sometimes I use linguine or fresh tagliatelle, and often I replace the parsley in this … More King Prawn Spaghetti with Garlic and Cherry Tomatoes

All Things Prawny

Prawn or Shrimp? Whilst the names can, depending on who you ask, refer to different species, the labels ‘prawn’ and ‘shrimp’ are largely interchangeable when it comes to the little pink things we know and love on the seafood menu.

Dippy about Hummus

Hummus (or houmous, depending on which spelling you prefer) has long been one of my favourite dips- either for late night snacking with pitta bread, pre-dinner nibbles with crudités, or dolloped onto a salad at lunch. I can’t quite believe it’s taken me so long to start making my own and experimenting with some variations.

2017 Summer Reads

I was lucky enough to grab some quiet time on the beach recently so I took the opportunity to devour a few of the novels promising to be this summer’s big holiday reads. And when I say devour, I’m talking about the kind of page-turners that will keep you glued to your sun lounger long … More 2017 Summer Reads