Tag: Cooking

  • Fun with Five – the 30 Minute Meal challenge

    Feeding seven people is never easy.  It can be a lot of fun (and also very little fun at all).  I’ve said before that there should be a Masterchef challenge where the contestants have £10, 20 minutes and all the distractions of homework, TV, fighting, fussy eating, etc. to get a meal on the table.…

  • Book Review, Reasons to be Cheerful, the works – Cooking with Beer

    If ever there was a reason to be cheerful, it’s a good beer.  A pint of something lovingly crafted, served at the right temperature.  Something Belgian, perhaps…  I got into brewing at University when it was  far cheaper to brew my own than to  buy it from the supermarket or the student bar.  After a…