Author Archives: Alan Bell

One Year On

Posted on 23 March 2021 by Alan Bell

It has been one year since the first lockdown, and during that time there have been 4,301,925 confirmed cases of CORVID-19 and, sadly, 126,172 deaths attributed to the virus in the UK. In the last few months we have seen … Continue reading →

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A Tale of 9 Eggs

Posted on 18 March 2021 by Alan Bell

As a general rule we have a cooked breakfast or brunch on either Saturday or Sunday; lately that has been poached eggs on toast. Last Sunday, at about 10:30, I boiled up the water in my trusty wok (it’s better … Continue reading →

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Cooking is Very Therapeutic

Posted on 5 March 2021 by Alan Bell

I’ve enjoyed my foray in to cooking over the last few months. I have found it to be a nice change from my day job of software development; very relaxing, except for that hectic part at the end when you … Continue reading →

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We Went To Mars With Perseverance

Posted on 26 February 2021 by Alan Bell

Or at least our names did. Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover – NASA Mars A couple of years back Mary and I signed up to the NASA project to send our names to Mars with the Perseverance Rover. These are the … Continue reading →

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COVID–19 Vaccination

Posted on 16 February 2021 by Alan Bell

To all of those anti vaccination and conspiracy people out there: You have the right, in all countries that believe in free speech, to believe in anything you want no matter how stupid you look to the rest of us. … Continue reading →

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Hawaiian Bliss

Posted on 8 February 2021 by Alan Bell

Well that was a successful weekend’s cooking. As I said in the previous post, Friday’s carbonara was a great success. The boss gave me a gold star for the Mediterranean dinner on Saturday. She has always turned her nose up … Continue reading →

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Going Mediterranean–Unfortunately Without the Sun

Posted on 6 February 2021 by Alan Bell

As I said in my last post, this weeks Saturday dinner will be cod with Mediterranean roast vegetables and a tomato relish. This one is, pretty much, going to be my own concoction, with a few sneak peeks at recipes … Continue reading →

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How to Blow Your Taste Buds

Posted on 3 February 2021 by Alan Bell

In my last Cooking post I mentioned that I would be going Indian and attempting Salmon with Saag Aloo. I have to report that the salmon, glazed with tikka masala paste went down a treat. Not so much with the … Continue reading →

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Captain Sir Tom Moore

Posted on 2 February 2021 by Alan Bell

RIP Sir You gave us cause to smile in difficult times. Thank you

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Success and Failure

Posted on 29 January 2021 by Alan Bell

Continuing my culinary experiment, I decided to have a go at baking with an attempt at French Bread and Cinnamon Rolls. The French Bread was a bit of a failure, because I didn’t have the patience to wait for the … Continue reading →

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