Author Archives: Alan Bell

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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A Look at the Numbers

Posted on 22 January 2021 by Alan Bell

For some morbid reason I have looked at the Corvid-19 numbers every day since the Pandemic was declared and they started showing them for all countries. I watched as China, then Italy, Spain and the United States took their turn, … Continue reading →

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Wishing You All a Happy and Prosperous New Year

Posted on 1 January 2021 by Alan Bell

Well 2020 has ended with a bang, or rather a damp squib; Brexit is done, bar the details, and the pandemic is galloping away after a slight hiatus towards the end of Novembers lockdown. The highlight of our year was … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas Everyone

Posted on 25 December 2020 by Alan Bell

My better half has cooked me Christmas Dinner for the past 50 years; less a few in the early years where we had Christmas day down my parents house. This year it was decided that I would do the job. … Continue reading →

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Another Lockdown Survived

Posted on 15 December 2020 by Alan Bell

Having gone through the big one earlier in the year, the 4 weeks of this one seemed to fly by; but has it done any good? Other than to slow the pace for a couple of weeks. We went in … Continue reading →

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The Way Forward is to go Backwards

Posted on 8 October 2020 by Alan Bell

It was predictable; there we were nicely pushing down the R rate but still looking at between 500 – 600 new virus cases a day – the government decides to loosen up on the rains and let us mere mortals … Continue reading →

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50 Years and Still Going Strong

Posted on 12 September 2020 by Alan Bell

Or at least she hasn’t killed me yet At 12:30 on Saturday the 12th September 1970, I married Mary, the love of my life; although at the time we had only known each other for 6 months. A couple of … Continue reading →

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