Around Britain with a Paunch

When Cowie was last over in Sweden we had a cracking dinner at a small restaurant and bar called Stearin, in Gothenburg’s trendy Linne distr...

I came home from the market with a bag full of treats and a brain that was racing with ideas about what to do with all my lovingly purchased...

This started out as a healthy experiment that worked well in principle but wasn’t quite right taste wise and evolved into a dish I’m really ...

One of our favourite meals in Sardinia was a bowlful of comforting fregola, strewn with mussels and fire licked vegetables, laced with mull...

We spent an indecently brilliant week in South West Sardinia, staying in an utterly perfect apartment , soaking up sunshine like a roll of B...

Last summer we had one of our most memorable meals at The Gurnard’s Head in Zennor , which is the other side of St Ives. As ever we had foun...

Regular readers will know of my fondness for risottos. What’s not to love about a dish that’s more comforting than a hot water bottle? The o...

My working life is quite unpredictable in Sweden. I never seem to be settled in my flat for longer than a few days before I’m heading off to...

After a fantastic lunch at Peterson’s Krug on the idyllic island of Käringön our Midsummer’s extravaganza adventured north to the charming ...

My parents came over to visit me in Sweden for the Midsummer celebrations. The whole of the country goes crazy for the weekend and dances ar...