Tag: Cooking

Singular Cuisine – How to enjoy your time in the kitchen

By C. Pontes-Kicks
Those who know me, know that I have been cooking from the age of twelve at the time for my brother and I. But after the move to the UK at the age of nineteen, I found myself cooking for one. While many of my friends did not know how to, for me that was not an issue, however, I found cooking for one was a very solitary experience and this is why it is so important for me to turn it around. Anyone that has done it knows how easy it is to just grab a bite of something, […]

Rise of the vegetables

By C. Pontes-Kicks
As a child I had never tried celery, so when I came to the UK and tried it…lets just say I really really really disliked it. For me it is up there with marmite, which I dare say I hate. Now guess what, here celery is used in cottage pie, soups, salads, chilli con carne. As a University student on a budget, often eating at the canteen, you can imagine, it reduced my choices a bit, maybe a big bit. Having said that, have you seen the health benefits of my arch nemesis? Needless to say I committed myself to […]