Smoky Spanish tomato soup

I made this soup tonight. It tasted so amazing that I promised, when posting a photo to Facebook, that I’d share the recipe. It's closely based on a recipe from Dinnerly, a food delivery service similar to Hello Fresh and Marley Spoon that we use four nights a week. All that’s changed is that I …

Linguini with mackerel and sage

A recipe by Rod Benson If you've known me for a while you'll be aware that I post a lot of my food photos on social media. There are a few recipes that I make again and again, and this is one of them. When I made it last night, and released a photo into …

Mushrooms with thyme and onions

An original recipe by Rod Benson I was browsing social media this morning when I saw a photograph of a plate of food posted by my friend Berni. Fried mushrooms! Sour cream! Thyme! BACON!!! What's not to like? So I created this recipe to make it my own. Serves 4 Preparation time: 5 minutes Cooking …

Classic New York cheesecake

An original recipe by Rod Benson We all have our favourite sweet and savoury dishes. As this is my first food blog post, I thought I'd share my favourite sweet recipe: classic New York cheesecake, aka bistro cheesecake, or simply baked cheesecake. I've been making variations of this recipe for many years, and it's probably …