Lemon Loaf

KITCHEN · FEB 2021

A moist, dense, drizzly, lemon-y loaf. It's great! This recipe is almost a carbon copy of the BBC Good Food recipe, with some helpful hints.

Soda Bread

KITCHEN · FEB 2021

Irish Soda Bread - great with a wedge of butter and jam. This recipe is adapted from a recipe on Easy Peasy Foodie.

Peru

JOURNEYS · JAN 2021

In November 2019 I travelled to Peru, visiting Cusco, Machu Picchu and Lima (briefly). The engineering that would have been involved in building Machu Picchu is just one small thing that amazed me…

Apple Cider Loaf Cake

KITCHEN · JAN 2021

Apple. Cider. Loaf. Cake. - lots of great things combined. Enjoy. This recipe comes from the epicurious website, but I've translated from the from volumetric measurements to metric measurements.

Chocolate Earthquake Cookies

KITCHEN · JAN 2021

I've been trying out a few different types of chocolate cookies, this one caught my eye because of the name. Most of the recipes involved the use volumetric measurements, so I converted this one to…

Thai Red Curry

KITCHEN · DEC 2020

Here's a simple Thai Red Curry recipe for two, or one if you're hungry! It's hot, sweet and very quick and easy to make. The most imoprtant ingredient is the red thai paste. I buy mine but you can…

Coding in 2020

BUILDS · DEC 2020

With the end of year coming around - now's a good time to reflect on what I worked on in 2020. The most recent effort to the Tory Ferry mobile app and website, brings new accounts & ticketing…

Apple Galette

KITCHEN · DEC 2020

Here's a quick but great looking dessert to make use of any apples going spare. This recipe also calls for shortcrust pastry / puff pastry - I usually buy mine but there's a great recipe below for…

Arranmore Island

JOURNEYS · DEC 2020

Arranmore Island is an island off the North West coast of Ireland, it's approximately a 25 minute ferry ride from the local port, Burtonport. It's beaches and cliffs rival any of the country whether…

Neapolitan Style Pizza

KITCHEN · DEC 2020

Earlier this year, my sister was kind enough to send me a pizza pilgrims Do-It-Yourself kit, since then I've moved away from London but I've managed to make the dough myself. So here's the recipe for…

Tokyo & Japan

JOURNEYS · DEC 2020

I travelled to Japan in 2015 and visited Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo on holiday, later the same year I went back to Tokyo for a project with work. It's a fantastic part of the world with incredible…