I love to cook, mainly because I love to eat.

I mainly cook Italian, Chinese, Indian & French cuisine. I also bake my own bread. For normal everyday cooking, I rarely cook anything that takes longer than 30 minutes.

For special occasions I cook more complex dishes which take longer.

I hate cooking from recipes. I like to understand how to cook things, so that I can cook without referring to the recipe, and can adjust it according to what ingredients I have, and any preferences, allergies or food-fads that the people for whom I am cooking may have.

Below, you can read some of my favourite recipes. Click on the links to see the recipes.

A word of warning: I tend not to measure ingredients when cooking, and Sheryl and I like our food spicy, so the quantities in the recipes below should be taken as guidelines only.

Italian:	Spagetti Carbonara	Spagetti Bolognese	Pasta Chorizo	Pasta Vongole
	Calves Liver with Pasta	Insalata Caprese	Fettuccini Alfredo	Penne with Ricotta, Zucchini & Mint
	Tagliatelle with Green Asparagus, Prawns & Sun Dried Tomatoes	Penne al Arabiata	Risotto (several variations)	Baked Feta And Tomato Pasta (the viral recipe from TikTok)
	Pasta Cacio e Pepe (sheep's cheese and pepper)	Meatballs	Spicy Rigatoni Vodka
Asian:	Duck in Black Bean Sauce	Hot & Sour Beef	Sweet & Sour Prawns	Chicken with Oyster Sauce
	Turkey Satay	Chicken Redang	Cashew Chicken	Chicken Badam Pasanda
	Thai Chicken Ramen	Pumpkin Coconut Curry	Butter Chicken	Coconut Rice
	Beef Madras
European & American:	Quick Chili Con Carné	Christmas Stuffed Goose	Stuffed Braised Trout	Moules Marinière
	Shepherds Pie	Club Sandwiches	Poached Eggs	Meat Stew
	Mustard and Tarragon Chicken	Cheesy Mushroom and Spinach Puff Pastry Roll	Mushroom, Black Bean and Barley Soup	Kohlrabi Fritters
	Croque Madame	Cherry Tomato and Cheese Galette	Olive Garden Salad	New England Clam Chowder
	Prosciutto and Asparagus Puff Pastry Bundles	Mexican Pizza	Chicken Parmesan	Baked Salmon With Pesto, Green Beans And Cherry Tomatoes
	Salmon Poached In White Wine
Crossover:	Pasta with Prawns/Scallops & Cream
Bread, Cakes, Cookies & Desserts:	Malted Bread Rolls	Chocolate Brownies	Scones	Bread & Butter Pudding
	Crumpets
Sauces and Dips:	Tartar Sauce	French Onion Dip

In addition I heartily recommend Madhur Jaffrey's Quick & Easy Indian Cookery (a BBC publication), in which most of the recipes take no more than 30 minutes.

Sheryl is also a big fan of allrecipes.com.