About me ~ Suzy Bowler

I have been a somewhat itinerant chef for over 35 years. After 14 years in Cornwall, I cooked in a ski resort in the French Alps, on a passage making yacht around Madeira and the Canary Islands, in New Zealand and on a catamaran in the Caribbean before settling in the British Virgin Islands where I worked as a chef for many years

I admit this does sound exciting and interesting, and it really was, but it was also pretty tricky sometimes, cooking with limited storage, tools and cooking space. Not to mention limited food supplies! All this travelling not only taught me a great deal about different foods of the World but also how to make the best of what you have.

On my return to the UK, I was amazed at the blatant food waste that now seems to be rife in the country; amazed and irritated. So much so that I decided to start a blog about spontaneous cooking from leftovers to show people that there are great alternatives to throwing food away.

This naturally led to posts on what to keep in the storecupboard, food pairing and how to vary a recipe to be just what you fancy.

So I now spend my time cooking, eating and writing about it (or “sitting on the settee” as my partner calls it!).