It´s a journey
Food, cooking, and travel are fundamental to our lives, and this blog is for those who feel the same.
It’s not about becoming a professional chef but about mastering everyday activities like eating, cooking, and living, so you can be the boss of your kitchen and your life. We have this daily mantra to help keep us on track!
Both cooking and life are tough but rewarding journeys. Through our travels and life experiences, we’ve learned that the right tools, tips, and travel experiences are invaluable.
As ex-hospitality professionals with over 30 years of experience, we understand the industry inside out. We’re an Anglo-Irish couple, a front-of-house/back-of-house team, switching roles often for a balanced dynamic.
Now digital nomads based in Spain (or wherever we are now), we live like locals wherever we go, immersing ourselves in the culture through local food traditions and uncovering life’s gems.
Where are you on your journey?
1. Need More Cooking Experience or Confidence?
I’m Aoibheann, and I love experimenting in the kitchen, but it doesn’t always go as planned. Deadlines and judgment make me nervous, so I rely on simple tips and tools to boost my confidence and keep my kitchen calm.
This blog will help you understand food, improve your cooking, and build a solid repertoire.
2. Busy and Can’t Find Time to Cook?
We’ve been there during our careers and while parenting. You’re out of time and need real advice fast. Let’s save you time and bring back your love for cooking.
This blog is for you if you need to simplify a busy life.
3. Keen Home Cook? Hobby Chef?
You’re like Paul! Discover the best tools, professional appliances, and expert tips that make a big difference.
This blog is for sharing and learning the tricks of the trade.
4. qualified or training chefs?
We know how tough your journey is. From working your way up to running your own restaurant, it’s challenging. We love tools that bridge professional and prosumer markets and want your input too. Share your journey, inspiring dishes, and tips with us.
This blog is here to keep you connected.
How we can help
we learn…use…live…share it
All with no hidden agenda.
We love great food, and, have time to enjoy the experience.
We’re passionate cooks with extensive experience, learning from top chefs, and running restaurants. We cook from scratch daily, and dine out often to support and sample the industry.
We want the same for you.
Chefs do more than cook – they’re kitchen bosses.
The word ‘chef’ simply means boss – in charge of planning, buying, prepping, to staffing, stocking, budgeting.
We can help you be the boss of your own kitchen.
Hungry for honest, relevant info?
With good info, tips, and tools, you can cook better at home.
The right ingredients, equipment, and knowledge are key.
Let us do the research, so you can enjoy cooking more.
Our favorite tools & tips are on tools we like page – they make great gifts too!
Kitchen tools
Discover the best kitchen tools, from budget-friendly essentials to professional-grade favorites. We’ll cover what you need to cook better, plus a few wishlist items.
Our reviews cut through the clutter to bring you honest, detailed insights on everything from basic tools to high-end gear. We review things that we believe in, or that we love to use – with both obsession and passion.
We focus on five main areas:
* the essentials (knives, pans, utensils)
* blending & mixing (e.g. hand blenders )
* coffee machines and drink making
* smart cooking ( e.g. sous vide )
* outdoor cooking (BBQ, pizza ovens )
Check out our latest in-depth review here.
Cooking tips
You don’t need every gadget. We’ll show you simple hacks, chef techniques, scientific insights, and time-saving tricks to save time, elevate your cooking, and make more from your food too.
Our recipes are usually simple, featuring old favorites and new discoveries from our travels. Aoibheann likes lean & healthy, Paul likes fat & flavorful. Each ingredient or dish starts a journey, and you get to follow along.
We also highlight great recipes, meal plans, and nutritional info from other cooks and chefs in our posts.
Food travel
Explore our travel section for insider knowledge and hidden gems in the travel and hospitality sector. With our behind-the-scenes expertise, we’ll guide you to the people and places that truly care about you.
Discover top spots to stay and eat, cooking courses, local food tours, and our own recipes and experiences from around the world.
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where we are now
We didn’t take a gap year in our 20s, thinking it would be more fun later with wiser heads. So here we are, having gone further.
We’ve simplified life to the max.
We left our professional careers & businesses behind, selling the hotel, restaurant, portrait business, cars, studio, home, and most possessions.
We left with just a suitcase each… half for clothes, half for kitchen and well-being items – hand luggage for shoes, admin, and computers. To keep paperwork down, this blog records what we learn, including the best tools, tips, and inspirations for living our best life.
our own virtual reference guide
Favourite old recipes and new ones we want to try.
Cultural insights and inspiring moments.
Useful food tips and guides we keep going back to.
Authentic places we love to stay (and why we wouldn’t go back to others!)
Useful answers to silly questions we all have now and then.
Nitty gritty detail on kitchen equipment we love to use.
Living Somewhere Between 20-30℃
Food, travel, and learning remain central. We constantly sift through online information, weeding out the incorrect, copied, biased, or outdated. We explore and research daily, sharing the good stuff here on the blog, with our email subscribers, and social media followers.
we need little, but are learning what essentials make us happy
A good year-round temperature is key for our health and happiness.
The feeling that what we’re doing makes a difference.
WiFi, and enough earnings to sustain a simple life.
Feeling free and being ourselves.
Good food and company.
Connecting with nature.
A happy family.
We share tips and tools from our food, cooking, and travel adventures, helping you cook better, have more fun, and live fully. Check the travel section out to know where we are physically right now!
p.s. what we get out of it
- Helping others brings us joy.
- It keeps us focused on living a balanced life.
- We learn and practice digital marketing, including affiliate marketing, to support the site. When you buy through our links, we may earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you).
We buy and review all our own equipment independently. Our opinions are unbiased, and we aim to help you make informed choices, not just follow big advertisers.
This blog is our passion. It brings us satisfaction,a daily focus on living more fully… and a lot of happiness in our pocket.
If you enjoy our content, you can support us by buying us a coffee while we work. Thank you!
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