Ben Orkin

You know the old saying “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”? Well it turns out that this saying is very true. So what better way to start the day than by eating a...

For some strange reason, over the past week I’ve only been posting Middle Eastern recipes on my blog. It’s probably because Middle Eastern food is just so good! I have to be honest with you...

The seasons are changing and so is breakfast. Over the past miserably cold winter months in South Africa, I’ve been eating warm porridge for breakfast every morning. For the first few days I enjoyed it,...

Baking bread is one of the most relaxing and meditative things to do, but at the end you get a lovely loaf or two of bread! Bread was one of the first things that I...

Have you ever made homemade pasta? Chances are no - because it’s most often thought that you need one of those heavy pasta machines. I’m here to tell you how simple it is to make it...

It’s actually quite hard to believe that this cake is refined sugar free, it just tastes so sweet and delicious! I replaced the sugar in the sponge with dates and used honey in the cream...

If you’re the kind of person who burns your food, then this is the recipe for you. If you’re not that person then today you could taste the wild side… Malva pudding is a traditional...

At the moment I am on holiday in a little town just outside of Cape Town called Plettenberg Bay. Out of season it can be extremely quiet, which is perfect. I’m staying in a family...

Hey there, I’m the new kid on the blog. Zanita told you a little about what I do yesterday. Here’s my first recipe: Ben’s Pizza. Who doesn’t like a good pizza? Especially when it’s homemade with...