I have created a few cracking WOK UNDERDOG meals and, here are some of the best WOK meals I have created in past weeks and compiled them into a MEAL PLANNER so that you will never be stumped by what to cook for dinner in the evening. One of the philosophies at the WOK UNDERDOG […]

What Is Coaching? Lessons Are Passed On EVERYWHERE… From Mr Miyagi to Miyamoto Musashi — and from the snooker club to YouTube to Online — coaching may be less about instruction than the transfer of knowledge between generations and people – humanity. We tend to think of coaching as one person standing beside another and […]

When the Basics Become Instinct: How Experience Teaches You What Might Work, and What Doesn’t… Mastering the fundamentals isn’t the end of learning. It’s what eventually gives you the confidence to think for yourself. There is a phrase that has stayed with me throughout my years of playing and learning snooker: “Basics will always win.” […]

5 Vital Skills to Master From Cooking in a Wok… Learn these basics and you’ll be able to turn everyday ingredients into seriously good home-cooked meals ideal before or after the snooker… Get the WOK out – get the food on and enjoy the food and enjoy the snooker! There’s nothing more enjoyable than watching […]

A pre-shot routine is a way of helping a player do three things: Plan the shot and Compose themselves and Get onto the Line of the Shot they think will pot the ball. It’s another basic winner. Not every individual will have the same routine, but having one of some kind where you take time […]

Good question. In everything we do in life, whether it’s cooking, or learning a new skill, (I am currently learning a small amount of Japanese) or playing sports, the basics are the foundation of everything. If you don’t do the basics and learn them so that they can become auto-pilot, then your game won’t improve. […]

I have created Japanese inspired dishes used with that ordinary tin that has been forgotten on the shelf in UK supermarkets, and it has led me to this question: Why aren’t Brits cooking with it in their kitchens? … Why Aren’t You Cooking With SPAM? Okinawa made me look again at one of Britain’s most […]

When Was the Last Time Brits Cooked With SPAM? Britain hasn’t forgotten what SPAM is, has it? But perhaps we’ve forgotten what we can do with it and why cooked right, it’s deliciously tasty. Walk down the tinned-meat aisle of almost any sizeable British supermarket and there it is. That familiar tin of SPAM. Most […]

WOK UNDERDOG BOWL – Crispy Sausage and Creamy Mushroom Noodles with Kale, Chillies and Spring Onion… A warming bowl of crispy sausage, creamy mushroom noodles, kale and chilli — with a little fusion thrown into the wok. Sometimes the best home-cooked dishes don’t begin with a strict recipe. They begin with an ingredient, an idea […]