I just love soba. The slightly nutty flavour of buckwheat makes soba much more interesting than your average variety of packet noodles, and I find that they need very little dressing up at all. Paired with crunchy greens and a sticky ginger teriyaki tofu, this is fresh, summery and perfect for the currently soaring London…
I know, it’s been a while. Life got busy, and in the whirlwind of the pandemic, I didn’t quite have the mental space to think about writing and photographing recipes. And here we are, in 2023. It’s been more than 18 months since I posted this – and I wasn’t really sure if I’d come back…
Stumped for dinner inspiration? With the help of a supermarket roast chicken, this simple chicken noodle soup comes together in just 30 minutes. This chicken noodle soup is a bit like a cheat’s chicken pho. All the goodness of a long simmered soup, but in much less time. You can, of course, make a proper…
Have you seen the news? Here in Australia, people aren’t buying enough strawberries lately. Recent lockdowns have significantly reduced strawberry purchases as much as 50 per cent, forcing some farmers to sell below cost and others to spray out whole blocks of fruit. Strawberry farmers are pleading with Australians to take advantage of the low prices…
This is my favourite cake ever. No really, I’ve baked many a cake in my day, but this one… this one I have baked once a fortnight over the past year. It’s made it to morning teas, dinner parties, brunch get togethers and sometimes just because I needed a cake to get me through the…
If you’ve never had taralli, you’re missing out. I first encountered these in Rome; though they’re actually from the Puglia region. They can be flavoured with anything from olive oil, pepper to fennel seeds and are tiny bites of crunchy deliciousness. Kind of like a tiny, crunchy bagel that’s a perfect one size bite. They’re…
Steve Feletti has one rule. Do not pre-shuck oysters. Oysters should be alive at the point, he says. That’s the law in France – in Australia though, there’s no such law, something he laments. I head down the South Coast to chat with Steve about oysters, but also to see how the area is recovering…
I am a little embarrassed to admit that I have turned to YouTube to teach myself to make curry. Despite having Sri Lankan-Indian heritage, I’ve always been more comfortable with Western recipes than I have with South Asian ones – largely because I’ve found Western cooking much more approachable with easy to follow step-by-step recipes….