The greatest culinary crisis in my life came when I first started seeing a doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine. This came after months of health problems that involved a large number of increasingly intrusive tests. When I finally got sick of being prodded and probed I took myself off to see Melbourne’s legendary Professor Lun Wong. » Read more: Lions head meatballs
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Lions head meatballs
February 19th, 2010Festive Highlights
January 7th, 2010The last two weeks have literally been a blur of cooking,eating,friends and relatives, and forays into the stunning part of the world that is now our home – Cape Otway. If I may just relive,recap and bathe in the lingering culinary deliciousness of the festive season by sharing the following highlights: » Read more: Festive Highlights
Porchetta
November 16th, 2009You know you’re a parent when Christmas feels to you like like it’s approaching at the speed of light but to the small people in your life there’s clearly more than an eternity still to wait. It’s definitely time to start thinking food. It’s also time to start considering the annual logistical challenge of getting a large pine tree into our shoebox of a house, but that’s another story. Porchetta is really the ultimate festive roast beast to me. We had a beautiful boutique porchetta purchased from a deli in Lygon St for our wedding spread and I’ve been a big fan ever since. I’ve since fiddled around with a few recipes and have finally got a method sorted that seems to work consistently well for me. It takes a while to cook but is otherwise dead simple. This will definitely be appearing at Christmas lunch this year, probably with a lentil salad. » Read more: Porchetta
Dried fish fun
November 6th, 2009No recipe today, folks, but just some general musings about the joy of the Asian grocery. Personally I can’t imagine living anywhere else than Apollo Bay but the facts have to be faced – the Asian cook faces some severe challenges down here (no insult intended to Nick’s IGA on the Main Street which has a good selection of basic stock). Anyway, we were in Geelong today which meant a long overdue trip to the Asian grocery. » Read more: Dried fish fun
