Asian snack food tasting

The idea for an Asian snack food tasting session came out of a Twitter convo with Thanh, Adrian and others. It was one of those ideas that sounded fantastic – a group of us getting together for lunch and tasting dried cuttlefish and dried mangoes. Thanh organised a lunch meet up at Old Town Kopitiam [...]

Cookbook Challenge: Week 33, Seafood

Recipe: Sardine TagraFrom: Rick Stein’s Mediterranean Escapes Occasionally I’ve made things for this blog that seemed like a good idea at the time. And then afterwards, I’ve thought, “What on EARTH was I thinking??” See recent examples: hand pulled noodles, xiao long bao, ladybird cupcakes, to name just a few. I suspect this recipe will [...]

Sydney: Doyles on the Beach

To complete our weekend of sea, sailing and sun in Sydney, Alastair and I went to Watsons Bay with my MIL Annette, her husband Terry, plus Alastair’s Uncle Ken and Aunt Rayleen. Being in the stunning Watsons Bay, we went to Doyles on the Beach for lunch. I hadn’t heard of Doyles before, but Terry [...]

Cookbook Challenge: Week 3, Hor d’oeuvres

Recipe: Coconut Prawns From Australian Women’s Weekly – Food We Love The weeks are going past so quickly – we’re on to Week 3 of the Cookbook Challenge already! For this week’s theme, hor d’oeuvres, I made coconut prawns. There is a little blurb about this recipe in the cookbook that says, “My friends are [...]

A stew of mussels

I’m currently watching Rick Stein on telly, so perhaps it’s fitting that I’m about to post one of his recipes! I love mussels, and they are so easy to cook. We bought two kilos, and the three of us scoffed them all! The tomato stew was very tasty, although a tad too salty. I added [...]

Lemon Herb Squid

I got a small surprise when the latest issue of Delicious magazine arrived in my mailbox this week. In the whole month that had passed since the last issue, I had forgotten that I had a subscription! The slow slide into old age seems to have started. Soon I’ll be prefacing all my sentences with, [...]

Poulpe provencal

This was the second dish I made for the French FFOF. I wasn’t wowed by this – I wasn’t impressed with the flavours. I just thought something was lacking. If I made it again, it would need a bit of tweaking. Poulpe Provcencal From Cooking French 500g ripe tomatoes1 kg baby octopus3 tablespoons olive oil1 [...]

Salmon with wasabi and soy glaze

I hardly ever buy fish. It’s not something that is in my cooking repertoire because it always seemed so difficult. What kind of fish do I buy? How do I cook it? What if I overcook it? Recently though, I’ve been making an effort to eat more fish. Last week I bought some fillets and [...]

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