All Recipes and Skills

The Soul of Everest – Nepalese Goat Curry

https://youtu.be/YQ7Xm9kRKSU Amidst the hustle, bustle and clinking I sat and stared, and stared some more. It pulled me closer and closer but yet I get no nearer; one day I

Authentic Butter Chicken Recipe – No Tandoor Required

https://youtu.be/U_M_AvTDcTc Let me take you back to Pakistan, Peshawar and Gora Bazaar where some 100 years ago Punjabi Mocha Singh Lamba started a small roadside restaurant known as a dhaba.

Succulent Slow Roasted Goat

There are a couple of times per year that a smell emanates from our neighbours’ garden that is intensely cruel solely because the wafts of delight have a propensity to

The Perfect Smoky Coffee Cure for Beef (I’m Thinking Brisket)

This is a sweet, bitter, salty and spicy post. It’s a barbecue beef coffee cure that I worked on a few days ago and tested out on some slow-cooked brisket.

Poaching Back – A Short Film

A short film I shot and edited on the simplicity of poaching an egg. Although I would say that for such simplicity it has taken me a few changes of

Spring Pasta with Jamon and Fior Di Latte

Authentic Spring and Summer Pasta – From an Italian Grocer

https://youtu.be/He3N1B0dr0Y This is now my most requested pasta dish at home – it was given to me by an Italian grocer, of which it has been modified slightly. It’s the

How to Make a Smoking Ancho Chilli Purée

There’s nothing quite like the intensity and flavour of a chilli purée – especially one that is made from dried chillies. Although you don’t get that freshness associated with just-picked

Broccoli Cooked Gyoza Style with Yoghurt and Tahini

https://youtu.be/hfavoQP46oo Heading Title This is a surefire way to get your kids to eat broccoli…and adults too. I cook it gyoza style; that is pan frying and then steaming. It

Amazing Smoked Halloumi, Dukkah, Honey & Pistachio

There is an incredible beach in Australia in an idyllic area called the Whitsunday Islands. This beach, Whitehaven, is made of fine silica, you know the stuff for making glass.

Borlotti Bean Stew – Tuscan Style

Heading Title Honey from a weed. it’s a wonderful idea of being able to extract one of life’s most incredible natural foods from an invasive, meandering and annoying pestilence. But

Episode 2: An Amazing Discovery and Sizzling Pork Neck

Hey, great news; this is episode 2 of the vlog. In this episode I go to a farmers’ market where there was a truly sensational discovery (clue is something to do

EP #1 – Your Cooking Starts Here (And a Lemon Tart)

Here’s the printable version of the lemon tart recipe from the vlog.