All Recipes and Skills

Spiced and Smoked Potted Duck

I make potted duck once every fews months or so. It’s labour intensive but one of the best things to eat, without doubt. It’s cured, confited, smoked and then shredded.

How to Make Sizzling Spit Roast Pork Neck

https://youtu.be/jxekP0ZwMWM?si=2q-mY__2HlWZiSD3Pork neck is undoubtedly one of the most underrated yet amazing cuts of meat – enough fat to make it interesting but not so much to feel overbearing. Cooked right

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.

Summery Brazilian Black Bean and Corn Salad

A couple of weeks ago me and my other half, minus the kids, had the privilege of leaving the inclement weather of a cold Melbourne for the much more favourable

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

Kale and Lamb Bacon

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

Vietnamese Style Cantaloupe

During a sabbatical to Hanoi in Vietnam I wrote a top ten list of my absolute must-try street food haunts; all of which were throughly researched (well eaten at) beforehand.

The One Risotto you should Master – Milanese

Hi again and welcome to another stumble in to the world of culinary adventure and today it’s a dish very dear to my soul. No, there’s no romantic back story

Squid and Lemon Black Risotto Croatian Style

Introduction I thought I’d change it up a bit and do some country specific food writing and cooking. Hugging the Adriatic Sea with its multitude of small islands is Croatia

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

The Ultimate Smokey Barbecue Sauce

I’m going to show you how to make this wonderful smoked barbecue sauce. It can be used to in brekkie wraps, burgers, it’s great as an accompaniment to toasted sandwiches