All Recipes and Skills

Coconut and Pandan Ice Cream

Introduction: It was a sticky, hot and humid day as we disembarked from the small boat and clambered on to terra firma. Having just visited the most amazing floating market

Thai Coriander and Black Pepper Aubergine Curry

Introduction: A few years ago my wife and I attended a book launch and signing by the renowned Asian food writer and cook Charmaine Solomon. It was in the early

Everest Inspired Lamb Rogan Josh

Introduction: Amidst the hustle, bustle and clinking I sit and stare, and stare some more. It pulls me closer and closer but yet I get no nearer; one day I

The Secret of Chinese Five-Spice

The world is host to some of the most incredibly exotic, flavoursome, fragrant and sensual spice mixes. Starting with France there is quatre épices (black pepper, nutmeg, clove and cinnamon),

Vietnamese Red Cabbage Salad

Introduction: I recall being sat in the middle of steamy kitchen in a small town in Thailand; the two women speaking melodically in their native tongue. There was giggling, laughter

Black Forest Roulade

Introduction: I was inspired a few months ago by the great French chef Michel Roux and his wonderful dessert ‘Marquis Roulade’; essentially a light cake-like biscuit filled with Chantilly cream,

168 Year Old Christmas Pudding – The Eating

Introduction: A wonderful Christmas is over, one in which I had plenty of time to be let loose in the kitchen, to fervently eat all day and to participate in

Balsamic Poached Figs with Ash Coated Goat’s Cheese

Introduction: I love the notion of a dish that traverses the threshold of what is dessert and savoury; bouncing in alternate mouthfuls from one to the other. A combination that

168 Year Old Christmas Pudding

I have never made a traditional Christmas pudding before. Why? I have no answer to that suffice to say that it is something that I have had on a cooking

Beetroot and Wensleydale Risotto

Introduction: As a Brit arriving in Australia I was fascinated by the penchant of this antipodean nation for a food that can be found everywhere and in everything ‘Aussie’. One

Veal Stock

Introduction: Stock is the magic in the kitchen; it’s the process of turning waste in to wealth. You have your fish and chicken stocks which are the nice little quaint

Spicy Caramel Pork Loin with Vietnamese Papaya and Apple Slaw

Introduction: This dish is a great combination of healthiness and ephemeral non-healthiness; that being from the spike of sugar. Well, there is also the long-term consideration of the effect of