Meatballs in an Almond Sauce
Spanish Meatballs in Almond Sauce As reinforcement to my New Year resolutions I have a pile of cookbooks on the table beside the couch, so now, no matter how lazy … Continue reading
Vietnamese Crepes : bánh xèo
I love Vietnamese food. The fresh herbs, the hot sweet and salty sauces, the intense kick of lime and the crunch of raw vegetables are a delicious counterpoint to rich … Continue reading
Why Brine Pork Chops?
“to brine or not to brine that is the question…” Blogging about food has opened my eyes to a wide divergence of tastes and ideas about food. Cultural influences are … Continue reading
Charred Pineapple Pork with Sweetened Black Rice Vinegar
It wasn’t until I was part way through the preparation of this dish for the first time that I realised that I was essentially making sweet and sour pork. Prejudiced … Continue reading
Meaty thoughts….
In the past few months there’s been a flood of information in the Australian media focussing on the ethics of eating meat. I’ve absorbed a whole raft of information, some … Continue reading
Dongpo Pork
You may recall me mentioning Chinese regional cookbook author Fuchsia Dunlop earlier this month. Tuned into my local intelligent radio station while attending to boring domestic chores, I dropped everything … Continue reading
Wine Braised Pork Shoulder
Buying an indulgent ingredient to use just a small amount in a single recipe may seem indulgent, but I justified the expense knowing I’d be motivated to start experimenting with … Continue reading
Maple Mustard Pulled Pork Burgers
Yesterday was “D” day, kitchen demolition day. They say the kitchen renovation will take 6 weeks but I’ll wait and see. Builders are notoriously optimistic. We’ve set up a camp … Continue reading
Steamed Rice Studded Meatballs
Hands up if you love meatballs. The sea of hands is proof. Age, race and gender are no barrier to meatball love, even vegetarians enjoy plant based versions. The four … Continue reading
Perfectly crispy roasted pork belly
In culinary terms, roasting is the application of indirect dry heat to food. Man has been cooking meat this way since he first learned to make fire. Archeologists have found … Continue reading
Slow Braised Veal Shin
WARNING: soapbox speech! The morals issues associated with the consumption of veal are divisive. Images of doe eyed calves fuel emotional animal rights arguements that subsume the facts about veal … Continue reading
Terrine Chez Moi
My friend M is like a bowerbird. He collects good quality cast offs and hand me downs and adds them to his already vast hoard. He’s choosy though, he … Continue reading
Salt and Pepper Pork Belly
My well loved wok is the cheapest I could find at the Asian stall in the local market and it’s now older than my adult kids. After carefully seasoning that … Continue reading
Rustic Egg and Bacon Pie
While enjoying lunch of leftover macaroni cheese with bacon a few weeks ago, for just a fleeting instant, the flavour transported me back to early childhood and the Royal Melbourne … Continue reading
Please Pass the Recipe 