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Market Matters- Sustainably Sourced Seared Albacore with Avocado & Truffle Oil
Lamb Rogan Josh
This is the very first curry I dared to make from scratch and thankfully it turned out very well! The flavours are quite rich and not too spicy, so you could add more chilli powder to suit your taste. Serves 4 850g shoulder of lamb, cut into bit (read full article)
White Almond Garlic Gazpacho with Green Grapes
With the dog days of summer still to come, it’s useful to have a few recipes up your sleeve that require NO cooking. Not three hours in the oven, not 30 minutes on the stove, not boiling water, not a toaster oven. There are times when raisin (read full article)
Market Matters- Super Flavorful, Conversation Starting, Purslane Weed Whacker Salad
Lunch at Viajante
“Have you heard of Viajante?” asked a colleague of mine last week; he had just read Marina O’Loughlin’s review in the Metro that morning. Yes, I had, but had not yet made the trip east to try one of their tasting menus. We qui (read full article)
bingham
After months of chatting to Vintage Macaroon on twitter we decided it was high time we arranged a meet-up, and she picked the idyllic Bingham for our first lunch venue. The recently Michelin-starred restaurant, helmed by Shay Cooper, resides within (read full article)
Eating in Shanghai - Shanghai Spring Restaurant
Our tour came with some of the meals included in the package. Usually you don’t expect much from these pre-arranged meals, especially in China. This time we were pleasantly surprised.On the 2nd day after our tour of the Pudong side, we were taken (read full article)
We Weed-Whackers Stick Together: Pasta Salad with Feta & Dandelion
What’s Cooking in your Kitchen – Brown Eyed Baker?
“What’s Cooking in your Kitchen?” is a new series that I am integrating into my blog that will be a spotlight about other food bloggers and other food related interviews and highlights. Today I will be goi (read full article)
Market Matters- Santa Claus Melon is Coming to Town
Cold Pasta Hot Summer: Swordfish Stuffed Shells with Fresh Tomato Sauce
Chilled Tomatillo & Yogurt Soup - Cool and Spicy
Market Matters- Squash Blossom and Ricotta Salad
Kabob Party- Pollo Spiedini, Italian Chicken Skewers
Kabob Party- Simple Grilled Shrimp Skewers & Tomatillo Avocado Salsa
The Best of Sweet Summer Corn in a Soup with Lobster
l’arpège
Day 2 in Paris began with a shared croque monsieur and a small bag of chocolate chip chouquettes from a traditional pâtisserie (Aux Péchés Normands), two blocks from our hotel. The rather substantial breakfast was probably unwise, considering we (read full article)
l’agrume
Dinner after the blow-out meal at L’Astrance was a more modest affair. We ventured over to a quiet neighbourhood in the 5th arrondissement, to check out L’Agrume, a bistro barely 6 months old. The casual eatery could not be more differen (read full article)
Chard Wrapped Grilled Mozzarella- Impressive Indeed!
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