Ina knocks one out of the park again with this chicken dinner. It’s a complete meal on one platter and it’s super delicious. I wish more cookbook authors would test their recipes as thoroughly as the Barfoot Contessa. It’s reassuring to know that you can pick any of Ina’s recipes and, if you follow […]
Tahchin is a much loved Persian comfort food but despite it’s popularity and wonderful flavour it’s a recipe a lot of people tend to steer away from as it’s perceived as being difficult to execute well. This is however not at all true and tahchin, I believe, is one of the easier Persian recipes to […]
I think you could put anything in the middle of a bread roll and it would taste great and one of my favourite sliders, apart from the usual burger of course, is chicken parmigiana. Parmigiana is delicious as is but put it in the middle of a bun and it tastes even better. This is a […]
Many years ago, and by many I mean at least 30, my mother started collecting the Time-Life cook books. There were quite a few in the series, about 30 from memory, with each booking covering one ingredient – chicken, pork, pasta, pulses and grains, etc. These hard cover books were quite expensive for the time […]
I was recently watching Rick Stein’s television series, From Venice to Istanbul, and it really struck me how different the cooking of this section of the Veneto region is to the rest of Italy. The use of spices such as cinnamon and curry powder bring to the cuisine a real hint of its Byzantine past. This duck […]
I adore Malaysian food, especially their curries which combine all the characteristics of Indian curries along with Chinese and Malaysian flavours, so you can imagine just how flavour packed they are. This particular curry is a Nyonya adaptation of an Indian curry and it’s one of my all time favourites. The principle of all Chicken Kapitan […]
I must confess that this baked chicken is not a traditional Persian dish but rather my own invention. When I’m cooking a Persian meal for a large crowd I like to serve a variety of Khoresht (meat based stews) along with Persian steamed basmati rice and I often feel that a poultry dish of some description would […]
The Standard Grill is a restaurant in Manhattan but there is nothing “standard” about their signature dish, Million Dollar Chicken. I saw this being made on a recent Barefoot Contessa episode and it looked amazing. On the surface it may look like an ordinary roast chicken but there are a few additions and tweaks that really […]
There have been times when dishes I’ve cooked have been blog worthy but never get posted because either in the rush of serving I forget to photograph the final dish or the pictures don’t turn out well, as was the case in this instance. But despite the dubious photo quality I decided it was too good […]
The days are getting cooler in Sydney and I’m really enjoying the chill in the air and the fresh nights. The main reason for my love of cooler weather is the food that goes along with it. Warming comfort food that makes you count down the minutes to dinner time. This meal does just that, […]
Mustard With Mutton 