Recipes using the Parisi family’s great fresh produce!
Spicy Coleslaw Like this recipe? You’ll love my online cooking class featuring the food of America’s Deep South! Cabbage is a wonderfully versatile veg. You can add it to soup, cure it to make quick kimchi, bake it into pizzocheri pasta, or shred it to make a whole range of coleslaw-style salads. Don’t be limited […]
Preserved Lemons Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Middle Eastern cooking class inspired by Michael Rantissi! Preserved lemons, a Moroccan specialty, are super easy to make, a great pantry staple to spice up many dishes and a wonderful homemade gift. It’s a great way to use excess fruit from a backyard lemon tree; or […]
Huevos Rancheros Like Huevos Rancheros? You’ll love my online cooking class featuring the food of America’s Deep South! Meaning ‘ranchers eggs’, huevos rancheros is a classic Mexican breakfast that, at its most basic, consists of fried eggs with a spicy tomato sauce and tortillas. It also often includes a bit of a fry-up that can […]
French Onion Soup Like this recipe? You’ll love my online French cooking class Inspired by Damien Pignolet! Soup, bread, cheese: three of my favourite comfort foods. I love French onion soup because it combines all three! Beef stock is considered the traditional base, but I often use chicken stock or just water. Sometimes I use […]
Watercress Soup Like this recipe? You’ll love my online British cooking class! I love the pepperiness of watercress but picking the leaves for a salad can be quite tedious. You’ll need about 2 bunches for this watercress soup, but the beauty is there’s no picking required, you can use almost all of it, just discard […]
Tarte Tatin Like this recipe? You’ll love my online French cooking class Inspired by Damien Pignolet! Tarte Tatin is one of those classics that I didn’t attempt for a long time for fear it would be too tricky. Turns out it’s super quick and easy, especially if you use a good ready-made shortcrust pastry like […]
Wagyu Hamburger Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Australian cooking class inspired by Matt Moran! A discovery of wagyu beef patties at Vic’s Meat inspired me to make my own wagyu hamburgers – bringing back wonderful childhood memories of family road trips down the south coast of NSW. Stopping at a milk bar along the […]
Chocolate & Raspberry Brownies Like this recipe? You’ll love my online cooking class featuring the food of America’s Deep South! These chocolate and raspberry brownies are an American classic and one of the easiest sweet treats to make. The recipe could be written in one sentence: melt butter and chocolate, whisk eggs and sugar, combine, […]
Salade Lyonnaise Like this recipe? You’ll love my online French cooking class Inspired by Damien Pignolet! Salade Lyonnaise is one of my favourite starters and also makes a great light meal. I became addicted to it on a trip to Lyon where I had an excellent version at the bouchon La Meunière. As with all […]
Chopped Salad Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Middle Eastern cooking class inspired by Michael Rantissi! Of course we all love to cook – but occasionally, there just isn’t time. That’s when I whip up a big bowl of this delicious chopped salad which keeps well for days in the fridge. Found all over […]