Share my favourite restaurants, chefs, dishes, ingredients, provedores, recipes and cooking hacks, in these Top 5 food lists.
Food is often symbolic in Chinese culture: noodles represents longevity (don’t ever cut them, just slurp them up whole) and dumplings look like little coin purses to attract prosperity. Add a splash of red chilli for good fortune and golden pan-fried deliciousness for power and you can eat your way to health, wealth and happiness. […]
Living in Sydney, I like winter. I look forward to a few months each year where I can wrap up in colourful scarves, pull on a large coat and enjoy the smell of wood fires – and some hearty northern European fare. When the mercury starts to dip, I crave German food and here’s where […]
I don’t have a particularly sweet tooth – so it takes something really special to lure me into the dessert section of the menu. These five dishes certainly fit the bill – they are some of the most delicious things I’ve eaten in the past 12 months! Cheesecake, Lemon Myrtle, Buttermilk Magill Estatewww.penfolds.comThis creamy monochrome […]
Email Roberta for a print-friendly version Top 5 Classic Pasta Sauces A quick pasta sauce is my Sunday night stand by – in fact it’s my go-to any night of the week when I don’t really feel like cooking. My favourites are made from what’s on hand in the pantry or fridge (with maybe a […]
Here’s my annual tribute to the best dishes I’ve eaten in Sydney this year. It’s been tough to choose just five, in fact I’ve had so many good desserts recently that I’m reserving them for a separate list (coming soon). These are my Top 5 Sydney Dishes, the ones that keep me going back to […]
I love cheese in all its milky goodness: soft and hard, goat and cow (sheep and buffalo too), mild and pungent, mouldy and crumbly, blue and white. I love it in salads, souffles, fondue, scraped off a wheel of raclette onto boiled potatoes, or just a perfectly ripe chunk on a piece of excellent […]
The spice-rich food of the Indian subcontinent (from Pakistan to Sri Lanka) has long been a takeaway mainstay. While repetitive menus of samosas, butter chicken and beef vindaloo haven’t done this rich cuisine any favours, authentic ‘cheap & cheerful’ restaurants in suburbs with large Indian populations (such as Harris Park) set the record straight, as […]
With our love of espresso, pizza, pasta and vino, Australia could be Italy’s 21st region. Italian immigrants were among the first to broaden the Anglo-Celtic Aussie palate and we also have them to thank for one of the world’s best coffee cultures. Now more than ever, it’s easy to get delicious, authentic, great value Italian […]
In the early ‘90s, Cheong Liew, Phillip Searle, Christine Manfield and Tim Pak Poy took the great produce on Adelaide’s doorstep and laid the foundation for the innovative restaurant scene Australia enjoys today. Then all except Cheong moved east to continue the adventure and the local scene dwindled to excellent yum cha, great coffee and […]
More delicious soups recipes: ~ Turkish Lentil Soup (Mercimek Çorbasi) ~ Swiss Barley Soup (Gerstenzuppe) ~ French Onion Soup ~ Pasta e Fagioli (Pasta Fazool) ~ Chicken & Sweet Corn Soup ~ Watercress Soup with Chive Pullaparts Top 5 Soups There’s something comforting and nurturing about soup at any time, whether it’s a hearty minestrone […]
