Salami-stuffed Chicken Drumsticks

Salami-stuffed Chicken Drumsticks Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Sardinian cooking class! These salami-stuffed chicken drumsticks are perfect picnic fare – easy to make a day ahead then throw in the car with a bottle of red, a couple of glasses and some serviettes and head out to some pretty spot that feels a […]

Spatchcock with Chilli, Garlic and Lemon

Spatchcock with Chilli, Garlic & Lemon Join my food & wine tour to Italy to discover more delicious Italian fare! What does spatchcock mean? It’s a method of preparing any poultry or game bird for cooking by removing the backbone and flattening it out – butterflying in other words. So quail, duck, guinea fowl, and […]

Ratatouille

Ratatouille Like this recipe? You’ll love my online French cooking class featuring the food of Provence! This versatile Provençal dish is delicious hot or cold, as a standalone vegetarian meal, or an accompaniment to grilled meat, poultry or seafood. There aren’t any hard and fast rules, it’s a quick, one-pot combination of eggplant, capsicum, onion, […]

Entrecôte Café de Paris

Entrecôte Café de Paris Discover more delicious Swiss dishes on my small group food & wine tour of Switzerland! A compound butter is one of the easiest ways to turn a piece of meat into a meal. It can be as simple as anchovies, garlic or fresh herbs mixed through butter, or as complex as […]

Harissa-rubbed Roast Quail with Lentil Salad

Harissa-rubbed Quail Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Middle Eastern cooking class inspired by Michael Rantissi! For a long time, i thought quail would be too fiddly to cook – but when I finally tackled it I was surprised at how simple it is. Brining is a great way to add flavour to meat […]

Vichyssoise

Vichyssoise Like this recipe? You’ll love my online French cooking class Inspired by Damien Pignolet! Vichyssoise is a wonderfully versatile leek and potato soup that’s delicious hot or cold. I use Dutch cream potatoes, but any floury potatoes work well. Wash leeks well to dislodge any soil caught between their layers, and don’t underestimate how […]

Duck & Peach Salad

Duck & Peach Salad Like this recipe? You’ll love my online cooking class featuring the food of America’s Deep South! I’m not generally a fan of meat and fruit together, but duck seems to be an exception and works well with cherries, oranges and, in this case, delicious summer peaches. Duck breasts are surprisingly easy […]

Summer Pudding

Summer Pudding Like Summer Pudding? You’ll love my online British cooking class! I’ve long been intrigued by summer pudding, the classic British dessert made in the height of summer when berries are abundant and very ripe. It’s ideal for warm weather and the colour is perfect for the Australian festive table. There are many variations […]

Chicken Soup with Fregola Avgolemono-Style

Chicken Soup with Fregola Avgolemono-Style Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Sardinian cooking class! Who doesn’t love a good chicken soup – the universal panacea? This version is more of a meal than a soup – and it tastes great! It came about as a way to use up the delicious chicken stock leftover […]

Stuffed Artichokes

Stuffed Artichokes Join my food & wine tour to Italy to discover more Italian regional specialties! I love artichokes, one of the first spring vegetables to appear in greengrocers. I love them finely shaved raw in a salad, deep-fried Roman-style (carciofi alla Giudia), and preserved on an antipasto plate. But most of all I love […]