Tabbouleh Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Lebanese cooking class! Along with hummus, tabbouleh (tabouli) is perhaps the best-known Lebanese dish outside the Middle East. It was certainly part of my introduction to Lebanese food and I remember my sister’s mother-in-law – Teta as everyone called her – making it in huge metal bowls […]
Grilled Prawns with Pear & Walnut Salad Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Italian cooking class featuring the food of Southern Italy! Grilled prawns with pear and walnut salad is the perfect dish for entertaining as most of the preparation can be done ahead of time, and cooking the prawns only on the shell […]
Char-grilled Five Spice Prawns Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Vietnamese cooking class inspired by Mark Jensen! Char-grilled five spice prawns are a great filling for bánh xèo (Vietnamese rice flour crepes). They’re also great served simply with a platter of fresh herbs and leaves – such as perilla, Vietnamese mint, Thai basil, bean […]
Crispy Octopus with Prickly Ash Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Asian home cooking class inspired by Cheong Liew! The Chinese double cooking method of poaching or braising then frying is rarely used with seafood due to its delicate texture. The exception is octopus, which can be tough if not cooked correctly; large octopus […]
Mini Bánh Mí Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Vietnamese cooking class inspired by Mark Jensen! Banh mi are a take-away mainstay. They’re a healthy quick lunch to grab on the run and fun to serve as finger food or a starter if you turn them into little open sandwiches on slices of baguette. […]
Salade Verte – How To Dress A Green Salad Like this recipe? You’ll love my online French cooking class Inspired by Damien Pignolet! A simple green salad (salade verte in French) is the ideal accompaniment to so many dishes, whether it’s made from just one type of leaf or a mixture of several. Salade verte […]
Bánh Mí Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Vietnamese cooking class inspired by Mark Jensen! I love the way food travels around the world, weaving aspects of one culture into another. The French brought their crisp, fluffy baguettes to Vietnam in the mid-1800s and just over a century later, the Vietnamese brought them to […]
Braised Romaine Lettuce Like braised romaine lettuce? You’ll love my online French cooking class Inspired by Damien Pignolet! Who knew you could cook lettuce? It’s a revelation to many Aussies, but a traditional side dish in much of Europe. Italians love grilled radicchio and sauteed escarole (curly endive), while the French like braised romaine lettuce […]
Kisir (Turkish Tabouli) Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Turkish cooking class inspired by Somer Sivrioglu! I’m a fan of traditional recipes but every now and then I prefer to do things my way. And I’ve always made tabouli with far more cracked wheat than any Lebanese cook ever would. Then I realised I […]
Nasi Goreng Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Asian home cooking class inspired by Cheong Liew! Sometimes you want to spend all day in the kitchen cooking up a storm; and sometimes you just want a quick and easy meal using what’s on hand. Either way it has to taste great, right? For the […]
