This post is all about my experience as a volunteer for the Starlight Five Chef Dinner event held on 11th of September 2014 at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Perth. Starlight is a charity organisation that helps ill and hospitalised children and their families by brightening their days with games, fun and joy. Our school
Author: Dalia Bonfanti
Bugs and Mangoes
Let’s talk about bugs! If you are not from Australia then you may not be familiar with them. They are not the crawling insects that are gross to see. Bugs are delicious crustacean (that look like fossils) that are underestimated in other parts of the world. A few week ago I received a special message
Japrak – Stuffed Vine Leaves
There is a long list of the reasons why I love Australia. One of them is the opportunity you have to meet people from different cultures and traditions. And if you want to learn and be part of someone’s country, you should start with the food. Food doesn’t have any barrier, it doesn’t know any
Homemade Fettuccine with White Wine Mussel Sauce
One of my favorite dishes from Term 3 had to be this. It has everything I love: homemade pasta, mussels, “authentic” tomato sauce and oven dried cherry tomatoes. Tomato sauce ingredients vary slightly, depending on what type of sauce you are planning to make. Whether it is a simple, plain one, whether it is for
Crêpe Suzette
If I have to choose a dish that was the highlight of everything we prepared in Term 2 it would be the Crêpe Suzette. It is very hard to find it on the menu in restaurants these days. Which in my opinion is a shame! I really think it is a great dessert and the idea
Consommé Ordinaire
A consommé is a clarified soup. It was one of my favourite soups in term 1 of culinary school. It is really difficult to make as the final product should have specific characteristics. If you follow each step very carefully and really be patient with it you will nail it. The taste of this soup is
Paçoquinha de Amendoim (Brazilian sweet)
I had a special encounter with Brazil and its culture from 2007-2011. It was an amazing experience that ended dramatically. I believe that life puts people in your path for various reasons. They may become your best friends or the worst enemies, they may share what they have or suck everything that you have,
Oatmeal and Chicken Shorba (Soup)
I want to share a little story with you and the reason I craved and prepared this soup. My mom’s family have a Yemen background hence they are mostly muslims. And my childhood is filled with so many beautiful memories around them. When I was 10 yeas old, I asked my dad if I can
Orange and Almond Cake with Orange Blossom Syrup
It has been a year and 2 months since my last post, and let me tell you, a lot of things have happened ever since. On 26th of March 2013, I flew to Perth (Australia), my hubby came in November. This was my first journey to the end of the world that I was making