I made 1Kg of puff pastry, don’t be intimidated by this French classic. Follow my tips, recipe and method here. A buttery pastry base screamed for something sweet, cheesy and savoury. So on our weekly trip to the markets we bought some Bosc pears and brown onions. Check out that caramelisation, food porn for your
I know that you are probably asking yourself why chicken feet. Because I love offals! They are very cheap to buy, they are packed with flavour, yes it takes very long to cook them and break down the protein, but trust me the end result is so worth that extra time. I have never ever
I totally love salmon, and lately I started appreciating it cooked. I used to believe that cooked salmon would totally loose that beautiful oily texture and taste. And then I discovered that I was the one that didn’t really know how to cook it. Then culinary college (read my story as a culinary student here)
I know that this title may remind most of us Fifty shades of Grey. Please don’t lie I know that you either have read the book or read an article regarding the book. While I admit that I enjoyed reading the books I absolutely refused to watch the movie. I just didn’t think it would
Italy is a beautiful country to visit for holidays. Unfortunately not a great one to live in but I am not going to get into that. I just want to celebrate the beauty of it. You can never generalise when talking about Italian food or wine. Because each region has its own traditional cuisine, wine
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
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
Our Daring Cooks’ December 2012 Hostess is Andy of Today’s the Day and Today’s the Day I Cook! Andy is sharing with us a traditional French Canadian classic the Paté Chinois, also known as Shepherd’s pie for many of us, and if one dish says comfort food.. this one is it! This was one of
Our Daring Cooks’ September 2012 hostess was Inma of la Galletika. Inma brought us a taste of Spain and challenged us to make our very own delicious Paella! I made a vegetarian paella, because we don’t eat certain types of seafood and I didn’t add peas as we don’t mix legumes with cereals. I loved