April 16th, 2013
Blood Orange and Pomegranate Salad
A spontaneous purchase at the greengrocer leads to a delightfully tart and refreshing salad
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March 8th, 2013
Recipe: Fried Wontons
Golden, deep-fried bundles of joy that you will not be able to stop eating. Serve them with a dipping sauce made of Chinkiang vinegar, ginger, soy sauce and chilli.
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March 4th, 2013
5 Minute Eats: Tomato & Bocconcini Salad
A gorgeous Summer salad, to be made when tomatoes are at their best. It's ready in 5 minutes, too.
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February 26th, 2013
5 Minute Eats: Chilled Cucumber Soup
Hello! Welcome to the first post in my new 5 Minute Eats series. I want to demonstrate that eating well doesn't take a lot of time or effort so a...
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December 1st, 2012
Bruschetta with Quail Egg, Truffle & Asparagus
Sometimes food is swoon worthy. You know what I mean. Your teeth sink into a dish and the minute the food reaches your tastebuds you see Your...
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February 7th, 2012
Fig, Prosciutto & Pear Salad
I adore figs. I love their colour, their flavour, and their texture. I die for their sensual shape and the way their demure green and purple open...
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December 28th, 2011
Mini Vietnamese Pork Buns
I adore Vietnamese food. The combination of Asian ingredients and cooking styles with French influences and fresh herbs makes it one of my all of...
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December 23rd, 2011
Backyard Wood Oven Pizza Party
My brother likes buying things. Like most males, he doesn't buy a lot of things but when he does shop, he buys big ticket items. A windsurfer. A...
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December 5th, 2011
Asparagus with Bauernschinken & Parmesan
We have this amazing smallgoods producer in South Australia called Standom , who make all kinds of smoked and preserved meat products. How good I...
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November 24th, 2011
Addictive, Mouth-Numbing Xinjiang Chilli Lamb Skewers
I miss Shanghai. It's a big, brash, frontier city where buildings go up seemingly overnight, hundreds of new restaurants open every week and you can...
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October 24th, 2011
Chinese Dumpling Soup (Sui Gao or Shui Jiao)
When we were recently in Malaysia we ate the most amazing sui gao (dumplings) at my Grandmother's house, bought from the local hawker stall. So this...
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October 14th, 2011
Guacamole with a Kick
Posting a recipe for guacamole seems odd in a way. It's a bit like posting a recipe for making a ham and cheese toastie it seems like such a thing...
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