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In our household, this is known as ‘get-better-soon’ soup. Make sure you use a good chicken stock so that the soup is really flavoursome. If you prefer, substitute wontons or mini dim sims for the noodles and use vegies of your choice. The recipe is from my new book Mini Chef – Cooking with Kids. [...]
This is an extract from the introduction to my new book, “Mini Chef – Cooking with Kids” (New Holland RRP$24.95) which you’ll find in bookstores nationally this week. “I like to sleep in on Sunday mornings, but when my children were little, they didn’t understand the difference between Sunday or any other day of the [...]
Hooray! Salad days are here again. But what do you think of when you think salad? Mixed lettuce leaves, fresh herbs, sliced tomatoes and cucumber tossed together with a French or Italian dressing? That’s the standard Western version of salad we all enjoy. Do you ever think Asian? Maybe not? Raw vegetable salads as we [...]
“Give tofu a try in this quick Thai street food classic. Leftover cold roast chicken could be added to the noodles too,” says Jane Hornby in her new cookbook “What To Cook And How To Cook It” (Phaidon Press $59.95), which is full of step-by-step recipes and images, a must-have for novice cooks and experts [...]
This delicious dish, served on a bed of Israeli couscous, broad beans and olives with tomato essence, was awarded the People’s Choice prize at the Mid North Coast Signature Dish competition last Friday in Port Macquarie, NSW. You will need to prepare the tomato essence the night before. Place the fish off-cuts in a food [...]
It’s 6pm on a cool Thursday evening as I stroll along Horton Steet, Port Macquarie, on the mid north coast of NSW. The streets are empty, but I’ve been advised by chef Lindsey Schwab to arrive early at his Fusion 7 eatery to ensure a table. He’s had a couple of group bookings and it [...]
It was the night of the red moon and the normally sleepy mid-north coastal town of Emerald Beach was humming. The parking lot opposite the beach was packed as people waited, drinks in hand and cameras ready, to capture the lunar eclipse. A sense of excitement was in the salty air and the local kids [...]
There’s a marvellous passage in Virginia Woolf’s novel, To The Lighthouse, which reveals her understanding of the importance of timing at a dinner party. “…they were having Mildred’s masterpiece – Boeuf en Daube. Everything depended upon things being served up the moment they were ready. The beef, the bayleaf and the wine – all must [...]
A delicious dish for cold winter nights. Preheat oven to 180C. Saute chicken (or rabbit) pieces in oil until golden. Place in a casserole dish. In the same pan, cook onion till soft then stir in mustard and thyme leaves. Pour in the stock. Simmer for a few minutes, season and pour over chicken pieces. [...]
