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This recipe is from my new book, The Cook’s Garden (NH$49.95). It’s perfect to serve on cool spring nights, or for lunch in the garden, and you can add other vegetables such as sweet young peas and sliced button mushrooms. Freshly chopped spring herbs are also a good addition. The rice should always be creamy [...]
Can you imagine three asparagus spears weighing 500g? It’s the weight recorded by the Roman author Pliny (23 AD – August 25, 79 AD) of asparagus grown in the wetlands of Ravenna in north-eastern Italy. Some stalks even weighed in at 300g each. The Romans were in fact the first to cultivate asparagus from the [...]
This delicious, three–layered cake is from my new book The Cook’s Garden (NH $49.95), in-store now. It’s easy to make and you can serve it for afternoon tea, or warm as a dessert with cream. Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F/Gas 4). Cream together the butter and sugar, add zest and egg yolk. Fold in the [...]
Hurry, hurry – book in now to my Mini Chef Kids Cooking Classes during the school holidays: My aim is to teach children to prepare a wholesome, nutritious meal which they love to eat and can reproduce easily at home. This is not celebrity chef restaurant-style food. Hygiene, nutrition – and loads of laughs – [...]
This easy, tasty recipe is the perfect accompaniment to a Spring lunch or dinner and is from my new book “The Cook’s Garden” (NH $49.95)), in-store now. Wonderful photography by Andy Payne. Put the mushrooms, onion and capsicum into a salad bowl. Mix together the oil, lemon juice and garlic. Season to taste. Toss dressing [...]
I learnt an astonishing fact last week: women who eat one white button mushroom a day have fifty per cent less chance of developing breast cancer. At a lunch organised by the Australian Mushroom Growers Association in Sydney, dietitian Glenn Cardwell told us that breakthrough US research has found that eating 100 grams or less [...]
In this traditional Samoan dish served at the Oratur Hotel in Apia, Western Samoa, the fish is “cooked” by marinating briefly in lime or lemon juice then combined with fresh coconut cream and other ingredients to make a lovely light entree or lunch dish. Serves 4 – 6 Place the cubed fish put into an [...]
It’s easy to see why Samoans call the coconut tree “the tree of life”. Not only do these graceful trees dot the coastlines of the white-fringed islands of Samoa, swaying gently in the warm breezes and lending shade, they’re also an invaluable supply of food, fuel and housing for the Samoan people. On my recent [...]
Have you ever tried making these? They are easy to make and very more-ish. You can use any jam you like for the centre. Preheat the oven to 180degC. Lightly grease several baking trays or line with non-stick baking paper. Cream the butter, sugar, vanilla essence and lemon rind then beat in the egg. Add [...]
