I discovered this crunchy colourful Turkish salad on a recent trip to the Biennale on Cockatoo Island, Sydney Harbour. Belinda Franks is doing a great job catering on the island and this is just one of many delicious take-away meals available. The recipe is an adapation of one from “Turquoise” by Melbourne chef Greg Malouf. [...]
A flavourful, savoury onion flatbread from the south of France. The name derives from the Provencale word `pissalat’ which was a fish based condiment, represented today by a combination of anchovies and thyme
Make the focaccia base: place flour and salt in a large bowl, make a hole in the centre and put in the yeast, [...]
This is a delicious vegetable soup from Lesbos, given to me by Evi Mitchell of C’Aphrodite restaurant in Cremorne. It’s a good one for cold winter nights and is easy to make. It’s also a good one for children who won’t eat their vegies, (though you will probably need to omit the chilli). Make sure [...]
Imagine my surprise to discover this dish on the island of Reunion, a lush volcanic west of Madagascar. There, chokoes are grown in abundance, so much so that one of the valleys (the deep green valley of Salazie where vegetables and fruit are cultivated) is literally choked by choko vines. When peeling chokoes, do so [...]
This is Evi Mitchell’s recipe, from her village on the island of Lesbos in Greece. Evi runs the homely C’Aphrodite restaurant in Cremorne, Sydney.
Preheat oven to 200deg/180degC Fan Forced. Spray 24 x 1/2 cup muffin tins with cooking oil spray.
In a bowl, combine the zucchini, cheese and flour and combine well. Make a hole in [...]
A colourfuly crunchy dish offset by the soft texture of the tofu. Choy sum is one of the most popular vegetables in China – the flowering shoots are tender and sweet and the main stems full of flavour. Great for vegetaraians.
A terrific accompaniment to char-grilled steak, lamb, chicken and fish with a green salad, using pantry ingreidents.
The beauty of this curry is that you can use what ever vegetables you have on hand – the ones below are just suggestions.
I love simple elegant dishes like this one. It goes well with roast or barbecued meats.
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