Christine Manfield’s Coconut and Jaggery Pancakes
Yu sheng: Lunar New Year Prosperity Salad
I discovered this fabulous salad when reading a story about celebrity chef Elizabeth Chong and why she had missed out on celebrating Chinese New Year for...
Meen Moilee (Fish Curry)
This delicate flavoursome fish curry, possibly of Portuguese-Indian origin, is quick and easy to prepare and very well received whenever I serve it. Make sure you use fresh...
Thai-me Kangaroo Down Salad
What’s on your Australia Day (or should that be Invasion Day) menu ? Weird isn’t it, how we still shy away from using native Australian ingredients?Here we live on a...
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A Truly Multicultural Christmas
Curious, isn’t it, the way we continue to celebrate Christmas in Australia.Come December, and the official start of summer, shop interiors and department stores are filled with white-bearded Santas and reindeer; cards and Advent...
Meet Indian Master Chef Ajoy Joshi
Chef Ajoy Joshi was thrilled.“We won the Restaurant & Catering Gold Award for Best Indian Restaurant in Australia last night,” he told me, his eyes shining, a wide grin on his face.“It’s the second year in a row. And we also won...
Sweet Treats of Giglio
Chef Claudio Bossini had just finished mincing the macerated figs for the panficato, a rich dark sweet Christmas confection made each year on Giglio, a small island off the coast of Tuscany, when suddenly the sounds of a brass band could be heard...
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