Recipes
Palak Gosht (Spinach Lamb Curry)
This delicious homestyle dish is from Camellia Panjabi's 50 Great Curries of India, the world's best selling curry book. I was fortunate to be a guest of the Taj Hotels when Camellia was marketing director at a time when she was...
Reine de Saba (Queen of Sheba Cake)
I made this Queen of Sheba cake to honour my father a couple of days ago at his wake. As children, my sisters and I would get into the kitchen on the weekend and experiment with new chocolate cake recipes, all of which he had to...
Sour Cream Streusel Cake
This is an easy, moist and very more-ish cake which cuts well, perfect for morning tea with coffee or afternoon tea with a cuppa. Let's keep is simple and not get into the myriad definitions of "streusel"!InroductionAbout this RecipeBy:...
Duck Creek Bruschetta with Macadamia Honey, Char-Grilled Pear and Goats Cheese
This lovely autumn recipe combining char-grilled pears, roasted salted macadamias, goats cheese, honey and thyme was given to me by the owners of Duck Creeek Macadamias. Located near the...
Moroccan Harira Soup
This delicious fortifying soup is just what you need to get you through cooler autumn days. As Paula Wolfert points out in The Food of Morocco, soup is usually a supper dish in Morocco, heavy and well spiced, nourishing and rich. Harira is famous...
Mother’s Day Simnel Cake
The Simnel Cake, a rich luscious fruit cake, has symbolised Mother's Day since medieval times. In those days, the cakes were decorated with wildflowers gathered by sons and daughters as they made their way home to spend the day with their...
Tsoureki (Greek Easter Bread)
While it was Easter Sunday for many Christians a month ago, Orthodox Christians (who follow the Gregorian calendar) celebrate Easter next Sunday.How many Ukrainians, I wonder, are able to celebrate anything this year?InroductionAbout this...
Fair Dinkum Anzacs
Are Anzac biscuits unique to Australia? How will we ever know? But along with pavlova and lamingtons, we lay claim to them, even if they are based on borrowed ideas.InroductionAbout this RecipeBy: Sheridan Rogers For these fair dinuim Anzac biscuits,...
Bruschetta with Creamed Ricotta and Fresh Figs
Make use of autumn's glorious fresh figs in this simple elegant breakfast (or brunch) dish, a refreshing change from the ubiquitous smashed avocado on toast.InroductionAbout this RecipeBy: Sheridan Rogers You can use fruit...
Warm Salad of Soba Noodles & Mushrooms
Warm Salad of Soba Noodles & MushroomsWelcome in the softer days of autumn with this lovely melange of soba noodles, mushrooms, sweet potato crisps and asparagus. Use a mixture of mushrooms such as Swiss browns, field mushrooms, button mushrooms and...
Devilled Eggs
Here's a hark back to the 1950s for all those retrophiliacs out there. Or perhaps should that be to ancient Rome where eggs were boiled, seasoned with spicy sauces and served at the beginning of meals?One of the earliest known recipes for devilled eggs...
Miso Glazed Eggplant (Nasu Dengaku)
Miso Glazed Eggplant This classic Japanese way of cooking eggplant has become a favourite of mine, not just because of its delicious sweet-savoury flavour, but also because it's easy to cook at home. It's a goodie for both vegetarians and vegans and can be served...
Banh Mi
I'll never forget the first time I bought a banh mi (pronounced BUN-mee) from Vinata's in Cabramatta. So many ingredients (bbq pork, luncheon meat, chicken liver pate, mayonnaise, pickled veggies, coriander stalks and Vu's secret tangy sauce) were packed into...
Spaghetti Carbonara
In his recent entertaining TV series, Searching for Italy, actor Stanley Tucci goes in search of four iconic pasta dishes which he describes as staggering in their simplicity: rigatoni amatriciana, spaghetti cacio e pepe, spaghetti carbonara and...
Rustic Tart of Peaches, Plums and Nectarines
It’s the season for juicy flavoursome plums and late summer peaches and nectarines. Make use of them in this lovely rustic American-style pie. It’s a favourite from my first book The Cook's Garden.InroductionAbout this...