Reine de Saba (Queen of Sheba Cake)

Reine de Saba (Queen of Sheba Cake)

Search for: 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...
Banh Mi

Banh Mi

Search for: 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...
Spaghetti Carbonara

Spaghetti Carbonara

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...