Cooking rice in bamboo pots is quite common in Asia and quite the novelty although it tastes just as great if simmered in a small saucepan if you don’t have easy access to bamboo. Ingredients 250g black rice soaked overnight in twice its volume of water. 3 tablespoons brown sugar 3 tablespoons coconut flour [...]
The combination of the cinnamon pears with the smokiness of the duck makes for strange bedfellows but is just delicious. Ingredients: 6 cooking pears 2 tablespoons cinnamon powder 1 sheet paperbark* 30cm square 4 duck breasts 4 tablespoons brown sugar 2 tablespoons sea salt 1 teaspoon coarsely ground native pepper Coriander - garnish Chilli [...]
Food plays such an important part of our lives, it is often hard to pin point at which point an individual goes from simply part taking in food, to becoming a foodie, in the sense of the appreciation of food. For some of us it is something that we acquire with time, while others it [...]
This is a recipe developed by Jamie Milverton from Jamie’s Gourmet. I think it is spectacular, reason being it has my favourite two ingredients for the moment; the locally produced STROM and salmon. [divider] Ingredients 1 Salmon fillet skin on, pin boned approx. 1.2 kg 3/4 cup of Sea Salt 1/2 cup castor sugar 1 [...]
This is a great recipe by Peter Wolfe from Cedar Creek Farm, and a great use of bunya nuts for when they are in season... love... Peter made these to go with his Red Claw Crayfish recipe. Ingredients 500g bunya nut meal after boiling and shelling* 1 medium onion 1 small carrot 2 tablespoons [...]
If you are drawn to a particular fruit or vegetable because of its magnificent colour, now there is even more of a reason to pick out the prettiest one to take centre stage in your meals. Did you realise that the colours of fruits and vegetables is more valuable than just making your salad and [...]
With a combination of good food and perfect setting, Belli Bamboo Parkland provided the ultimate backdrop for our midsummer day lunch. There is something quite magical about a bamboo grove. While they are quite common land feature throughout Asia, Australia doesn’t afford many opportunities to experience this natural delight making a trip to Bamboo Australia [...]
Many cooking styles and trends have emerged over the years to fire up our passions in the kitchen. But for me, the one that stands out most strongly — for all the right reasons — is the concept of nose-to-tail cooking. Like the name suggests, this method involves using every part of the beast, from [...]
Once upon a time cooking schools were something of a serious discipline. They were either the precursor to a career in the food industry or the introduction to dinner party etiquette and dining basics for the would-be bride that found it a challenge to boil an egg let alone whip up a meal that would [...]
I met Tonya Jennings a number of years ago when she was first setting up her cooking school ‘On the Ridge’ in Dulong. There is something about people involved in the food industry, they are also so passionate… about food. They are passionate about other things as well, but the passion for food seems to [...]
