I’m always dubious when I see things like “Mexican stew”, “Cajun chicken”, mostly because I always imagine people using their pair of kitchen scissors to snip the corner off of a spice packet, empty it into whatever they’re cooking consequently allowing their taste buds to instantly be transported to the streets of New Orleans or [...]
Archive for June, 2007
The Savoury Addition: Jamaican-style Lentils and Rice
Posted in Recipes: Savoury on June 27, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Vegan Sweets: Cooking with or without?
Posted in Recipes: Sweet on June 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I went to bed last night determined to cook up a storm today. I regularly have Wednesdays off from work now so I like to use these free days to test whatever recipes have been floating around in my head for the past few days. I had some guava puree that was just screaming to [...]
Off To Mecca We Went
Posted in Melbourne Eats on June 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Our 3 day hiatus from responsibility proved successful. Will and I took a mini holiday, rented a car and went (and ate and drank) where ever our hearts desired. We shopped ’til we dropped at Chadstone, boozed our way through the Mornington Peninsula, dined at the Docklands and nearly bought half of Dan Murphy’s. I [...]
One Pot Wonder: Jambalaya
Posted in Recipes: Savoury on June 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I just happened to pick up the July issue of Super Food Ideas today and found a recipe for Jambalaya. I’ve cooked Jambalaya only once in my life as a home cook and remember it being a rather satisfying dish. As soon as I flipped thought the magazine, I forgot about the Jambalaya and instead [...]
Digging up my roots: Cuban pastelitos de guayaba
Posted in Recipes: Sweet on June 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Lately I’ve been feeling a bit like something in between homesickness and nostalgic. I don’t really have a home — a place I can go to year after year to visit family and feel a sense of belonging even after years of absences — nor is is nostalgia because I definitely didn’t even want to [...]
Soups for Winter: Asian Vegetable and Noodle Broth
Posted in Recipes: Savoury on June 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The arrival of winter means soups, pies and other warm, hearty foods, well, provided you don’t live in the tropics. To fill up before heading off to work with grease laden food at my favourite place of employment I whipped up this clean tasting Asian-style broth — hopefully it’ll keep me from scarfing down chips [...]
Brunch At Caffe Cortilé
Posted in Melbourne Eats on June 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’d been looking forward to the Queen’s Birthday, practically as if it were my very own. The last Monday I had off from school was Easter Monday and I agreed to go into work that day. This time I declined and started the day off with a lovely brunch in the city with Will, our [...]
The European: No Trash in Sight
Posted in Melbourne Eats on June 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I could have easily been cosily seated in any tapas bar or restaurant in Madrid on a winter night, but I wasn’t. In fact, I didn’t even have to leave Melbourne to experience a bit of Europe. I’m not talking Gross Florentino or Vue du Monde — I’m talking about the European.
Tucked away on Spring [...]
