What is nduja, how do you use ’nduja and where do you buy ’nduja? Here’s our guide to Calabria’s spicy spreadable pork paste that is so beloved in its birthplace of Spilinga that they even have an annual Festival del ’Nduja or Festival of the Spicy Sausage Paste. This is the first post in a ...
This Russian mimosa salad recipe makes a layered salad from the Soviet Union or USSR that was typically served for festive spring holidays such as Easter. The original Soviet-era salad was layered in a glass bowl or served as a kitschy salad cake. I prefer to present fun DIY salads in individual glasses with bowls, ...
This authentic Russian beef Stroganoff recipe makes the deliciously rich and creamy braised beef and mushroom dish cooked centuries ago in the grand kitchen of St Petersburg's glorious pink Stroganov Palace. Better known as a retro classic of the Seventies, beef Stroganoff is rich in history and incredibly comforting. It's the dish that you need ...
This Thai tea ice cream recipe makes the easiest no churn ice cream that you’ll ever make using just four ingredients: Thai tea mix, whipping cream, condensed milk, and salt. The flavour will take you right back to Thailand, but you can really use any flavour with this easy no churn ice cream recipe. If ...
This kaya coconut jam recipe makes the sweet spread for kaya toast just like you’d find in a traditional Singaporean or Malaysian kopitiam. A simple recipe with just a few ingredients – eggs, sugar, coconut milk, and pandan leaves – it’s nevertheless slow-going for a smooth, creamy spread, but it’s worth it. Like many of ...
This easy Cambodian steamed eggs recipe makes a Siem Reap street food favourite that locals love to tuck into from tiny plastic stools on the eat street, Road 60, on weekend evenings. These scrummy steamed eggs with spring onions, coriander, chilli, salt, and pepper, are garnished with fresh coriander and crunchy deep fried shallots and ...
This Phnom Penh noodle soup recipe makes kuy teav Phnom Penh, named after Cambodia’s capital where it’s a popular breakfast soup. One for pork lovers, ‘Phnom Penh noodles’ as it’s also known, is distinguished by its pork broth, minced pork, plump prawns, and garnishes. It also has a cousin in Vietnam called Hủ tiếu Nam ...
This Russian potato pancake recipe for draniki makes yet another kind of Russian pancake for you to cook for Maslenitsa or Pancake Week, which starts today, 8 March and runs until Sunday 14 March. Even if you’re not Russian, it’s as good an excuse as any to make pancakes. If you liked my Russian pancakes ...
World Wildlife Day is a global observance day designated by the UN as a day dedicated to celebrating and raising awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants on the brink of extinction. This year’s theme is 'Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet’. It’s World Wildlife Day today, the 3rd March 2021, and the ...
This Russian buckwheat pancakes recipe makes blini with smoked salmon, dill, sour cream, and a ‘caviar’ of gherkin and radish. These are cocktail size blini that are perfect for snacking and entertaining, and while this is a savoury topping you could also spread these little pancakes with jam and cream. If you enjoyed the Russian ...
This Cambodian mee katang recipe makes a delicious Chinese-Cambodian dish of wok-fried wide rice noodles, browned by dark soy sauce, and stir-fried with marinated pork, crunchy carrots and Chinese broccoli, and scrambled eggs. Called ‘mee Kontang’ in Khmer, which means Cantonese noodles, but pronounced ‘mee Katang’, these charred noodles are a cinch to make and ...
Our best Russian pancakes recipe makes blini in the style of French crêpes if you’re looking for a quick and easy pancake recipe for Shrove Tuesday and Pancake Day tomorrow or for Maslenitsa or Pancake Week, Crepe Week or Butter Week, an Eastern Orthodox holiday joyously celebrated by Russians. This is the best Russian pancakes ...