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Best Asian Street Food Recipes from Fresh Spring Rolls to Spicy Noodle Soups

2019-09-14T22:20:37+07:00By Lara Dunston|

Our best Asian street food recipes cover everything from the fresh spring rolls found in markets and street food stalls across Southeast Asia to the spicy noodle soups from Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, and Malaysia that you can slurp on the streets, from mobile carts, and at simple shophouse eateries. We're just back from Saigon, where [...]

Cambodian Chicken Curry Recipe for a Gentle Comforting Southeast Asian Curry

2019-09-09T11:08:08+07:00By Lara Dunston|

This Cambodian chicken curry recipe makes one of Southeast Asia’s most comforting chicken curries. While it has a depth of flavour that comes from dried spices and fresh aromatic ingredients, it has a richness thanks to a liberal use of coconut cream and milk, and a gentleness due to the mild red chillies. When Terence [...]

Pork and Crab Congee with XO Sauce Recipe by Chef Christine Manfield

2019-08-23T13:25:04+07:00By Lara Dunston|

This pork and crab congee with XO sauce recipe comes courtesy of Australian chef Christine Manfield who shared it with us after I sampled her heavenly take on the Chinese rice porridge in Battambang of all places a couple of years ago. It only took one spoonful of this sublime savoury rice porridge for my [...]

Orecchiette with Sausage and Broccoli Rabe Recipe – A Puglian Classic with a Twist

2019-06-17T18:22:18+07:00By Terence Carter|

This orecchiette with sausage and broccoli rabe recipe is one I cook when I can't bring myself to make another carbonara or puttanesca, Lara's most requested pastas. Orecchiette with sausage and broccoli is a classic Italian combination from Puglia, but broccoli rabe or rapini, and broccolini also work, and crispy pancetta adds salt and crunch. [...]

Classic Anzac Biscuits Recipe That’s Very Close to the 1933 Country Women’s Association Recipes

2019-06-11T20:06:58+07:00By Lara Dunston|

This classic Anzac biscuits recipe is as close to the early 1933 Australian Country Women's Association Anzac biscuit recipes that I could get and it makes the best Anzac biscuit ever – even better than the Anzac biscuits of my memory. It seemed fitting to make them this Anzac Day. The ability to make this [...]

Best Egg Dishes for Easter If Eggs for You Mean the Chicken Not Chocolate Kind

2019-04-28T08:51:49+07:00By Lara Dunston|

Our best egg dishes for Easter if you prefer your Easter eggs to come from a chicken rather than a bunny include everything from an omelette or frittata with herbs to poached eggs with crunchy asparagus, crispy fried pancetta and fresh parmesan, a perfect Spring dish. Terence's hot cross buns recipe is tempting, but I’ve [...]

Best Curry Recipes from Southeast Asia for When You Need Spice in Your Life

2019-09-08T16:16:56+07:00By Lara Dunston|

Our best curry recipes from Southeast Asia include a rich Cambodian Saraman curry and its Thai cousin beef Massaman curry to a more gently-spiced steamed Cambodian fish curry called amok trei and the decadent pork belly curry, Gaeng hang lay moo from Northern Thailand, and Gaeng gari gai, a chicken curry recipe from Southern Thailand. [...]

Best Asian Noodle Recipes to Satisfy Your Comfort Food Cravings

2019-09-08T16:24:34+07:00By Lara Dunston|

Our best Asian noodle recipes include recipes for an array of Southeast Asian noodle soups, and even Asian stir-fry noodles, from a spice-laden Singapore curry laksa and a creamy coconut-based Chiang Mai khao soi gai to a Lao khao soi with a ragu Bolognese-like sauce and Indonesia’s chicken soup for the soul, soto ayam. We’ve [...]

No-Recipe Recipes – Fun Idea or A Short Cut to Kitchen Nightmares

2019-03-13T12:18:21+07:00By Terence Carter|

No-recipe recipes may sound like a fun idea for busy people who have no time to follow convoluted recipes and the no-recipe recipe trend being promoted by the New York Times seems to be a popular one. Fun as they might be, no-recipe recipes are also a short cut to kitchen nightmares. Each week New [...]

Classic Tomato and Basil Bruschetta Recipe – How to Make The Italian Aperitivo Snack

2019-09-08T15:31:47+07:00By Terence Carter|

This classic tomato and basil bruschetta recipe shows you how to make this popular Italian aperitivo snack or dinner starter the traditional way. It's a quick and easy recipe that relies on little else but flavourful tomatoes, fresh fragrant basil and good quality olive oil. In my recent posts on pro chef lessons for home [...]

Pork Recipes for the Year of the Pig – 12 Delicious Pork Dishes for Chinese New Year

2019-06-09T18:33:12+07:00By Lara Dunston|

Pork recipes for the Year of the Pig are what we have here for you – one delicious pork dish for every month of the Chinese New Year, because what better way is there to celebrate an auspicious year of health, wealth and happiness than to pig out on porky goodness? Chinese New Year is [...]

Pro Chef Lessons for Home Cooks – Precision in the Kitchen and Why Size Matters

2019-02-20T13:07:00+07:00By Terence Carter|

Pro chef lessons for home cooks – or travelling cooks if you’re cooking in a holiday house or apartment rental kitchen – is a subject I’ve been mulling over, so I thought I’d share some of the cooking tips I’ve picked up from the experts, starting with a lesson about precision. Over the years, during [...]