How to get out of a cooking rut isn’t hard when you know how. Whether you’re a working parent who dreads the thought of meal planning for a week, a single person who doesn’t enjoy cooking for one, you’re just too busy, or you’re bored with the same handful of dishes you have on repeat, … Read more
Our guide to the best Siem Reap markets covers the liveliest local markets in the northern Cambodia city that’s the gateway to Angkor Wat and our home for 12 years. Rise at dawn to join the locals to buy the freshest produce, savour the tastiest market breakfasts, and absorb the bustling early morning atmosphere. Hire … Read more
The best mortar and pestle is handcrafted in Thailand and takes three days to make. Meet the KROK, a smooth white granite pestle and mortar, with a sturdy, lightweight cork base. Handmade in Chonburi’s Ang Sila village by local craftsmen from generations-old artisanal families, the Thai KROK mortar and pestle is my new favourite kitchen … Read more
Our 10 best YouTube cooking channels include everything from Thai chef Pailin ‘Pai’ Chongchitnant’s Thai cooking channel Pailin’s Kitchen AKA Hot Thai Kitchen and the Pasta Grannies’ Italian pasta-making channel starring rolling pin-wielding Italian nonnas from across Italy to the Shenzhen-based Chinese Cooking Demystified channel and Paris-based Alexis Gabriel Aïnouz’s French Guy Cooking channel. It’s … Read more
How to bake a perfect sourdough loaf is something I’ve been thinking about a lot recently: what is my idea of a perfect sourdough loaf. Well, I’ve finally been baking it, many bakes in a row, week after week. I want to share my quest for the perfect sourdough loaf and perfect sourdough crumb, and … Read more