There’s no dish that reminds me more of my childhood than porridge. This humble and often much-maligned breakfast of oats, soaked and cooked in milk or water, was a winter favourite for my family when I was growing up in Australia. Turns out that oatmeal porridge in Edinburgh is quite a thing, so much so … Read more
This velvety scrambled eggs with truffles recipe makes a decadent dish with fresh winter truffles. The extra creamy scrambled eggs should be silky and sensuous, which means not skimping on the butter for this dish. You can go back to your egg-white omelette tomorrow. After a run. Winter in Europe… heavy overcoats, crunchy snow, rosy … Read more
Ever since I first tried truffles in a restaurant in Zurich, I get excited when the Northern Hemisphere winter comes around and I can look forward to fresh black winter truffles. Many years ago, when I worked in publishing in Sydney, my right-hand-man had a rather tempestuous relationship with his girlfriend who was head chef for … Read more
This scrambled eggs with smoked salmon recipe has become our go-to eggs recipe for Christmas breakfast. It’s decadent and delicious, especially when served with bubbly. This is what we’re enjoying for Christmas breakfast here in Krakow, Poland, today. When we were in a delicatessen doing some last-minute shopping in Krakow on Christmas Eve, before the … Read more
This scrambled eggs with sucuk sausage recipe makes creamy scrambled eggs with smoky eggplant and bell peppers, and it’s the the Istanbul edition of my Weekend Eggs recipes series of breakfast dishes around the world. It’s not a traditional Turkish breakfast dish, but it’s a Turkish-inspired breakfast eggs breakfast. In my Istanbul edition of The … Read more