Continuing the Americana theme from my last post on Bowery to Williamsburg: it’s only a month ago that I had my aunty’s birthday celebration over at my house. Given that she had just come back from a holiday in the USA – Noo Yawk to be more precise – and her birthday falls in a … Continue reading
This is a tale of an exciting tip-off. Mr B’s mother told me that in Eley Road, Blackburn South, there existed some sort of magical nut emporium where one could buy nuts at vastly cheaper prices than the supermarket. I filed this away as a “huh, that’s interesting, I didn’t think any of those shops … Continue reading
…otherwise known as what to do when you have Too Many Eggplants (aubergines, if you’re Nigella). I espied three forlorn looking eggplants on the reduced for quick sale rack at Maxi Foods and snapped them up because I’d been meaning to give baba ghanoush a go for ages. Smoky, silky, seductive eggplant dip… what’s not … Continue reading
Well, it doesn’t look like much, but I had a go at one of Jamie Oliver’s recipes from quite a while ago (the Cook With Jamie tome): Jools’ favourite Saturday Afternoon Pasta (the recipe is available here, and basically involves tuna, fennel, cinnamon, lemon and chilli in a tomato based sauce). This dish is not … Continue reading
I got Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals for Christmas, like half of Australia (I requested it since I love Jamie food), and have been meaning to document some of the things I’ve been cooking out of it. The book is actually quite inspiring because it tempts you to break out of the after work mould and … Continue reading
Busy at work, no time to write blog posts. Things are calming down, so… I’m back in action! I have been eating during this time though. I received the Nigella Kitchen cookbook for my birthday three months ago from my lovely mum, and have been busy attempting some of the recipes within it. To date, I … Continue reading
This is a review I wrote for my coworkers of the first use of my crock-pot, aka slow cooker, this winter. Enjoy. The recipe is from the following tome (and the crockpot looks like the one on the cover): Dear Margaret Your “hearty beef stew” was hearty, beef AND stew. This is pleasing. It is … Continue reading
We have started a Lunch Club at work. Once a month, everyone’s going to make a recipe to a theme, and we all bring half-serves of the dishes to share amongst the group. This month started with a bang, and the theme was A Favourite Recipe. I made rice paper rolls (was thinking lunch food), … Continue reading
So I got back from Vietnam and wanted to recreate the favourite dishes I ate there. One of the first things I did was my own personal Masterchef moment: I cooked a family birthday lunch for ten people, that needed to cater for vegetarian and non chilli lovers as well as chilli lovers, plus show … Continue reading
I was obsessed with lemongrass and chilli in Vietnam, so much so that Mr B got tired of me ordering variations of the same dish just about every time we ate out. The best thing about lemongrass and chilli is the flavours are so punchy that the recipe can be quite simple! Since I’ve got … Continue reading
Fresh Bread 