When I think plums… The one meal that comes to mind, Before any other, Has to be the Peking Duck at Flower Drum! Served with super thin pancakes and julienned cucumber… The other element to the Duck & Pancake dish, Is a sweet, Unassuming… And utterly delicious, Plum sauce! The

Paris of the Middle East, Is the name often given to Beirut, The modern-day capital of Lebanon. Like Paris, Beirut is famous for art, fashion & food. A Mediterranean city where tradition and modernity fuse, Creating a playground for locals and tourists alike! The city of Geelong, On

Forever and a day… I assumed that the Caesar Salad took its name, From the Roman Emperor, Caesar. It makes sense right? Well… It appears that I was wrong. The salad not only doesn’t take its name from a Roman Emperor… It allegedly wasn’t even created in

Do you cook with wild rice? That’s the question I posed earlier this week, On our Top Shelf Facebook™ page. We had more No’s than Yes’… With the most common reason being… “I don’t know what to do with it!” Wild rice was exactly that for

Before this week… I never really thought of cooking with broad beans. Maybe because they looked like hard work… Possibly because I didn’t know what to do with them… But most likely because our youngest son is allergic to them. This week however… Being Joe’s pick

Sicily is but a blur in my imagination. I have a vague memory, Of disembarking an old school, 1980s style ferry at the port

Christmas came early for us this week… As silver beet and chard, Came together with pomegranates and almonds, In this week’s recipe of the week… Warm Chard, Almond & Pomegranate Salad! Red and green are definitely Christmas colors, And the ingredients in our warm salad are

Cook once… Eat twice! It’s one of my favourite kitchen catchphrases and… Virtually a necessity with 3 kids under the age of 11! This dish is the perfect dinner/lunch two punch combination. Lovely of a night, And arguably even tastier as leftovers the day after, Whether it

Let’s face it… When you’re thinking popular veggies, Brussels sprouts don’t spring to mind as top of list! In fact, When I did a Google ™ search on least favourite veggies, The poor old Brussels sprout ranked top of plenty of online polls. But I’m guessing

What a wonder sugar & butter are! Combined… And within only a few minutes… The duo transform humble ingredients… Like our delicious Aussie pecans… Into sweet, crunchy & even more wonderous surprises! Amongst the peppery wild rocket leaves… French blue cheese… Fromage Bleu for the sake of this