Hey, for once my timing’s right, so I’m submitting this post to Presto Pasta Nights, hosted this week by From Kirsten’s Kitchen to Yours. If you want more pasta recipes this week, that’s the place to go. Meanwhile… for the past few weeks at Preston Markets my housemate Connie and...

“Curry” — and I use the scare quotes for good reason — has long been a feature of Anglo-Australian cookery. My Nanna used to make something she called curry, and so did my parents. As far as I can tell, none of them bore much resemblance at all to what...

Okay, a few people demanded this recipe after I tweeted about the deliciousness of my dinner, so here it is. This is pretty much a mishmash of the top few chili verde links I found on Google, but it’s my mish-mash, and it resulted in what’s the tastiest chili I’ve...

Is this weird? It’s what called to me in the kitchen today, when I staggered in there hungry but feeling sick and unhappy from out-of-control seasonal allergies. 1/3 fuji apple, thinly sliced a few thin slices of red onion butter 3 eggs handful grated cheddar sprig of parsley, minced a...

According to my (shiny! new!) housemate, muesli is very hip these days. Well, I was into it before it was cool. If that makes me a muesli hipster, so be it. I mentioned a shiny new housemate. Actually I have two of them. I recently moved back to Australia and...

This is my entry for Presto Pasta Nights, hosted this week by Chaya at Sweet & Savory. I make a variation of this vegetarian, North-African-inspired stew quite often, but this time it’s a little different because I decided to add Israeli couscous directly to the mix to make a one-dish...