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I’ve just got back from an afternoon of almost sailing. We were all set to go for the first race of the summer season, but overnight we’d had snow to sea level, there was a lumpy swell rolling up the river and the wind was gusty. We took a vote and decided we’d be happier [...]

The humble potato often gets a hard go as being boring, plain and common. With a little bit of extra effort the potato is king.
The key to succes of this simple side dish is good quality ingredients, I picked up the potatoes at a road side stall in the country, and the parsley comes from [...]

This recipe is a work in progress, but as it tastes delicious already I thought I’d share it.
Years ago I was dining out while on holiday and had a sensational smoked salmon fettucine. I’d tried to recreate it a couple of times but without much success, but this time with a combination of great ingredients [...]

The secret of making curried scallops is not to over power the fantastic flavour of the scallops with the curry, hence this dish has a very mild curry flavour. I always use fresh Tasmanian scallops but you can use whatever you can get your hands on. Try it with prawns (aka shrimp) or marinara mix. [...]

I’m happy to admit it, I’m a scallop snob. Frozen imported scallops are available all year round, but the only time I’ll buy them to cook with is when the local scallops are in season.
Tasmania (a big island off of south east Australia) has some of the coldest cleanest sea water in the world and [...]

I’ve been cooking for myself, family and friends for about 20 years, and in all that time I’ve never cooked a roast anything.
I’d always been of the opinion that they took too long to cook, took too much preparation and heaps of cleaning up, so they weren’t worth the effort. However I’d decided that it [...]

Laksa purists are going to hate me, but this is a quick and yummy little dish that doesnt take long to prepare and is a great little boost on a cold day. There are hundreds of different ways to make laksa and this one is as easy as it gets. You can choose to add [...]

There isn’t a better way to have pepper than freshly cracked, But when you’re adding it to a dish that’s already cooking, either on the grill or the stove, the steam and smoke rising inevitably makes it’s way into the grinder.
Soggy or smoke flavoured pepper isn’t the greatest, but it can be avoided.
You can either [...]

Grilled eggplant sells in my local deli for around $20 a kilo, but I can buy it fresh for $4.50 a kilo at the moment. There’s a million different ways to do this but for now I’ll tell you the simple way.
1. Cut off the top and bottom of the eggplant and cut into 1/4 [...]