Tag: cooking
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Steamed pork rib with black beans
There is not much I do not enjoy about the yum cha (dumpling) table. Normally I would write a few more words to introduce a recipe. Not today. This Christmas thing makes a chef’s life too bloody busy STEAMED PORK RIBS WITH BLACK BEANS, STICKY RICE AND A FEW OTHER DUMPLING HOUSE GOODIES 500g…
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Grilled seafood with garlicky butter sauce while the kids are away
A simple, three-step recipe for a damn fine night with your one and only while the children are absent on school camp. 1. Ship the children off to school camp. It is important to remember that this involves more than just sending your offspring to their place of learning (yes, that’s questionable but we’ll get…
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Venison, root vegetable and stout stew… and navigating a camp kitchen
Our recent trip to NZ had very slight undertones (subtle as a slap in the face with a wet fish) of cooking and/or eating whatever local produce the frozen, undulating, sheep dotted, river covered landscape could offer. This day we were making our way back to Methven, and the company of our good friends Troppo…
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Braised lamb cutlets with bubble-and-swede… and a couple of things that grow really well on the south island of New Zealand
Yeah, I know right. Who uses lamb cutlets for braising? Well, in the south island of New Zealand where the sheep population grossly outweighs that of the humans*, lamb cutlets are cheap as bro, so today I would do whatever the heck I wanted with them. Also, what is this whole bubble-and-swede thing, you ask?…
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Apple cider vinaigrette and my sincerest apologies
Apple cider vinaigrette This is a recipe that I constantly forget to give you fine folks, and for that I’m sorry. But I am giving it to you right now (Well, I’m not actually “giving it to you” right now because that would be perverted… unless it’s consensual I guess… a conversation for another time…
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Herby roast chicken with a really good warm salad and salsa verde
This one is a pretty good looking little dinner that would probably impress that love of your life/person of sexuality of your choosing that you are trying to convince that you would be a good sort to shack up with, and it is still easy enough for some one of your skill-set to put together……