Happy birthday to meeeeeeeee
Well yeah it was my birthday weekend. I'd tried for birthday week of celebration to get make all sorts of unreasonable demands but no such luck. I am a…
festivities
Bring the Noise (and a curry)
Friday bring-a-curry dinner for six. Rude amounts of food, if we'd ended up having the naan bread as well, we would have come close to meeting the…
Dinner in Ikebukuro
Hello. Yes I'm in Japan and my first night didn't end up at an izakaya or shouting at people but since my friend Andrew had a nice new apartment…
Terrine de mère et de fille
Sunday was the Fremantle Family Food Fiesta and Jeff the photographer and me decided to make an appearance with our loved ones on behalf of the mag. For…
Patriotic Watermelon and Coriander Salad with Fennel Risotto Stuffed Squid
Australia Day. Why they chose a day that says a big fuck you to the people who'd just happened to be here at the time and had been for quite a while…
New Year’s Eve Dinner – spatchcock marinated in pomegranate syrup stuffed with lemon and thyme with poached baby pears, fig, and rosti.
I'm backtracking here [cue waviness] but I should keep the recipe count up a bit and, as I didn't get much of a chance after the New Years Eve…
Michael and Claire’s Engagement Party for 60
When catering for large numbers of people, it's important to plan carefully and well in advance have a few dishes around a theme. I didn't do any…
Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu
Outta here. Bests for 2006 and thanks for making my 2005 such a fun one. Hope you had a good start to it. 6 course dinner party for 11 at a friend's…
Christmas food
Well that's that done then. Just a quick food round-up. The rabbit and pork terrine was for Christmas brunch and to put it briefly – the rabbit is…
Christmas
FX Holden sat on my knee and asked me to do a bit of Christmas round-up. I'm afraid it's more socks than spacesuit as I've never made a big…