Global Cuisine, Australian Style

  • Free E-Book: Chángshā Kǒuwèixiā 长沙口味虾

    I wrote a little booklet back in 2012 about this wonderful Chinese dish. Today, I just updated it, making a few corrections and changing the recipe a little to reflect an improved understanding of the process of making this dish. Couple of things to add though, if you have access to Louisiana Crawfish, then feel…

  • Pancake Parlour’s Tabriz Crepes (Revisited)

    Previously I wrote down my recipe for a Pancake Parlour-style Pancake Tabriz, and I must say I was very happy with it. But this update is even better! But after extensive searching I felt that I needed to revisit this recipe and analyse it just a little more. So instead of a traditional recipe this is going…

  • Gemüserolle auf vegetarische Art – Vegetarian-style mixed vegetable roll.

    In recent times I’ve had pretty good success with my “Piebase” [a shortcrust style pastry typically used in Australian-style handheld savoury pies) so much so that making it is no longer a chore – I enjoy the process and the results. Now, I’m experimenting with grinding my own flour. This means my piebase is morphing…

  • On Traditional Australian Pie Base

    We all know that a great pie, first and foremost must taste good. The filling should be tasty, tender, moist, not too runny and not too thick but, …it ain’t a pie if the pie crust just ain’t right! I know this. You know this. We all know this, so why is it so hard…

  • Rice Cooker Kidney Bean & Lamb Stew

    Was in the kitchen today, looking at the fridge and the dramatically reduced kitchen cookware at my disposal. I had this lamb that needed to be cooked, or I’d risk loosing it. So, I thought, “stew!” But I only had one, large pot,an elecric table top bbq griddle plate and a rice cooker. “Sweet!” Use…

  • Following Instructions

    The other day I had a rather unremarkable start, to an otherwise challenging day. No mater what I did, I just couldn’t seem to get anything right. Perhaps you can see where I made my mistake… The Instructions said, …in a large pan, reduce one bottle of white wine, with a few coarsely chopped mushrooms,…