OK, well here’s the thing, I know you’re rolling your eyes at another travel piece having sneaked it’s way into this recipe blog of mine, but chances are it’s the last one – and look – Heston Blumenthal – its food related! And not just food ‘related’ it’s about this most incredible trip I went […]
Hiya and welcome back, or if it is a first-time visit – where have you been all this time – yay so glad you’re here! I don’t normally ‘talk’ much but I just have to say something about this recipe. I am posting it because I had a total crap day, and I wanted to […]
So here we are at the third stop on my whirlwind recent trip to Queensland – from Orpheus Island to Crystalbrook Lodge, I arrived for a brief over-night stay at Silky Oaks Lodge on the Mossman Gorge River. Despite the huge contrast from arid outback to rainforest I could see that even here the river […]
Hi there! Well it’s a weird feeling being back from my travels, with loads of work to get on with, and the annoying wait for my mole biopsy results to come through. To divert myself, I refuse to work today (goddam it- it’s Saturday!) and instead I am going to photograph a recipe that I […]
OK, bear with me here – I know you are coming to From the Kitchen for the recipes (and I am delighted that you do), but I can’t not share with you some of my recent adventures. If you had asked me a year ago if I could see myself jaunting around Australia from island […]
Well since getting back from Australia I’m settling back into normal life with a thump! I have my arm-length ‘to do’ list sorted – now I actually just need to ‘do’. One of my new ventures (and on my list) is with Fairfax newspapers throughout New Zealand – I am happily going to be contributing […]
If you follow From the Kitchen on Facebook, you will know that I have just come back from the most extraordinary adventure in Australia. I was incredibly privileged to have been invited to attend the Invite the World to Dinner gala as part of Tourism Australia’s ‘Restaurant Australia’ campaign, and in the lead up to […]
Hi all – well although I have only been away for a week, it feels like a month – I have done so much in the last seven days! I headed to Australia, incredibly privileged to be a guest at Invite the World to Dinner, an event hosted by Tourism Australia and held in Hobart, […]
Helloooooo! This is a fab celebration recipe just in the nick of time for celebrations in the lead up to Christmas, and one of my recipes featured in the lovely winter issue of Dish magazine. Making these brought back childhood memories of my mum ferociously beating choux pastry in a saucepan, and while the recipe […]
Hiya – I just thought I’d give you a l’il update on my adventures. Remember that Savouring Australia trip I had with Tourism Australia a while back? Well it turns out I am heading back across the ditch, and this time, oh, my, God – the gala Invite the World to Dinner event I am […]
This is totally a cheat’s chicken pie because I used left-over chicken – in this case already roasted and shredded. Alternatively you can buy chicken breasts and poach them, or the whole chook and boil it in a big pot, covered in water with bay leaves, cloves, onion and a carrot for flavouring. After boiling […]
Well that’s it, I’m breaking out the party hats – the blog has just hit 700,000 views. Not much for some I’m sure, but for me (and From the Kitchen) – it’s EPIC! Thank you so much to all of you for visiting, and for so often leaving lovely comments about the recipes – I […]
Hiya – this recipe has been in the back of my mind for ages now and I am so glad I have finally managed to make it! When you scroll down you might be a little bit freaked out at the list of ingredients, but I want to reassure you that it’s just lots of […]
It’s one of those awkward things isn’t it – when you’re invited to a barbecue and asked to bring a salad. You don’t want to take anything too unusual and risk it not going with the rest of the meal, but a bog standard green salad can be a bit boring. The solution is this […]