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Chipotle, lime and jalapeno ribs
This is one of my favourite recipes in the book, due to my current adoration of anything containing chipotle! These are sticky and sweet and spicy and sour – a great option to cook up on a weekend...
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Double choc brownies with salted butterscotch and cherries
These are incredibly naughty. You can cut them into squares, or into larger pieces and serve them warm for a dinner-party dessert with a good vanilla ice cream. When you are adding the butterscotch...
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Italy
In my mind, Italy is one of the most magical places on this planet. Despite the 24+ hour journey to get there from Sydney, it’s a place I fall in love with more and more each time I visit. The people,...
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MoVida Solera
Journey with Frank Camorra as he searches for the traditional recipes of Andalusia in the south of Spain – a land of ancient cities, whitewashed villages, and plains planted with olive groves and...
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Salt cod fritters
There are a handful of bars in Seville’s Plaza del Salvador, a small square opposite the baroque Iglesia del Salvador, or Church of the Saviour. I head here every time I am in town – for the bars, not...
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Olive oil and fennel pastries in honey
Sweets and pastries treats have been served from the splendid counter at Confitería Rufino since 1875. Owner Pilar Rodríguez stands proudly in front of the carved wooden displays and mirrored cabinets...
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Chilled pine nut gazpacho
I like to think of gazpachos as loosely related cold soups that have pounded bread and garlic at the root of their family tree. Added to this could be nuts, often vegetables or perhaps fruit – one of...
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Spring in Seville
A huge arch fills the early evening sky. Lit with thousands of light bulbs, it glows gold against the darkening blue heavens. Hanging from it are tens of thousands of lanterns that bathe the fairground...
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Running Away from Home
Paris life: Me rugged up in winter white. - Photo by Magali CourougeJane de Teliga had it all – a glamorous and fulfilling career as style director for Australia's best-loved magazine, a happy family...
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Anna Spiro
Anna Spiro is a Brisbane-based Interior Designer with a passion for vibrant colour. In addition to running her renowned interior design practice and shop, Black & Spiro, Anna is the author of an...
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Absolutely Beautiful Things
In Absolutely Beautiful Things, successful designer Anna Spiro shows you how to create an interior that's just right for you. To her, it's all about the mix, not the match, and, with her help, you'll...
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‘Click’ method of cutting - cascar
Spanish home cooks rarely use a chopping board to cut vegetables. Instead, they simply hold the vegetable in one hand and the knife in the other, then cut directly into a bowl or pan. It sounds funny,...
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Heirloom Vegetables with Simon Rickard
Heirloom carrot varieties - Photo by Simon RickardHeirloom Vegetables: A Guide to Their History and Varieties is a new book by Simon Rickard. Simon is best known as the former head gardener at the...
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Dessert Divas
Welcome to the pleasure dome! Desserts are all about pleasure – and what's life if there isn't pleasure?Acclaimed chef Christine Manfield believes that desserts should appeal to all the senses. They...
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Carmen meringay
Here is a parody to pay tribute to the camp nature of Carmen Miranda, the infamous Brazilian singer/dancer who emerged as a Hollywood film star in the 1940s, and that crazy fruit-bowl hat that became...
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Birthday suit
Created to celebrate Universal’s fifth birthday in 2012, I wanted to showcase strawberries at their juiciest best and to marry them with rhubarb, a quintessential winter ingredient, to contrast the...
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Gaytime goes nuts
While it may take its initial inspiration from the commercial ice-cream confection on a stick, this dessert is an entirely grown-up affair, paying tribute to my sexuality and gay culture in Sydney and...
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Introduction
Memories! Memories of youth. Memories of my roots. Memories of the smells coming from the kitchen. The nostalgic, particular flavour and aroma of a dish my mother and grandmother used to prepare for...
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Tuscan fish soup
And here we are at the cacciucco, probably the most well-known fish soup. It originated in Livorno, the port city in northern Tuscany, before being adopted by the town of Viareggio, the poshest of the...
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Valdostana cutlets
This tasty and easy-to-prepare dish is a speciality of the Valle d’Aosta region in the very north of Italy. It takes advantage of the superior dairy products of this verdant area, including butter and...
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