twice baked cauliflower & gorgonzola soufflés with walnut & celery salad

When I was little, I always wished that I had a twin. I’m not really sure why. As a girl with three younger sisters and a younger brother it wasn’t like I was short on siblings. Something about having someone the exact same age who was experiencing the same trials and tribulations was very appealing to my small mind. And while that dream was never to be realized, I have been lucky enough to be an almost twin and share a parallel career path at times. Read the rest of this entry »

char grilled veg with walnut & white bean puree

It’s that time of year. Grey skies, impossibly endless showers, short short days, in a word……miserable. And while it does seem like every second person has the flu and that the sun is never going to shine again, hope is in sight. With the shortest day of the southern hemisphere year just around the corner, it’s time for rugging up. It’s time for tissues with eucalyptus. It’s time for vitamin packed veggies to help ward off the threat of the dreaded flu. Read the rest of this entry »

marscarpone panna cotta with pot roasted pears

It’s no secret but I really love a good panna cotta. And while these pages have hosted both a standard sweet vanilla and a more ‘out there’ savoury version in the form of a cauliflower panna cotta, what I haven’t divulged is that gelatine, well, gelatine used to make me nervous. Read the rest of this entry »

confit of tuna  

The other day I was starting to plan the first dinner party in my new apartment. In my head visions of lamb shanks slow cooked to melting perfection were dueling with hearty pot roasted duck and a warm lentil salad when the ringing of my phone snapped me out of my reverie. Read the rest of this entry »