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Galbi: Korean beef short rib
I'm rediscovering short ribs after quite a while. Unctuous and delicious, falling off the bone when cooked slow and long. How many ways...
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Easy Peasy Risoni
This recipe has been a favourite with everyone in this household for ever. The flavours are bright and fresh but it's also a showstopper...
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Hankering for Chicken Rice
Okay, Isabel- here it is. Reminding you that the recipe is coming from a family tradition of air drying a chook for hours with a bit of...
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Quiche Please!
Many years ago when I was a new and inexperienced cook, I really appreciated seeing this made in a friend's kitchen as I wouldn't have...
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Finders Keepers: British food writer Diana Henry's Salsiccia con patate e pomodori al forno
I've been cooking for an elderly friend each week during Covid19 and this weekly commitment has brought me pleasure and benefits. One of...
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Ossobuco: because I've given up waiting for a cold night.
I know it's boastful of me to tell you that winter thus far has been mild with warm days, sunshine streaming over papers and laptops as...
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Parsi meatloaf, and Nanna's CWA meatloaf
Once in Los Angeles, the formidable and wonderful Niloufer Ichaporia King (how about THAT for a cool name) did a book signing in a...
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Hainan Meatball Soup
I don’t know if we ever discussed this, but the name Hainan Meatballs is entirely a made up one. I made up this recipe many years ago,...
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Finders Keepers: Drunken Pasta
Drink yourself silly this week-end: on pasta! He's not called the Prince of Pasta around town for no reason. Chef Mitch Orr might belong...
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Finders Keepers: Persian fish with garlic and oranges
When Michael and I were getting a crash course in each other one humid summer in Washington DC many many years ago, we'd eat at the...
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Feel like Thai fish cakes?
Thai fish cakes are always my favourite. And yet, they can be disappointing in a restaurant: some places add flour which makes them taste...
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Finders Keepers: Broccoli & Dill Pasta
Husband Michael printed this recipe off from New York Times Cooking and it sat on the kitchen bench for a few days until he had the time...
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Ever Green
The phase of slow cooking. We’re home, with time on our hands enabling us to make complicated things that take days…. like bread, or a...
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Finders Keepers: Salad Dressing
Samin Nosrat of the famed Salt Fat Acid Heat cookbook and tv show wrote with joyful enthusiasm in the New York Times Cooking column about...
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Finders Keepers: Neil Perry's Penne with Chickpeas and Tomato
Husband tore this recipe out of a week-end paper recently and in this current state of 'what's in the cupboard' rather than who's going...
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Bukkake: chilled Japanese udon with scallions and furikake
The perfect excuse to cook Japanese Recently Jen in St. Louis sent the message out to resurrect our ten year old Toronto Supper Club we...
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Egg Curry and Sydney Dinner With The Barrs Family
Originally posted on March 30, 2015 This was a very quiet week-end in comparison to last! There were three young boys in the house last...
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Garlic and Chilli Pasta: Speedy Quick!
Originally posted on July 30, 2016 Everyone’s always got a plastic container in the fridge at some time with languishing left over...
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Barley & mushroom risotto with miso and walnuts
Originally posted August 16, 2016 I made this when we got home from a road trip on the week-end.  Whiling away the long hours  in the...
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Spiced rice and beans: a quick version of Mujadara
Originally posted on July 25, 2017 I made this last night, second time in quick succession because I woke up this morning to find this...
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