I couldn't include the recipe when I wrote about finally making mum's delicious, light and yeasty, coconutty appams a few days ago. As...

I’ve been making Nana’s simple meatloaf, and you’ll find that while it is yummy with a side of creamy mashed potato and steamed veggies...

Dusted off this article I wrote for Virginia Living many years ago, and I thought with our kids being homeschooled now, it could be...

With two lovely pieces of tuna in hand, I remembered recently seeing this recipe in her newsletter. Let me just say, it was the easiest...

Ah, I love this - love that this yummy soup is sour and chilli hot, and hearty. I used this recipe an eon ago while writing the food...

I am cooking up a simple chicken curry. Such comfort, a chicken curry with potatoes and a thick gravy poured over steaming rice. A raita...

Tom Polo and I had been meaning to have a chat for Eating With Artists for a while. When you're as obliging as Tom is, but life includes...

Wandering the streets of Tokyo late one night just before Christmas, we finally found the steamed up window of a hole-in-the-wall in a...

On Lygon Street historically dominated by Italian cafes and restaurants, coffee and pastries, a quietly elegant SE Asian dining...

After my parents passed away, the trips to visit them in Kuala Lumpur ended, and so did bowlfuls of congee for breakfast. For me, missing...

When we're together, there's always a request for Nanna's eggplant curry. It is an anomaly, not really fitting into any category for...

Isabel, here's my version of this recipe- can you please send me yours? There are many versions out there, but the one I favour the most...

Abundantly fresh and sweet at the markets right now, when Prickle Hill dropped off my box of beautiful produce this week, I wondered...

We Southeast Asians are notoriously obsessed about food. If we're not eating something, shopping for it, or cooking, or talking about it,...

What to cook today? After the inevitable post champagne and fireworks anti-climax, waking to an overcast day promising many more to come,...

The packet of ikan billis (dried anchovies) was taunting me on the kitchen counter....reminding me of mum's sambal which was fiery and...

Moroccan Lamb First posted in Izzy Have You Eaten on February 5, 2012 This recipe is a favourite as it is quick to prepare and cooking...

I'm rediscovering short ribs after quite a while. Unctuous and delicious, falling off the bone when cooked slow and long. How many ways...

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...

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...