Grilled, marinated lamb with stewed vegetables

Posted: 05 Feb 09 | Flipping through 'Moro The Cookbook' is the best appetite stimulant I know. Everything reads and looks so darned tasty, and interesting, as do the menus and dishes of Spanish restaurants like MoVida or Bar Lourinha in Melbourne. |

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Sri Lankan Beef Curry

Posted: 30 Jan 09 | When you're hot and bothered and bored with cooking, but still need to eat something nice, try a new recipe or technique. |

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Italian style potato salad with red pepper & pancetta

Posted: 19 Jan 09 | I've noticed an alarming trend. If it is not bad enough that we must endure fresh fish sold to us without the moisture and flavour giving skin (and bones), pancetta now comes without the fat! |

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Smoked quail salad with soft eggs and new potatoes

Posted: 05 Jan 09 | This salad format is a like having your favourite shirt style in different colours. You can change the theme to suit your mood and availability of ingredients. |

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Spiced apricots

Posted: 05 Jan 09 | This wonderful preserve was introduced to me by a good friend and it has graced the New Year ham, turkey or terrine ever since. |

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Rib eye beef steak with Maitre d'Hotel butter

Posted: 05 Jan 09 | This is the simplest of the cold, compound butter sauces and is one of the best because it enhances, rather than masks, the flavour of a good piece of steak. |

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Spinach and rice cake

Posted: 05 Jan 09 | This is the best thing. It is tasty, filling and versatile. There's no better food companion for drinks. It travels without mishap. It handles without mishap. It can be rustic or elegant. And, a little goes a long way. |

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Moroccan lamb with couscous

Posted: 05 Jan 09 | Traditionally couscous is best steamed over a sweetly spiced meat and vegetable stew in a two-part pot called, appropriately, a couscoussier. |

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