Ginger Crunch
Ginger crunch is an old fashioned New Zealand slice, it was a favourite of mine as a child and remains a favourite to this day. It is buttery and sweet with a hot ginger hit. I always double the original recipe’s icing so I have …
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Beef and Ale Pie
I am intending to start building a business here in London after being made redundant from my job. My intention is to offer a whole lot of Antipodean fare as you really can’t access things like good pies or good old Kiwi baking here in …
Georgetown, Penang; Malaysia
Penang used to be called “The Pearl of the Orient” and it is easy to understand why. The island of Penang is beautiful. What an amazing history. The food is to die for and happened to be some of the best street food I …
Southern Style Corn Bread
I posted this photograph on Instagram the other day and my sister-in-law asked me for the recipe so here it is… Southern corn bread is usually made with white cornmeal, buttermilk, eggs, baking powder and soda, salt, sugar and bacon fat. I use a …
Easter Treats
Holiday Treats A nice part about Holidays is that there are special foods and holiday treats that are only eaten at that time of the year. That is not to say of course that you can’t make these holiday treats whenever you like! Not one …
Quick and Easy Tomato Sauce
It is always good to have a quick sauce recipe up your sleeve. This recipe is a regular in our house and can be used on so many things. You can essentially use it to replace the tomato sauce you buy from the supermarket. We …
Indonesian Fried Rice
We recently spent a couple of weeks in Bali, Indonesia and enjoyed many, many Nasi Goreng. When I travel one of the ways I can extend our holiday is by re-creating our favourite dishes. This is my take on Nasi Goreng. The recipe works equally as well for Mie Goreng …