Events

11
Apr

The Secrets to a Really Good Pad Grapow

Cookbook Challenge Week 21* Book: Thai Street Food by David Thompson Theme: Thai Recipe: Stir-fried Minced Beef with Chillies and Holy Basil I guess I should start by prefacing that every Thai feels rather deeply about a pad grapow. For the past twenty or so years, it has been at the very top of the...
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09
Apr

Sweet and Sour Prawns

Cookbook Challenge Week 20 Book: The Food of China: the Journey for Food Lovers Theme: Tangy Recipe: Sweet-and-sour Prawns and Vegetables Who came up with this bloody stupid theme? Oh wait, it was probably me. Anyway, I had capsicums lying around the house from Jim’s garden and since I have everything else around the house,...
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04
Apr

Sweet Corn and Rice Pudding at Spatula, Spoon and Saturday

Cookbook Challenge Week 19 Book: The Songs of Sapa by Luke Nguyen Theme: Rice Recipe: Aunty Eight’s Sweet Corn Pudding Recently, there had a staff change in Spatula, Spoon and Saturday production. Tragically, my little Nikon Coolpix which I used to take all photos featured on this blog had met with a little tripod accident....
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