A cooking show by real people
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We’re always trying to eat more fruit, so we grab a hand of bananas pretty often. But at supermarkets here in Edmonton they’re always green, so they sit on your kitchen bench for a few days, taunting you and taking their sweet time to ripen.
Then, when they DO ripen, they seem to go “on the turn” (i.e. black and squishy) half a day later. Continue reading ‘When bananas turn BAD!’
Our fondest memory of this dish is when we made it for our good friend Georgie’s “birthday week” party a couple of years ago. Much wine was drunk and much delicious, tender chicken saltimbocca was eaten.
The chicken breasts are sliced in half (horizontally - ah, maybe you’d better watch the vid) and pummelled mercilessly, rendering them more tender than an ardent lover’s first kiss. (Too much attempted poeticism, Waz?) Continue reading ‘Beating the breast’
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We started making our own pizza while we were living in an old house that had a wood-fired kitchen stove. It’s now one of our staples and we insist on always making the dough from scratch.
Actually, the dough part is really fun and satisfying, and pretty easy once you get the hang of it. Just be prepared for some scraping and sweeping when it comes time to clean the kitchen. The red wine that goes hand in hand with good pizza makes up for the hard labour. Continue reading ‘It’s pizza night’
Let the jelly roll: Swiss roll recipe from Waz’s Nana
Duck in for Christmas
Our roast chicken recipe: hot and fast
No-fuss fish pie
Classic bolognese
Portuguese custard tarts (pasteis de nata)
About the soufflé
One chicken, three ways
Bones about it: Beef stock from scratch
Heart-melting chocolate pudding
Trifle Part 1: The Spongeblob Redemption
Brocolli soup with left-handedness
Braised pork belly like Mao used to make
Joy of tarte tatin
We did it all for the gnocchi!