Although Creole and Cajun food is not really big in Australia, I have wonderful memories of our time in New Orleans where I dragged my husband from one food mecca to another for soft shell crab at Paul Prudhomme’s, beignets at Cafe du Monde, prawn po boys at a local diner and the famous muffuletta […]
Author: Naomi Crisante
Kiddies in the Kitchen
With school holidays last week, it was lovely to have two little visitors, Sofia and Violeta, drop in to my kitchen, don their special aprons, roll up their sleeves and get cooking. What was even nicer is that it wasn’t me but my daughter, now 15, that got them cooking her now famous Triple Chocolate […]
Middle Eastern Lamb Shanks
Tis the season for lamb shanks and we were chatting about recipes at my hairdresser the other day, so Kelly, here’s my Middle Eastern Lamb Shank recipe for you. I did make it this week but neglected to take a happy snap (so sorry)… The leftovers have been chopped up and popped in the freezer […]
Black Beauties
A few weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to have a bucket of olives given to me by my mother-in-law’s friend. Not really sure what the exact olive variety is but these plump black beauties looked like big, juicy dark cherries and I couldn’t wait to preserve them. Preserving olives is quite a trouble free […]
Caramel Apple Cobbler
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The Power of the Cook Up
Everyone I know is busy and it’s sometimes difficult to juggle home, work and family and manage to get a home cooked meal on the table every night, but is it is possible. The answer is harnessing the power of the ‘cook up’. By cook up, I am simply referring to cooking several things at […]