Ingredients
Risotto

1/5 fresh King of Fruit pineapple
1 cup rice
1/2 a Spanish onion
3/4 bunch of coriander stems
5 garlic cloves
2 cinnamon sticks
3 apricots
1 vanilla bean
2 tbsp cumin seeds
1 cup pinot gris
500ml chicken stock

Lamb Cutlets

12 frenched lamb cutlets
3 garlic cloves
1 red capsicum
1/2 red onion
1/4 bunch coriander stems
2 tbsp cumin seeds
1 bunch coriander leaves
2 lemons
4 tbsp olive oil

Method
Risotto
Dice the pineapple [...]

When you date a gluten-free vegetarian you have to like salad. It’s easy to get sick of lettuce too, so when we had this amazing barley and pomegranate salad on the weekend at a BBQ I was blown away.

By gosh, was it delish. We had to go before I could grab the recipe, but I [...]

I was supposed to be reading and writing these holidays, but it’s been all arithmetic. Cups, quarters of cups, 165 grams of this, 250 grams of that. I’ve never had so much fun cooking, even if I am stuck on an island with a vegetarian. I’ll forgive her though because she’s an amazing photographer and [...]

Orange Chilli Dipping Sauce

Peel from 1.5 oranges or so, loosely chopped, don’t get too excited
1 cup water
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup ginger, loosely chopped, skin on, be lazy
2 tbsp honey
1 roughly chopped chilli
1 finely diced chilli
Fish sauce

Simmer that and reduce it to a syrup which is somewhere between water and honey in viscosity. Strain the syrup [...]

Bircher Muesli used to be something of an enigma for me. A metaphor for health retreats and people named Sven. An option on a breakfast menu you chose if you didn’t eat bacon. It contained sultanas, and oats and fibrous things which stirred the bowels but not the soul. Then I discovered blueberry sauce and [...]

I had Bill Granger’s corncakes not long ago. At his signature restaurant in Surry Hills. They were f***ing terrible. As was everything else about the restaurant. They put bacon on my vegetarian girlfriend’s plate. They didn’t even realise they hadn’t wiped the table down until 3/4 of the way through the meal. They got the [...]

Wow. How poncy. So delicious though. SOO delicious.

Broad beans (just the beans, not the pod)
Fresh as ripe red organic tomatoes
Butter
Garlic
A splash of white wine
Some healthy dollops of white truffle oil
Salt
Cumin
Brown sugar (1-2 tablespoons)
A little lemon juice

Chop the tomatoes up really roughly. Put that all in an oven-proof receptacle of some kind and bake for an [...]

Carrot cake would be twice as good if it was made all of icing and no cake. Banana cake is too dry and would be heaps better with carrot cake icing. And caramel. Mmm; caramel. I doubt I’m the first person to have these thoughts but I’m claiming this recipe as my own. Don’t even [...]

List of things invented by the Greeks:

Olympics
Running
Civilisation/Society
Science
Halloumi
Effie
Hawaiian Pizza

Sam Panopoulos: Fricking champion. Imagine the scene. 1962, small town Canada, Ukelele mania is sweeping the world. The Aloha State has only just been added to the union, grass skirts are everywhere. Surfing is the bomb. You’re young. You’re smart, you’re an entrepreneur, you’re in the pizza restaurant [...]

Antipasto
A national broadbean network
with a mirin and murray basin climate change sea salt seasoning
A selection of rice crackers and a liberal serving of dips
Entrée
Spicy tomato and sage soup with crispy tofu
and Crusty gluten-free rye bread
Main Course
Annabelle Crab Cakes with a sweet Julia ‘ginger’ Gillard soy dipping sauce
Dessert
Flourless chocolate cupcakes