I got a cookbook on coriander for my secret santa gift at work. My “santa” knew I wasn’t the biggest fan of coriander but also knew that I liked to cook and ran this site… so it was a smart choice. I’ve taken it as a challenge. I don’t hate coriander, I just find people dump large quantities of the stuff on curries or other dishes without much thought, large amounts of coriander end up tasting like[…]
Gin & Yang
Aged Chocolate Chip & Peanut Butter Cookies
I don’t really do much baking… I’m a terrible baker but cookies are so easy even I can’t make a mess of them. My baking skills are legendary, the “easy” victoria sponge that failed to rise, my brownies that ended up more blackies than brownies (I blame my inconsistent oven) and other baking misadventures. Now that I have a thermomix I’ve started experimenting more and trying to do a little more baking. White loaves have[…]
Duo of Horse Steak with a Warm Bean Couscous
With all the recent news about ready made meals contaminated with horse meat, I wanted to try it for myself. Us Brits and the Americans revile horse meat but I’m not entirely sure why? I can understand the anger over eating horse meat when it was meant to be beef, especially when the horse isn’t the type bred for its meat; but I can’t understand why we don’t eat horse that is bred specifically for[…]