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Masterchefs were here

July 18, 2010

This was the BBC Australian Good Food magazine’s stall at the Good Food and Wine Festival in Sydney this weekend. Got backstage and had the incredible privilege of chatting to Kylie Kwong about her new sustainable cookbook, and Masterchef’s Gary Mehigan and George Calombaris, all of whom contribute to the magazine as well. But it [...]

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Apple schnapps gravlax

July 2, 2010

This pink and green Scandanavian cured fish is, to me, Christmas. The smell of the dill and the sugary cured trout (which I find less strong in flavour to salmon), with that hint of vodka, is what comes out with Champagne for breakfast on Christmas morning in the Gibbs house. It’s may not be Christmas [...]

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Bird Cow Fish at Eveleigh Markets

June 24, 2010

Alex Herbert, of Bird Cow Fish in Surry Hills fame, cooked me an omelette while I was standing right there in front of her. She used heirloom tomatoes tossed with the cherry variety, finely sliced Spanish onion and lots of parsley, all marinated in their own juices. And using three eggs she pulled together a [...]

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It takes allsorts

June 22, 2010

Article published in The Sydney Morning Herald’s Good Living today… It takes allsorts It’s been giving children purple tongues for years but now liquorice is the new black, writes Kate Gibbs. ShareTweet

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Weekend wintery

May 28, 2010

It’s the weekend, unofficially, and I am going to celebrate by planning the cooking ahead of time. Strawberry shortcakes (above) on Sunday, perhaps with champagne, after a morning sailing on sparkly Sydney harbour (or, let’s be honest, torrential rain and high-seas-hit-you-sideways windy Sydney harbour this week). Strawberry shortcakes are not at all wintery but I [...]

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Squid and chorizo salad

May 21, 2010

Fish, or seafood generally, goes extremely well with pork. I made coral trout, a white fish, and wrapped it in pancetta recently, for example. And so in a bid to prove my point, here is a recipe for squid and chorizo salad, which is lovely on a winter day  even though it’s easiest cooked on [...]

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Billy tea and citrus trees

May 17, 2010

In all seriousness, I’ve never in my life seen so many lemons and limes all in one place. At my sister’s property Melross, in Kangaroo Valley, this weekend, we picked boxes and boxes of citrus, and still at the end of the weekend the trees were heavy with fruit. To be honest my darling father did [...]

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Crab linguini with garlic and lemon breadcrumbs

May 7, 2010

I found freshly picked crab at this little place in Port Douglas – so perfect I wasn’t sure whether I should make a souffle or just a simple pasta. The votes were in for the latter, plus it’s much less fussy when you’re not cooking in your own kitchen. I used breadcrumbs to give it [...]

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Brandy-soaked prune & chocolate brownies

April 14, 2010

Too often chocolate is targeted at children. This dark, chewy, brandy-soaked prune chocolate brownie recipe, however, is not. Soak the prunes in the brandy at least a day ahead, more if you have the time. You can replace the prunes with toasted nuts like hazelnuts or almonds, but the brandy and prunes give it that [...]

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Cherry very muffins

April 7, 2010

I’m all about cherries since I got back from New York. Why, for heavens sake, do we not eat more of this gorgeous fruit? Not actually muffins these, they’re more like luxurious cherry butter drops. Don’t eat these every morning thinking all you had for breakfast was a muffin so you can eat a big [...]

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Alphabet soup

April 5, 2010

A very simple recipe, using homemade chicken stock (recipe coming), and clean fresh tasting vegetables. You could add cooked basmati or brown rice to the soup, but I’ve used a gluten free pasta shaped like letters! Made this for friends the other day and we all ended up trying to spell out our names by [...]

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Cherry clafouti

April 2, 2010

I picked up this recipe for cherry clafouti, a kind of kirsch-soaked cherry fluffy pancake, in New York in January, and made it on this gorgeous sunny Easter friday! It’s actually perfect for summer, and if you can get fresh cherries, all the better! If not, you can get jars or even cans of cherries [...]

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King Caesar

April 1, 2010

This is my take on a Caesar salad, a classic Italian salad, but with no bacon or pancetta, and no bread. It’s barely a Caesar really, but with the reggiano, coddled egg, anchovies and lemony dressing, it’s every bit as good and is a little lighter. A yolk should be bright yellow if it’s organic [...]

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Speedy apple breakfast

March 28, 2010

Serves 1 Sure, you can just grab an apple on the run. Or you can turn it into a more substantial and interesting breakfast bowl worthy of sitting down to. 1 apple a squeeze of lemon juice 1 tablespoon chopped nuts, or LSA 1 tablespoon honey 2/3 tablespoons natural yoghurt extra sliced fruits in season [...]

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