Fish & Seafood with Confidence Thursday 1st March (demonstration class) Learn to choose and cook fish and seafood with confidence. Fish and shellfish are best cooked simply so you need ...
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About Victoria
After training at the Cordon Bleu in London she has cooked professionally all over Britain, Italy, America, and back in her native Australia.
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Japanese noodles (ramen-noodles in hot soup)
Australians have for the last few decades been used to eating Japanese food, after all we consider our close proximity to Asia a greater influence these days than our early European settlement. For less related reasons both my grownup children are immersed in a Japanese world. Felix is studying Japanese in London and Frances is [...]
Too many cookbooks
Can one have too many cookbooks? Perhaps. But who am I to talk, I have far too many and I have added my own to the world’s supply. This week I am off to the 3rd International Cookbook Fair in Paris. It is held in an amazing old building 104 in Paris’ 19th district, a [...]
Fish markets
There is something very attractive about fish markets for the cook. When I see the variety of gleaming fish on offer, I immediately want to head for the kitchen and get cooking. Even when some of the displays are rather quirky, like these fish I saw in Venice I am not put off. The main [...]
Is Winter over? (Rhubarb muffins)
Whilst flipping through my cookbook Seasonal Secrets I realized that there are rhubarb recipes at both the ends of the book. I make no apologies though as I love rhubarb. I started writing the book last Spring and finished it in the Winter. Is rhubarb a Spring or Winter fruit? For that matter, it’s not [...]
Winter fruit ( orange and avocado salad)
At this time of year we cooks are very aware of the arrival of Seville oranges and the ensuing marmalade making sessions in the kitchen. It may be time consuming, but the rewards are year long, if you have filled the pantry with your very own preserves. My goal when I lived in Oxford was [...]
Bread making, Paris style
This week I am running a bread making class, where the students will be learning all sorts of bread making skills, getting their hands in the mix, learning about kneading, shaping, proving and baking. We’ll be making filled loaves and croissants as well as perfecting the daily loaf. Making your own bread is very satisfying [...]
Seasonal Secrets Cookbook now available
Phew , the book has at last gone to print. After many months of cooking, writing and picture taking, not to mention eating and sharing the meals with many willing friends, the book is done. Not only was the food was locally sourced, but the book designer, Susan and the printer are local too. This [...]
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