It’s often the simplest dishes whose recipes evade me. Take banana cake for example: it’s not difficult to pull together a passable loaf, bits of banana flecking a crumb that’s moist enough, with a decently toasted crust. But to achieve that perfect banana loaf – rich with banana flavour, moist without being too dense, a […]
A couple of months ago, one of my friends X, invited a bunch of us over for a pot luck at hers. She made a broccoli pasta, T roasted a chicken, E brought drinks and C brought fruit from her magic fruit stall, which left me with the salad and dessert. Not wanting to bring […]
I love burgers. Whether it is an artisanally crafted gourmet patty made from heritage steer, dolloped with homemade mustard, balanced atop an heirloom tomato slice and sandwiched between brioche buns made from stone ground wheat, or if it’s a plain double cheeseburger from McDonald’s, I’ll eat it.
So. I know I’ve posted this recipe for Steak & Guinness Pie before. But that was a while – slightly over two years! – ago. (Whoa, has it only been two and a half years since this bastion of deliciousness made its way into my home, stomach and heart?) So I figured it wouldn’t hurt […]
