Cheaper cuts of meat often given to the dog can actually make delicious meals for the family, provided you use a long slow method of cooking. Geoff shows how to turn veal shanks into a classic Italian dish called Osso Bucco. This recipe serves 6-8 people. Ingredients...
Use-by dates are a guide to the freshness of food products, but you won’t come to any harm if you eat something which is a few days over its date. Use your common sense to decide whether or not to throw an item away when the date has expired. Also take into...
Persimmon Recipes The persimmon (Diospyros kaki) is a native of China, and is widely cultivated throughout Asia. In Japan it’s called the Fuyu or kaki, and is an important fruit crop. As well as being very tasty, persimmons are also highly nutritious....
Wattle Piklets: The French Alternative Whether you’re into bush tucker or not, Jackie’s delicious wattle piklets are really worth a try. They have a slightly sweet flavour along with a delicate wattle fragrance, but best of all they’re truly...
Peter’s Christmas Pudding For Peter Valder, Christmas just isn’t Christmas without a traditional, homemade pudding, and the same recipe has been used in the Valder family for generations. The good news is that Peter has decided to share his recipe with...
Weight Loss In Australia 64% of men and 47% of women are overweight. Many of those overweight people are all too familiar with the yoyo syndrome. They go on low-carbohydrate diets, lose weight quickly but put it all back on again soon afterwards. Nutritionist Rosemary...
Preserving Lemons Lemons are a great source of vitamin C and they also contain important bioflavonoids. However at this time of year they are so plentiful that many people are at a loss to know what to do with the excess. Rosemary Stanton suggests making lemon...
Rice Rice is a starchy grain which is high in carbohydrates, and an excellent source of ready energy. It feeds more of the world’s people than any other food. The main varieties available in Australia are: Short grain/Calrose used in Japanese and Spanish cooking...
In medieval times basil was used as an indicator plant. If a girl touched a basil bush and it withered, it meant she was not a virgin! Jackie French tested the theory using a sacred basil plant, with very dubious results – she concluded that perhaps it was the...
Seafood Laksa There’s nothing quite like the heavenly fragrances and fabulous flavours of laksa soup. You can make this delicious seafood laksa using shop-bought laksa paste, or if you have time try Geoff’s homemade laksa paste recipe. The quantities given...