roast butternut squash salad with pomegranate and tahini dressing

roast butternut squash salad with pomegranate and tahini dressing A spicy, sweet and sour roasted squash salad topped with tangy cheese, cru...

Goat's cheese and blackberry salad with blackberry vinaigrette

Goat's cheese and blackberry salad with blackberry vinaigrette I live a simpler life these days. Part of it is a case of cutting my coa...

fresh coconut and coriander chutney

coconut and coriander chutney One of my favourite chutneys or relishes is this one to accompany curries or dosas. Fresh and nutty, it zings ...

a perfect spring pasta supper: spaghetti with leeks, parma ham and hazelnuts

spaghetti with leeks, parma ham and hazelnuts Have you ever seen a recipe on a website, or while flicking through a cookbook or magazine and...

indonesian seafood sate lilit

Indonesian seafood sate lilit A fabulous sate (satay) from Bali which can be made with a variety of different meats; I love the minced seafo...

homemade peanut butter

peanut butter A few weeks ago a friend came to stay for the weekend. Normally I try to have a few things in that I know that my guests will ...

labneh cheese balls

From left to right : labneh rolled in sumac, in crushed nuts (a mixture of toasted sesame seeds and peanuts), and in Aleppo pepper. Have you...

nutty beetroot, nashi pear and carrot salad

nutty beetroot, nashi pear and carrot salad Salads don't have to be boring. I feel a spot of singing coming on; "all things bright ...

malaysian chicken satay

malaysian chicken satay Campbell Road in downtown Kuala Lumpur in the 1970s was where the best hawker food was. It was where my father and I...

a little time travel: kamut kisir

kamut kisir The myths behind the whole grain, Khorasan Wheat ( Kamut ), are the food equivalent of an Indiana Jones-type boys own story; re...

in memory of my father: seafood laksa lemak (malaysian spicy coconut noodle soup)

seafood laksa lemak (malaysian spicy coconut noodle soup) If you are regular reader of this blog, you will know that I often talk about my f...

pearled spelt salad with kale and lemon-tahini dressing

pearled spelt salad with kale and lemon-tahini dressing Out shopping and I'm caught in a dilemma. Do I choose dark, sleek and elegant, o...

nasi goreng (malaysian fried rice)

nasi goreng It's not often that I turn from mild-mannered cook by day into my foodie crime-fighting alter-ego; righting food wrongs with...

a story of a Goth, a grandmother and baklava, with a sting in the tale!

honey nut baklava I am thinking about Christmas baking and alternatives to the usual spiced cakes. I want to make some baklava , filo pastry...

a zesty plum and allspice crumble (puts a spring in my step!)

zesty plum and allspice nut crumble So I am bouncing energetically around the kitchen singing " There is nothing like a plum " to ...