tamarind and honey prawns (assam prawns)

 tamarind and honey prawns (assam prawns) I've used Malaysian tastes for my influence with this marinade. Nothing could be simpler, just...

too hot to cook? zhejiang "drunken" chicken is the solution

Zheijang "drunken" chicken The only downside of having a kitchen that faces south is that during the hot weather it can approach f...

malaysian crispy prawn fritters (cucur udang) with a sweet chilli dipping sauce

malaysian crispy prawn fritters (cucur udang) with a sweet chilli dipping sauce There are many food bloggers who have a specific focus. Whil...

poffertjes: Dutch buckwheat pancakes

poffertjes (Dutch buckwheat pancakes These pillowy buckwheat pancakes are light, delicious and really rather indulgent. Even their name is d...

blood dipping sauce (or roasted pepper and tomato sauce)

blood dipping sauce (or roasted pepper and tomato sauce)  My so-called blood dipping sauce made to go with my Halloween vampire bat wings i...

vampire bat wings (with blood dipping sauce)

vampire bat wings with blood dipping sauce I am sooooo behind with my blogging and have stacks of recipes to post, so forgive me if a load a...

spanish moorish skewers: pinchos morunos

pinchos morunos (Spanish Moorish skewers) No country or its people particularly like being invaded by another, unless I suppose it is by fri...

beetroot and lentil spicy kofta

beetroot and lentil spicy kofta Since I decided that I liked beetroot , I have become pretty evangelical about the stuff. These days I am ma...

dragons' eggs (or chinese tea eggs)

chinese tea eggs My family was divided as to what the strange, mottled boiled eggs that were sold at various corner grocers shops and hawker...

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...

egg sambal (malaysian spicy eggs)

egg sambal I don't have a bucket list . If I did, it would be more likely to be a big, fat cauldron - a list of fabulous things that I m...

caldo verde: portuguese pork, potato and kale soup

caldo verde (Portuguese pork, potato and kale soup) I feel as if I am working with a northern-accented voiceover at the moment: " Day 3...

a winter warmer: felicity cloake's perfect borscht

borscht soup In a bizarre reversal of the Goldilocks story, a couple in Siberia, spending a night in their holiday cottage, were disturbed ...

chorizo, nutella, sour cheese and pickled apple crostini

chorizo and nutella crostini with pickled apples and labneh A few years ago I started to make a party canape that was essentially a crostin...

jerusalem artichoke soup with smoked oyster gremolata

jerusalem artichoke soup with smoked oyster gremolata If you haven't planned on your Christmas menu, than you there is still time to rus...

devilled eggs: time for a revival?

devilled eggs Almost from the moment that humans first learned to cook an egg, I suspect that they were " devilling " (spicing) th...

deep- fried breaded camembert with spicy plum sauce

deep-fried camembert with spicy plum sauce As a truculent teen-aged vegetarian, I wasn't expecting much (well too many veggie options) f...

stuffed nasturtium flowers

stuffed nasturtium flowers My best friend and I had been shopping; a wedding dress for her and a bridesmaid's dress for me. My friend wa...