Chocolate and Zucchini cake. Photo: Christina Simons INGREDIENTS 180g dark chocolate 200g plain flour 125g caster sugar 1tsp baking powder 1/2tsp bicarbonate soda 1/2tsp salt 2 large eggs, beaten 6fl oz veg oil 225g peeled courgettes 60g chopped walnuts We start to get creative as our zucchini plants create a supply that could seemingly feed the 5000 or at least most of the Vegout community garden in St Kilda. And so it was that we unearthed Mama Tomato’s unorthodox recipe […]
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Part 2: More stains on my cookbooks
Yes it’s shelf two with the tasse de vin from Burgundy.Nose to Tail Eating, Fergus Henderson. I haven’t had this book long enough to stain. But I have firted with pig’s tails, which raw freak me out. Anthony Bourdain thinks Henderson a god. We think he’s good. Very good. If only I had a pot large enough for a whole pig’s head. And it wasn’t a 30,000km round trip to the restaurant Stainfactor 5 (Because I’m frightened).
Part six: Anthony Bourdain puts the boot in
Photography: Christina Simons Anthony Bourdain has eaten some pretty nasty things on his travels. But it’s not always the gross-out factor of the food that is the problem. “I had a meal in Sydney so fucking awful at a place called Chinadoll. Very trendy, faked out Asian fusion – Just horrible, over decorated, over priced, fake Asian food. It was offensive. And even the name China doll is so fake.” It’s not that Asian fusion cooking is a problem. “Some […]
Fresh mushrooms and herbs on toast
Photography: Christina Simons The northern autumn is arriving and in damp forests and field mushrooms are starting to sprout. We had our Mushroom picking season back in May and June but they are still around. There is something uplifting about picking them yourself.
Part 1: The story behind the cookbooks
Books I love and use are spattered with food. I can’t keep them locked behind glass. They are living tools, part of my weekly and seasonal rountines. From left to right here are their stories: 1. The Organic Salad Garden reflects the fact that I have my own organic plot at the Vegout Community Garden in St Kilda (yes, I should have been at the working bee today). Stainfactor 2 2. The Alice B Toklas Cook Book, a present from […]
In the Black: No place like home
Should you invest in a home or in the stock market? From In the Black September 2005.
In The Black: You’re not alone
Life for the corporate elite is not as lonely as it used to be. Now CEOs have an abundance of mentoring options open to them. From In the Black September 2005.
Part 5: Casual eating is this big – Bourdain
Photography: Christina Simons Anthony Bourdain on trends in casual eating: “Joel Robushon is doing a more casual stuff in Paris. It’s a chef led thing and I think it’s good for the world to take a little bit of stuffiness out of dining.”He says the ingredients and technique are still impeccable but the eating is fun. “Small plates are definitely a trend. England and America [and presumably Australia] will never have a Tapas culture like the Spanish because in order […]
Part 4: No hippy shit: Anthony Bourdain and Tequila
Photography: Christina Simons We’re each drink a Corona on the banks of the Yarra in Melbourne at Fenix. He drags on a fag and something catches his eye. What would Anthony Bourdain really like to be drinking? “If god made beer, he’d be brewing Guinness. In Dublin. Maybe he does actually,”