“I can’t watch” I told my Mom, the Blog Monster. I was teaching her to make macarons as part of my “practice run” before my first class at the Essential Ingredient in Sydney and she was piping a row of macarons. Her piping, to put it nicely, was unique. I had to stop myself from [...]
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How I taught my Mom to make macarons
Posted in Bake, Learn, tagged essential ingredient macarons, macaron classes, pistachio macarons on September 24, 2010 | 50 Comments »
Learning
Posted in Learn, tagged CIRA, logan campbell, stuffed chicken leg, stuffed duck leg on November 18, 2009 | 26 Comments »
When I graduated University, I was asked to speak before my class about my experiences during my four or so years. I still remember the message I wanted to convey. I wanted them to know this: Most of the lessons that we learned at university we would probably forget after a few years but the [...]
Butter Chicken: A Taste of India
Posted in Cook, Learn on October 13, 2009 | 20 Comments »
Ajoy Joshi is a passionate man. He is the owner and chef of Nilgiri’s Restaurant in Sydney. If there was anyone you’d want to learn Indian Cooking from – this is the man. A few months ago I developed a serious addiction to Indian food. Being a creature of habit, every other day I would [...]
CIRA – Rolled Spatchcock with Brussel Sprouts
Posted in Cook, Learn on August 8, 2009 | 5 Comments »
CIRA – The Council of Italian Restaurants in Australia hosts a number of cooking classes. I was fortunate enough to attend this class (taught by Logan Campbell from Lucio’s restaurant). A previous post talked about the Eggplant Ravioli we made. The second dish we made was a rolled spatchcock and brussel sprouts. Deboning a spatchcock [...]
Dinner at Lucio’s… almost
Posted in Cook, Learn, tagged CIRA, eggplant, Lucio's, pasta, ravioli on July 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The Council of Italian Restaurants in Australia offers cooking lessons on a regular basis. The classes are held at Casa Barilla in Annandale and many of them are hands on. I’ve been fortunate enough to attend a number of classes, these are conducted by the who’s who of Australia’s Italian cooking world. Attending a class [...]