Tuesday lunchtime saw me catch up with an old friend for lunch.  As he now lives out of the Melbourne CBD he wanted to go to one of his favourite old city centre spots that he used to haunt - Florentinos Cellar Bar.  Who am I to refuse a chance to catch up and to review [...]

By request of some friends over in Sydney (hi P & V!), but also just so I can remember the recipe when I go back to Europe for a Winter break, this is my risotto recipe that I usually just call ‘the red one’. I like strongly coloured risottos – even a jet black one [...]

While this recipe is based on the one by the same name in ‘The Silver Spoon’ I have however made some subtle changes to the ingredients and quantities that I think improve it over the base recipe. It’s a ridiculously simple and beautiful meal with the blueberries and honey really bringing out the natural sweetness [...]

The Degraves St strip (including the arcade through to Collins St) is home to one of the most vibrant and bohemian cafe scenes in Melbourne. Small cafes jostle with each other for your attention, and traditional simple, non-corporate cooking is the order of the day. There is little better than sitting by the side of [...]

This is not only a very simple veal recipe, but I was also stunned to find veal chops at $1 per chop in the market. So depending of the price of wine you use (I don’t personally use $30 bottles of vino for cooking, just the cheap stuff) this also only costs about $3 per [...]