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Marinade adapted for this recipe from RecipeZaar. You can choose either lamb chops from the USA or New Zealand. The ones from New Zealand are a bit smaller, but more gamey. This recipe was written using ones from the US. You can use a grill pan on the cook top if not...

  9 1/2 inch/ 24 centimeter pie crust Pie Crust 1 1/3 cup/167 grams all purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon/2ml salt 1/2 cup/118ml vegetable (crisco) shortening (chilled) or butter (1 stick/115g) 3-6 tablespoons/45-90ml iced water   In a bowl add flour and salt....

  It seems culinary terms are thrown about by every Tom, Dick and Harry now.  Aioli is seen on almost every menu. The problem, is as with everything, even cooking terms have been “dumbed down” and abused.  Any true chef worth their salt knows that there are distinct...

  Quick Vodka Sauce Recipe   Serves 10   1/2 cup/4 ounces/115g  butter 1 large onion, diced (2) 28 ounce/794g crushed tomatoes 1 cup/250ml vodka 2 cups/500ml heavy cream   Melt the butter in a large sauce pan on medium heat.  Add onions and saute...

If you've never tried a traditional South African milk tart, it's about time you did! It's made with a flaky sweet pastry and has a milky, velvety custard that's light as air. It will easily become an exciting new dessert to share with friends. Baked by Alie Romano...

I never heard of these until that movie came out; Fried Green Tomatoes.  We bought an older book titled Best Recipes From The Backs Of Boxes, Bottles, Cans & Jars in a thrift shop, found the recipe and loved it.  This recipe is for any colour tomato, and in fact...

This is a GREAT dessert, by one of my favourite celebrity cooks, Jennifer Paterson.  She got this from an Irish family Serves 4 4 eggs 4 ounces/100g fine sugar (caster) 1 cup/250ml  very strong coffee or espresso 1 tablespoon Irish whiskey 1 tablespoon/15g gelatin 1...

Òlamaid deoch-slàinte! An Ode to Single Malt   On the 25th of January there is a tradition to have a Burns Night Supper in honour of the “Bard” Robert Burns, Scotland's favourite son, the Ploughman Poet. The menu is usually quite specific and includes Haggis, a...

At first glance, you might be fooled: These cupcakes look exactly like the real deal. But a bite into the denser, less-springy cake makes it obvious that they aren't the packaged originals--though mostly in a good way. The dark chocolate and coconut combination is...

Today is Welsh Rarebit Day. The 'Fluffy Bunny Brigade' need not have a fit with this "Rabbit" recipe. . Rabbit, Not Rarebit. . The once-famous Welsh rabbit (please don’t call it “rarebit”) is a very old formulation. There isn’t much agreement on how Welsh rabbit might...

by Paul Fassa  . Natural Society  . Recently by Paul Fassa: You’ve Been Lied to About the Fever  . We’ve been conditioned to accept pharmaceutical prescriptions from doctors or to buy over-the-counter (OTC) pharmaceuticals for pain relief. Some prescriptions can be...

  We have shared this before but feel it is worth sharing again.   1. Eat, but not all day long. Three meals a day, plus the children’s traditional after-school “gouter,” or snack, which might be a pain au chocolat, fruit or applesauce. When mealtimes roll...

These can be shaped to fit what ever you are using them for; hamburgers, hot dogs, sausages, lobster rolls etc. The trick is NOT to let them rise. We have found that you don't even have to let them rest if you are in a hurry. We re-worked our recipe. They could...

Tempura is made by battering and deep-frying fish and vegetables. While not a part of classic sushi, modern sushi chefs have created tempura sushi by rolling a piece of tempura with rice and seaweed. Chicken, shrimp, squid and sweet potato are some of the types of...

Sometimes  “old” classic recipes are the best.  This recipe has to be from at least the 1950’s.  It was found whilst cleaning out my Nanna’s (Nonna’s) kitchen. . No need to have McIntosh apples any good baking apple will do.  Since the bottom is the top you can...