Archive for July, 2008

Cooking the Perfect Steak

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Now cooking a slab of meat is not hard, what is hard about it is cooking it perfectly. To me cooking a steak is like cooking a piece meat can be the most difficult thing any cook/chef can do. It is about balance, perfecting the right amount of heat and right about of time on [...]

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Cooking with eggs

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The most amazing thing about eggs is that they are so versatile. There are so many things you can do with them and add them too. Yet you can have them on there own since there are so many ways to cook them.There are a so many combinations of recipes and ingredients you can but [...]

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Left over pork?

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This is one of my favourite recipes when it comes too left over pork. It’s great for a quick lunch snack and really is easy to prepare. Also the cooking time is reduced because you are using frozen peas. The best think about this recipe is the amount of work into it, practically nothing.
Regardless roasted [...]

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More Soup

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It is ok to use canned crab meat, many people have an aversion to using crab meat that comes from a can. Regardless this is a variation from a chicken soup. Hopefully you have an already created stock from chicken bones. You should also use already cooked chicken meat either brought from your local takeaway [...]

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The quest for a new Italy experience

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Ok seriously, how long will you wait for food? Already by nature I am impatient; throw in the fact that I now how much time is required to cook things and the fact that am critical of every new restaurant I venture into. The question remains “how long should you wait for food”. So Saturday [...]

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Soups for winter series

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Winter is really a time for soups and while I have many soup recipes I really enjoy making this easy to master vegetables soup. It’s a wonderfully rich soup with plenty of easy to source ingredients and its vegetarian friendly.
Vegetable soup

4L cups Water
2L cups Vegetables stock
3 cups chopped celery with leaves
2 finely chopped onions
2 finely [...]

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