Eggplant

Eggplant, Chicken and Pepper Braise

This was not supposed to be another dish of braised chicken. I had every intention of celebrating eggplants this week by stuffing them with a spiced jumble of vegetables and pulses then baking them until thigh quiveringly soft. Except then life got in the way. And so I returned to an old staple formula. If […]

One Pot Ratatouille with Chickpeas

I’m a pretty easy, cheap date. Sure, you can fly me to the other side of the globe and take me out to dinner. You can seat me at one of the best restaurants in the world- happily. Heck, if you even felt like you needed to make a list of the top ten restaurants […]

Griddled Eggplant with Labna, Pomegranate, Red Oni...

I should practice a bit more of what I preach. I’ve been doing a swathe of radio interviews in Australia in the last week or so for the release of  ‘A Suitcase and a Spatula‘. It’s been pretty entertaining trying to enact what I used to spend a lot of my previous life in PR […]

Moussaka

There’s a clock that’s ticking above my head. It whispers and snickers a bit. It’s all knowing and isn’t afraid of indulging in a spot of schadenfreude. It may even tock with a slight German lilt. In fact I’m sure that’s what I heard the other morning at 4.18 am. It’s reminding me that along […]

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Imam Bayildi Eggplants

This is what I call a project plan. It’s not in Microsoft Project. When we have update meetings about it we don’t sip tea made with a Zip Tap or nurse lukewarm lattes. There’s a bit of travel on the horizon this year. That’s our project. And this is how our plan works. Each month […]