Guest Chef Edwina Golombek, from The House of Fusion, the residential culinary riad and cooking school, in Marrakesh, shared her Moroccan Berber omelette when she presented her Moroccan cooking classes here last year. It is also known in Morocco as Shakshuka. Originating in the deserts of North Africa, this omelette is served anytime of the [...]
This is ideal for a brunch party as the entire dish can be assembled the night before so all that’s left to do is bake it the next day. Serves: 8 500g country-style white bread, torn into 1-inch pieces ½ cup plus 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided Kosher salt 6 -8 roasted red capsicums 2 [...]
This is ideal for a brunch party, makes a great breakfast dish, side dish and dinner as well. It can be assembled the night before so all that’s left to do is bake it the next day. Serves: 8 500g country-style white bread, torn into 1-inch pieces ½ cup plus 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided Kosher [...]
Duck fat - the good news! Duck fat is a ‘good’ fat, rich in monounsaturated fats with a lower cholesterol than butter. We often cook duck breasts in our French Odyssey cooking classes and duck leg tagines in the Mediterranean - Touch of Spice classes and frequently people are amazed to hear that duck fat [...]
Last Monday, the front of house and sommeliers from the Flower Drum cooked dishes, at Cooking on the Bay, designed to match Moët's new release 2006 Grand Vintage champagne. What a great cooking class; full of concentration, good chopping and cooking, followed by considered comments and discussions about the food and how it matched the [...]
On Sunday July 26th Special Guest presenter Minghua Zhang will teach us the Art of Chinese cooking - keeping healthy through food. Hurry and book now - places are limited. Transport yourself to China for the day. Learn to cook truly authentic, healthy, wholesome Chinese dishes. Minghua Zhang will teach you about her Chinese cuisine, [...]
Guest Chef Thomas Ritsios is presenting At my Greek Table – the flavours of Greece on Sunday 12th July Cooking class at 8.45am at Cooking on the Bay. Hurry and book now - places are limited. This is such a unique opportunity to learn some authentic Greek dishes, some of Thomas’ favourites. The menu is [...]
What a wonderful fruit, with their great aroma, wonderful flavours, so many colours, shapes and sizes. Yes, the tomato is botanically a fruit, a berry to be precise, but as they are mostly used as a vegetable they are classed as a vegetable. Tomatoes are probably the most popular of all home grown vegetables. When [...]
We are here at last with Edwina and the House of Fusion, Marrakesh. What are we doing so far? Driving along through the Tizn Test Pass passing earth built hillside villages along the route. A picnic in a little gorge in the Atlas mountains along side a river bubbling quietly over stones... Visiting [...]
Many months ago, the Western District Epicureans, based in Hamilton, invited me, via my long-standing school friend and their committee member Leigh, to cook with them for their April Epicureannes dinner. It was themed ‘A Mediterranean Dinner with Tonya’. The idea was that their committee of 5 would be led by me, as we do [...]
