The House of Fusion culinary riad in Marrakech, Morocco, has teamed up with Cooking on the Bay, Melbourne to bring you a fabulous, foodie culinary Moroccan adventure. Join us for Morocco Beyond the Bay! We are On the Road to Morocco! Join us for ten exciting, wondrous days and eleven exotic, fascinating nights. We spend six [...]
Last Thursday we were treated to a special guest chef event with Cameron Matthews taking the Italianicious – Cooking with Passion class. The day was a huge success with 8 very happy cooks getting an idea of what it is like to cook with a 2 hatted restaurant chef. The kitchen was buzzing. Cameron is [...]
Last week we had three days of classes cooking our Mediterranean – Touch of Spice. All those wonderful flavours of the region; this time we featured Morocco, Egypt, Spain, Italy, Greece and the Middle East. The flavours are robust and intense, the textures varied and the aromas rich and heady. At home you can cook [...]
I love travelling in France; I love the food, wine, people, countryside, history and language, everything about it really. However, our last trip in June…was a test of my devotion. I constantly said to myself – I love France, I love being here! And I really do and did think that. But do not envy [...]
Tartiflette is my current favourite winter potato dish. It is made with potato, onion, bacon and cheese gratin, perfect for wintry Sunday lunches. According to Julia Child there are hundreds of French potato recipes and Larousse Gastronomique lists 9 pages of potato dishes! This one is very special. I found this recipe, below, on the [...]
The peppers we used in our recent Mediterranean - Touch of Spice cooking class were fantastic and very well received. They make a great tapas dish and are fun to cook around the barbecue and with your friends in the kitchen. next time we will have the Piementos de Padrone. Our recent ones were these: [...]
My food philosophy is to eat local food in season. The beginning of a new season is always exciting for those cooks who cook with seasonal produce; it allows enjoying a fresh new range of fruits, vegetables, meats and fish when they are at their best, at their most flavoursome and full of vitamins. Each [...]
We enjoyed wonderful French classes last week - a perfect time for French cooking with the exciting Tour de France travelling around the beautiful French countryside and Bastille Day, the French national day on the 14th August. Here are a few photos showing how we enjoyed the days cooking together .
More photos from the recent Mediterranean classes.
As always, we have had some great classes over the past few weeks with 3 Mediterranean – Touch of Spice and 3 French Odyssey – Journey through France. The Mediterranean – Touch of Spice classes featured a variety of tapas dishes, tagines and braises. And our special peppers. I was delighted to have these fabulous [...]
