Cooking was a natural talent of my Nana’s, she could whip up a batch of scones or piklets in minutes without leaving a trace of mess behind. She also made beautiful cakes, biscuits, slices, puddings and pickles. We grew choko’s at home and when the vine was bare we’d source them elsewhere. Choko’s have that prickly feeling…
Scrambled Eggs
Perfect scrambled eggs. I have used this recipe for over 20 years. It has never failed me. Ingredients 3 eggs Salt Half a cup of fresh cream Butter Olive oil or truffle oil How to: Break 3 eggs into a bowl and add the cream and salt (I like to use truffle salt) Whisk the mixture…
Corned Beef. Cooked to perfection.
Reinventing the classics – Corned Beef. How can you not love corned beef? To be honest as a kid I didn’t like it at all, it’s only been the last 15 years or so I have become to appreciate this classic dish. I was dining in chef Jeremy Strode’s Surry Hills eatery Bistrode many years…
A Home in France
Inspired Living in France, and then some. Five years ago, my partner Andrew discovered a farmhouse deep in the South of France. He fell in love with it and snapped it up immediately. Having only visited France briefly many years before, I had never ventured past the bustling streets of Paris. I’ve always loved Paris, for me it’s…
Real Italian Street Food in Sydney
It’s places like Friggitoria that reinstall faith into the Sydney dining scene. Chef Flavio explains the menu, the ingredients which creates a total culinary experience.
Great Italian Food
Many years ago, my friend Leanne and I would hit the Italian Deli’s in Sydney’s inner-west suburbs of Haberfield and Leichhardt. This became an obsession for quite some time, and I have to say we became professional gourmet food shoppers on many levels. It was something we looked forward to and would do it as often as we could.
I am totally obsessed with French Cheese
Who doesn’t love cheese. I’m obsessed with French cheese, and Italian cheese as well, but thats another blog post in itself!
Mike Galvin 