I’ve never met Heather Mitchell, although we have quite a few friends, acquaintances and colleagues in common. I have, though, been aware of her more than 40 years, through her acting work in theatre, film and television. She’s always seemed to me to stand out, a luminous and beautiful presence in a truly impressive body …
Ingredients 500gm chicken (breast or boneless/skinless thighs), chopped 2 tbsp olive oil juice of 1/2 a lemon 3 curry leaves salt pepper 1 cup pumpkin, chopped 1 cup carrots, chopped 3 cloves garlic, peeled and finely chopped 2 tbps curry paste 1 tbsp soy sauce 400ml coconut milk 1 cup green beans, chopped to 3cm …
Ingredients 1tsp dried oregano 1tsp dried thyme 1tsp dried marjoram 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 2 tbsp lemon juice 1 tbsp olive oil 500gm lamb strips half a small red onion, chopped 4 truss tomatoes, chopped half a Lebanese cucumber, peeled and chopped 30gm feta, crumbled 50gm spinach, chopped 4 Lebanese bread wraps Method 1. …
A classic dinner fit for a cold Sunday night. Roast Chicken Ingredients 1 1.5kg chicken 1 lemon, halved 4 sprigs fresh rosemary 3 cloves garlic, peeled 3 tbsp olive oil 1 tsp paprika 1 tsp dried rosemary 1 tsp dried thyme Salt Pepper Method 1. Preheat oven to 200C. 2. Rinse chicken, inside and out, …
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Ingredients 12 raw prawns, shelled 1 clove garlic, finely chopped 100gn tinned tuna, drained 100gm gem or cos lettuce 1 tbsp white balsamic vinegar 2 tbsp olive oil 2 truss tomatoes, quartered 6 green beans, chopped into 3cm lengths 1 egg 3 green shallots, thinly sliced on the diagonal dill lemon thyme salt pepper Method …
Ingredients 400g fresh potato gnocchi 20gm butter 4 tbsp olive oil 500g chicken tenderloins 3 green shallots, thinly sliced on the diagonal 300ml thickened cream 200gm cauliflower florets 200gm broccoli florets 100gm basil pesto 1 tbsp toasted pine nuts, to serve 5gm basil leaves Method 1. In a large frying pan, heat the butter and …
Ingredients 1 litre fish, vegetable or chicken stock 70ml olive oil 3 dozen shelled raw prawns 3 asparagus spears, thinly sliced small onion, finely chopped 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped 300gm arborio rice 1 cup white wine 50gm butter handful of parsley, chopped 2 tbsp lemon juice half a cup good quality pecorino or similar, …
Ingredients 250 chorizo, sliced thickly olive oil 1 medium red onion, chopped 2 medium potatoes, parboiled, cut to eighths 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped tsp hot chilli flakes tsp ground paprika tsp ground cumin handful of green beans, chopped to 3cm lengths 1/4 medium red capsicum, roughly chopped 1/4 medium yellow capsicum, roughly chopped 2 …
I haven’t read Robbie Arnott’s previous two books, Flames and The Rain Heron, magical fables that have won multiple awards. This novel, Limberlost, is very grounded and realist but no less magical for that. Ned is a teenager living in a northern Tasmanian orchard during World War II. His older brothers are away at war …
If you’re looking for something a bit different to watch, I can recommend Tetris, a 1 hr 57 min movie streaming on Apple TV. The main character is Henk Rogers, who in the 80s recognised the potential of the video game Tetris and set about trying to get a piece of the rights to distribute …