For each of these garlic peeling tricks, you’re going to need to detach the garlic cloves from the head of garlic. To do this, put the garlic with the root side facing up and smack the it with the heel of your palm until the cloves separate. Now that you’ve got your cloves of ...
There’s a lot of advice around about how to cook octopus, but most agree that for tender tentacles, it’s essential to boil or simmer it first. Some folks boil up a big batch and then freeze it (another step in the tenderising process, apparently) so all that’s required is thawing...
Whenever I’ve invited people over for dinner and then find I have ended up with almost no time to cook, I tend to fall back on an old favourite in this house – roast chook. This happened on Tuesday evening. I’d invited six pals around, having forgotten that the plasterer was comi...
It always tasted good, but I was curious what your thoughts were on this and whether you think it’s possible she could have picked up using beer while she was still in Japan (I know she learned other recipes and techniques while there, including how to cook rice, make sukiyaki, etc.)...
The second part of your question is about the chickens I cook and eat myself. When I cook at home, I only use poultry from a supplier calledFeather and Bonehere in Sydney, who I believe work very hard and honestly to source meat from places that raise and treat the animals as ‘ethic...