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Spicy Korean Tofu: A Simple Recipe with Gochugaru
I recently discovered a Korean tofu factory that sells fresh tofu from the factory door. It’s a little hole in the wall place next to the Korean corp of the Salvation Army in Belmore. They do a roaring trade selling basic white tofu, silken dessert tofu with ginger sauce and fried tofu pockets in various…
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Perfect Thin and Crispy Anzac Biscuits Recipe
I’m not a fan of Anzac Day, in fact, its my least favorite national holiday. A memorial day for those who served and died in war shouldn’t be a cheery affair but that’s not the reason I don’t like it. When I was a kid in the seventies Anzac day was a mournful affair, many…
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Life-Saving Lentil Soup Recipe
This soup from Jill Dupleix is life saving for a number of reasons. It makes a delicious, economical one pot family meal, with ingredients you’re likely to have on hand (requiring no last-minute dash to the shops). It’s even better the next day, so you can make several meals out of it. Although it takes…
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Moro’s Warm Squash Chickpea Salad with Tahini Dressing Recipe: Winter Food
I used to make this salad a lot a few years ago, but I forgot about it until I was having some friends to dinner on Saturday and a large Jap pumpkin that need to be used up. This is the most fabulous winter salad, hearty and warming and a meal in itself if you…
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Mastering the Flavor Bomb: Frank Camorra’s Signature Sofrito
I recently got a new refrigerator and nearly doubled my freezer space overnight. My old tiny freezer was always chaotic, with things crammed in so that something would always fall out when I opened the door. Now I have three storage drawers which make feel ultra organised and virtuous and I don’t have to hold…
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The Easiest Apple Cake Recipe You’ll Love
I’m not a huge apple cake fan, I find the whole idea of apple cake a little humdrum. When someone tells me they’ve made an apple cake my heart doesn’t automatically leap, I mean there’s a limit to how amazing an apple cake can be… right? That was what I thought until I tried this…
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Homemade White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookie Dough Recipe
Yesterday, we got a new fridge. Yay! There’s nothing like a brand spanking new refrigerator to lift your mood. Our old fridge was over 16 years old and was mouldy and skanky beyond belief. In my forced fridge clean out, I came across a bag of white chocolate pastels that had been languishing in the…
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Simple Spiced Spinach Dahl with Cumin Seeds
When I first moved to Sydney about 15 years ago, there was a hole in the wall Indian eatery up at my local shops. I’m calling it an an eatery because it wasn’t as grand as a cafe or restaurant, just a un-renovated shop with a few tables and chairs, offering a small selection of…
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Velvety Orange, Yoghurt, and Cardamom Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
This would have to be one of the easiest cakes in the world to make. It’s simple enough to whip up for an afternoon tea but spectacular enough to shape shift into a celebration cake. The lightly sweetened cream cheese icing and chopped pistachios give a slight, savoury contrast to the sweetness of the cake. This…
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The Back Yard Lemon Tree 