Get friendly with the Japanese daikon radish in this golden-fried hash brown…

This simple fish pie is perfect on a cool evening with a glass of white wine - something with enough acid to cut through the richness. I have cravings for this baby. Give it a whirl - you won't be disappointed. 60 g (21/4 oz) butter 2 leeks, white part only, sliced 1 large fennel bulb (about 500 g/1 lb 2 oz), finely sliced (reserve the fennel tips for the sauce) 1 celery stalk, finely diced 1 large garlic clove, crushed 1 kg (2 lb 4 oz) boneless, skinless white fish fillets, such as snapper…

Food & travel observations - mainly in Kyoto, Japan and Australia by food author Jane Lawson

Banana Bread Recipe

Australians have a fond attachment to this bubbly, yeast-leavened version of the pancake. Crumpets are (or were) commonly eaten toasted for breakfast - smothered with butter and honey or Vegemite! Thank you dear Simon Marnie (ABC Radio) for sharing your love of this recipe with your audience. It makes me smile to think of you whipping these up at home for the family! I agree - the store-bought version has NOTHING on homemade crumpets! makes about 12 (serves 4–6) 2 teaspoons dried yeast 1…

Last week's response to my recipe for chicken croquettes or Croquetas de pollo put me in a Spanish mood for days. I must apologise to the neighbours for my thunderous Flamenco fumblings... Here are a few more great Tapas recipes from my book Cocina Nueva - the new Spanish Kitchen. Published by Murdoch Books. An oldie but a goodie - even if I do say so myself! Combine these 4 recipes with the Croquetas de Pollo and a few glassed of chilled fino sherry or Spanish Beer and you'll have yourself…

Last week's response to my recipe for chicken croquettes or Croquetas de pollo put me in a Spanish mood for days. I must apologise to the neighbours for my thunderous Flamenco fumblings... Here are a few more great Tapas recipes from my book Cocina Nueva - the new Spanish Kitchen. Published by Murdoch Books. An oldie but a goodie - even if I do say so myself! Combine these 4 recipes with the Croquetas de Pollo and a few glassed of chilled fino sherry or Spanish Beer and you'll have yourself…

Last week's response to my recipe for chicken croquettes or Croquetas de pollo put me in a Spanish mood for days. I must apologise to the neighbours for my thunderous Flamenco fumblings... Here are a few more great Tapas recipes from my book Cocina Nueva - the new Spanish Kitchen. Published by Murdoch Books. An oldie but a goodie - even if I do say so myself! Combine these 4 recipes with the Croquetas de Pollo and a few glassed of chilled fino sherry or Spanish Beer and you'll have yourself…

Super-easy yet impressive Spanish dessert. Gluten-phobes look away. Raisin torrijas with honey and walnuts 4 thick slices day-old raisin brioche, or other good-quality raisin bread 2 eggs 125 ml (4 fl oz /1/2 cup) cream (whipping) 2 teaspoons caster (superfine) sugar 1/2 teaspoon natural vanilla extract mild vegetable oil, for pan-frying 20 g ( 3/4 oz) butter 160 g (5 1/2 oz /scant 1/2 cup) honey 1 tablespoon manzanilla sherry 35 g (1 1/4 oz /1/3 cup) walnuts, toasted and roughly chopped…

Bacon and Egg Roll

My dad used to sing a little ditty about baked beans but it isn’t appropriate for print — well not in a cookbook anyway! The baked beans we eat today are believed to draw upon Native American as well as French or Italian origins. Baked beans were first produced commercially by the Americans in the late 1800s, with the British following close behind. Although the tinned form is very handy, it just doesn’t compare with this flavoursome version, which is almost, but not quite, as quick as…

That ticket to Japan is burning a hole in your pocket. You’ve trawled the world wide web for all the top noodle joints in the land and you aim to hit them hard. But what happens when you arrive and the menu isn’t in English? Or it is, but there are terms you’ve never seen before?

Last week's response to my recipe for chicken croquettes or Croquetas de pollo put me in a Spanish mood for days. I must apologise to the neighbours for my thunderous Flamenco fumblings... Here are a few more great Tapas recipes from my book Cocina Nueva - the new Spanish Kitchen. Published by Murdoch Books. An oldie but a goodie - even if I do say so myself! Combine these 4 recipes with the Croquetas de Pollo and a few glassed of chilled fino sherry or Spanish Beer and you'll have yourself…