We ate in the shade of a glorious walnut tree as the warm, sun settled behind us. Our kind hosts served up a simple meal of grilled pork, bread, blitva – a traditional Dalmation dish, and salad made with home-grown vegetables and home-made wine.   It’s […]

KT (now 6yrs old) had been asking about Gumbo. He had seen it in a movie he watched lately and was full of questions. So being a good dad, AT thought he would look up a recipe and get KT to help him make dinner and […]

I have had a few readers get back to me saying they didn’t have much luck with the Maple Syrup Honeycomb recipe. So I have made the honey comb again this morning to see if I can give some pointers. I set the timer from […]

Honeycomb Recipe Ingredients: 1 cup sugar 55ml honey 40ml maple syrup 60g butter 1/2 tbs baking soda 250g chocolate, melted Method: Put the sugar, butter, syrup and honey into a pot and stir over medium heat. Simmer for 5-7 minutes or until mixture reaches 150C […]

This recipe has a special place in my heart. Years ago, I used to own and run a small cafe and sandwich bar with AT and Mum…it was called ‘On a Roll’…get it? Anyway, we had a lovely lady working for us called Kathy and she told […]

I remember how this dish evolved from a rich red, paprika dish with skin-on chicken leg pieces to a light risotto style meal with breast pieces of chicken. Me and my brother remember the old one wistfully, like some mythical half-remembered dream of our childhood. Then my […]