Lake Tekapo Salmon Frittata
New Zealand’s landscape is crisp. Crisp as a cracker and pops like poppadoms. On good days, the air seems to be filterless, so clean that if you look through the lens of a camera it looks like the contrast settings have already been raked up high. Everything is clearer, the outlines sharper and you can […]
Abel Tasman Mussels Spaghetti
I could taste the salt on my lips, feel the flecks of dry ocean on my skin as the waves rolled in. They had told us to be careful, Cyclone Pam had just hit Vanuatu and the consequences were threatening to approach the northern shores of New Zealand’s South Island. But it was now or […]
Burmese Rice Paddy Guacamole
Myanmar is awash with avocados. Every market and almost every fruit stall we passed had pyramids of the dark crinkly skin, holding ripe green avocado cream within them. It is not typically a fruit I associate with South East Asia, so when we discovered them for the first time in the market in KyaingTong, not […]
Sunday Pancakes with Caramel Nectarine Compote
Somedays, you just want pancakes. Especially after being on the road for several months, exciting your palate with new flavours, unknown spices and foreign textures; there are mornings where you simply crave good ole’ comfort food. Missing our sunday brunches at home, these pancakes are capable of transporting us right there or good enough to […]
Pantry Panzanella
What do you do when you crave a summer salad, but are short on fresh ingredients? When you open your fridge and all you find are some pickled capers? Summer is nearing its end, but we don’t really want to think about that, so here is a simple recipe to recreate a taste of summer […]
The Silk Road Herb Salad
Since we’ve been on the road we have shared some of the recipes that we have learnt on the way, the ones where we have cooked with people happy to open their homes and kitchens to us, a foray into local food along our journey. We realise however that we have not shared the bulk […]
Cabin Fever Apple Delight
When someone tells you they will spend a week in an isolated cabin where you have to carry all your own food in a backpack across a frozen lake on skis, you may think that would imply deprivation. But not if you add in some creativity, resourcefulness and the strict Norwegian rule of not letting […]
