Behind-the-scenes on reality food shows

Here’s something I wrote for The Guardian on cooking shows. It’s battle time on Netflix’s cooking competition Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend, and celebrity chef Curtis Stone is facing challenger Mason Hereford. Their task? To cook five courses in 60 minutes with the surprise ingredient (lamb). Each dish must be inspired by street […]

Too many cooks spoil the broth

Yoo hoo! Something I wrote for Tuesday’s The Age Good Food section.  * You and your partner have decided to cook together. Bookmarking a recipe for slow-roasted pork belly with Vietnamese slaw, you saunter to the market, envisaging the wonderful evening ahead. Clutching fat wine glasses, you’ll playfully flick each other with tea towels and grate vegetables […]

How to be a good dinner guest

A little something I wrote for The Age Good Food section. How to be a good 21st-century dinner guest Been invited to a dinner party lately? Probably not. In the olden days people threw them with linen napkins, man-woman-man seating arrangements and a proper cheese course. Nowadays it’s all, “Pop over Friday – I’ll cook!” and […]