This may sound like a complete mission, but it is a truly delicious vegetarian meal.  Especially for winter.

wild rice and aubergine moussaka with feta and a hint of cinnamon
Serves 8
Ingredients
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
2 onions, sliced
400g button mushrooms, quartered
3 cups cooked brown and wild rice
2 tins (400g) whole peeled tomatoes, blended
2 [...]

I am a huge fan of this recipe.  It is really simple to do and can be a wonderful summer lunch item or a perfect starter to a meal.  I use store-bought puff pastry.  Try and go for the most luxurious one that has proper butter in it.  It’ll definitely improve the flavour.  The recipe [...]

I last visited Thailand about 5 years ago, and the one thing that remains imprinted on my nasal passages is the smell of Bangkok.  It was a smell so foreign to me at the time, that it almost put me off the place altogether.  It was not until I had a pad thai cooked by [...]

This is a lovely salad to do in winter.  It can be served warm or cold and is wonderfully filling.  The colors are really beautiful and the salad is altogether quite impressive.

sticky orange pork fillet, sliced onto roasted butternut and beetroot with a sweet and sour sauce
serves 6
ingredients
2 pork fillets, trimmed
½ cup oyster sauce
¼ [...]

We had a class the other night that concentrated on impressive dinner party fare.  This duck was the starter and was an enormous success.  It is smoked in tea leaves and sugar, on a roasting tray, on the stove.  Actually really easy to do and the flavour was remarkable.  You could try the smoking with [...]