No I am not talking about any of that gluten or lactose stuff I mean – Eat my food the way I meant it to be eaten! Happy to provide instructions where needed Ok so I have been known to cook weird stuff, especially by those who will; pick the beef out of a salad, [...]

“These people are obscene!” The chief stew moves on to mock their requests, “I’ll tell you what they said, ‘Bollinger?! You no have anything better?’” She mimics the Asian accent outstandingly. “Then, they didn’t even ask what wines we had just, ‘We want your best wine! Yes, you bring us your best wine.’ You’ll get [...]

Beetroot condiments and a couple of leaves of NZ spinach on a lamb pattie what could be Kiwi’er? Well next stage is Kumura bun Then maybe Horipito mayo And I think it might need an egg Beet hot sauce Braise a couple of beets, oh sorry I really am becoming Americanized beets means beetroot Trim [...]

I dont know about this dish. I guess it is inspired by Thomas Keller’s Salmon chop but it is really just a restaurant dish for those who love fish and the boney bit they come with. I am so sick of people who can’t deal with bones, fish has bones, take care as you eat. [...]

The description I finally found for my cooking – open fridge and you whatever is almost rotten, was pushed to my limit here. Taste moldy blueberry = yuk. Just about throw out. Decide sugar masks everything but do pick out the worst of the rotting berries Whisk 1/2 cup butter with a cup sugar and [...]

A recipe is really an idea. In this case it was an answer to – What do I do with pistachio pesto? Pistachios – a cup Garlic – 1 to 2 small cloves Herbs – 2 or 3 packed cups mix of parsley, basil, chive, cilantro (anything you have in the fridge or planter box [...]

What kind of food do you cook? Kiwi food Whats that? My food If they haven’t given up yet I string together something about seafood, finding cooking as a creative outlet and mention that New Zealand was at the forefront of pan pacific fusion. Yacht crew hate me, well most people I cook for find [...]

Dont pay too much attention to my quantities, they are just guides. If you lamb leg is bigger or smaller adjust according to common sense, why is it that very smart people seem to get intimidated and lose all sensibility when it comes to cooking? A 2kg Lamb leg – debone and pound out into [...]

So this is the kind of food creative super yacht chef come up with…. Melt 50g butter, add two teaspoons soy letichin, 50ml soy and juice of a lime, using a cream canister charge with nos or aerate with a stick blender I cannot really claim this one, it is a ripoff of a great [...]

The fruit native to South American mountains so loved by Kiwi’s that some consider it worth a trip home for the autumn harvest (any excuse to go home eat some icecream and do some bombs). Here in California they turn up in fall, are known as pineapple guava and you have to buy them. I [...]