⏱️ Enjoy with your favourite beverage | 5 min readI’ve been thinking about how the French approach a fish market. Not the romanticised version you see on cooking shows, but the practical reality: at a good Marché, you don’t just buy fish – you have a conversation first. The vendor wants to know what you’re planning. Baking or grilling? A soup, or something to…
⏱️ Enjoy with your favourite beverage | 6 min readFor years, I threw away prawn heads, crab shells, and crayfish bodies without a second thought. Then, while developing my Sand Crab Lasagne a dish inspired by those unforgettable nights at Il Centro in Brisbane – I realised the shells I was discarding were the most flavourful thing in the pot. That moment changed how…
⏱️ Enjoy with your favourite beverage | 5 min readThis baked Ōra King Salmon is one of my absolute favourite dishes when I’m entertaining – it looks spectacular on the table yet requires minimal effort. I source my Ōra King Salmon from Fair Seafood in Adelaide. This premium fish comes from the pristine, cold waters of Marlborough Sounds in New Zealand, and honestly, the…
⏱️ Enjoy with your favourite beverage | 4 min readThis was one of the recipes I featured in the SoFISHticated Masterclass last year, and it went down an absolute treat. The gratinée technique – a simple garlic-herb crumb baked over the scallop until golden – is one of those preparations that looks and tastes far more complex than it actually is. The crumb is…
⏱️ Enjoy with your favourite beverage | 4 min readGrilling scallops in the half-shell over high heat is one of those techniques that looks effortless but demands your full attention for the thirty seconds it takes. The flame – whether that’s a teppanyaki plate, a barbeque, or a cast-iron pan – imparts a light char and a smoky edge that you simply can’t replicate…
⏱️ Enjoy with your favourite beverage | 7 min readSpend enough time working with precision tools and you begin to understand something that doesn’t get said often enough: a tool’s value isn’t in its presence, it’s in what it allows you to do reliably. In dental technology, I worked with instruments that could do a specific job and nothing else – a margin trimmer…
⏱️ Enjoy with your favourite beverage | 3 min readWhen I need a quick, wholesome meal that still feels special, I often reach for a skinless fillet of barramundi. This recipe is wonderfully adaptable-Nannygai or Ōra King salmon slip seamlessly into the starring role, each offering their own subtle twist on the final dish. The beauty of using a skinless fillet is that it…
