Who was it that told me to stop cooking noodles and chicken?  Oh that’s right, EVERYONE. Gnoochi is a type of Italian dumpling, typically made from a dough made using mashed potatoes, flour and egg.  It takes about three minutes to boil a bite-sized chunk, and while that makes it sound like it’s quick and [...]

Doctor Professor PHD: where do you live Volken: England Doctor Professor PHD: ffffffff Doctor Professor PHD: so if you sent me food it wouldn’t be hot anymore by the time it got here would it? Volken: I imagine that it would be very cold Volken: and stale Doctor Professor PHD: ;_; Doctor Professor PHD: stop [...]

I do like a nice stir-fry. The chicken was stir-fried in a combination of oil and crushed garlic, followed by the red peppers.  It was seasoned with ground black pepper, and roughly torn basil leaves were added shortly afterwards.  Meanwhile, the rice itself was boiled, left to cool, then fried in oil with some finely [...]

The recipe can be found here. In this post, I wish to point out the sheer importance of preparation. What’s wrong in this picture?  Well at the time the spaghetti itself was cooked perfectly.  However, the oil coating was left with a bitter taste – the chilli and garlic were browned, blackened, and burnt.  The [...]

Something a bit different this time round, with what is essentially a salmon steak topped with a soft cheese, crab meat, dill and black pepper topping, and covered with a lightly-scrunched layer of filo pastry.  Hard cheese shavings were sprinkled on before the salmon was baked in the oven for around 18 minutes. A simple [...]

Marsala, not to be confused with Masala, is a type of Italian Red Wine used extensively in cooking.  Marsala was unavailable, so quantities of Sicilian Red Wine was used as substitutes. Chopped onions were lightly fried in butter and oil until they were softened, at which point 3 chicken breasts – one per serving in [...]

No use of Cooking Guide this time round, but it was great making this fine dish. The salmon was marinated in a mixture of honey, lime, dry sherry (*HIC*), soy sauce, and five-spice powder, from which the dish probably gets its name.  It was then coated in an egg white and cornflower batter before being [...]