There was nothing but a dozen prawns, some celery, and cream in the fridge and it needed to feed two – so time to figure out how to make it so we could feast on something ridiculously delicious and filling. Doing a normal fry up just wasn’t gunna cut it as that would normally just be an entrée, considered an Asian-style soup but lacked some key ingredients, so with some soul searching and wine-induced inspiration we decided to make a chowder. Chowder is basically just a thicker creamy soup, traditionally people use starchy junk to thicken it up, but we avoid unnecessary processed...

I’m not a coffee drinker, but I still want to get something warm down my gullet on these chilly mornings that will give me a good start to the day, so forget Bulletproof Coffee – broth is where it’s at, baby. Discussion in the forums. There’s a whole host of reasons why broth is awesome nutritionally, I can’t be arsed going over them right now though, but this page has a bunch of decent info. About 3kg of marrow and soup bones. Chuck ‘em in a roasting pan with some onion and garlic. After an hour or so in the oven at about 200°C/400°F they are good to...

Discussion in the forums. Dropped into Star of Greece on the way home for brekky/lunch, started the day with a glass of Pol Roger… The oysters naturale with caviar and chives and stuff. Maybe I need more silverware to tackle this…? Salt and Szechuan Pepper Squid. Scallops and stuff – they’re actually quite larger than they look in the pic. Tuna sashimi with wasabi caviar and other stuff. Smoked eel in some kind of bacon broth I think. Didn’t really take any shots of the view, it’s fairly damn good – depending on where you get seated though. Only took...

Discussion in the forums. If anyone cares maybe I’ll put up a proper recipe, for now, here’s a drunk guy making meatballs: Oh, and for those interested, the “transcript”: 0:00 – Fade from black 0:05 – Chop half an onion 0:30 – 3 tbsp of ghee in frying pan 0:45 – Add onion to pan 1:00 – Smash and chop 4 cloves of garlic 1:30 – Add garlic to pan 1:50 – Peel and chop chorizo 2:40 – 500g of beef mince in a bowl 2:50 – Chop some chives and parsley 3:05 – Chuck chorizo, chives, and parsley into mixture 3:15 – Crack...

The girl got me a Valentine’s Day gift, all she mentioned is she got it from Tony The Meat Man of Adelaide at My Butcher – what’s in the boooox…? That is not a heart-shaped box – kinda. D’awwww. Our hands on my heart… But, now we’re hungry – let’s get cooking! Ingredients Medium size beef heart (1kg/2lb) 1/4 cup gluten free flour Salt and pepper 2 carrots, quartered 2 celery sticks, sliced 1 parsnip, cubed 1 onion, diced 2 garlic cloves, crushed 3 tablespoons of butter 1 tablespoon of duck fat 2 bay leaves 1 teaspoon of rosemary,...