Batten down the hatches. Looks like a storm’s coming. I am sitting at my desk looking out of the window. This very spot is one of my favorites in our little flat. Perhaps that’s ...
Filipino-style Chicken Curry
Having a little one around, in particular one that seems to be, for the moment at least (fingers and toes resolutely crossed), enjoying the discovery of new foods, turns my thoughts to my own ...
Sambal Chicken Sandwich Spread
Hot on the enthusiastic heels of my last post, I have already decided to make short work of those goals I mentioned. When it comes to that blessed event called “starting” there is no time like ...
Sambal Roasted Chicken
It’s the last day for 2011! What are you doing? How are you spending it? Over here it is much of the same, nothing fancy in the works, although lots of little and big joys are ...
Stir Fried Chicken with Dried Chillies
What is life if not a juggling act, a dance, a frenetic shimmy here, and languorous glide there? We try to keep pace, keep as much balls in the air as we can. We’re not happy unless our agendas are ...
Sriracha Chicken Thigh Fillets
C and I can sometimes be like Mr. and Mrs. Sprat when it comes to eating. C likes leaner cuts while I adore the fattier morsels. C hardly ventures past tomato-based pasta while I love olive oil based ...
Chicken Sautéed with Cheese & Milk
As I settle into my new “office” I can’t help but feel a sense of contentment that is altogether new. It’s not a real office, the type that comes in a 40-storey building made of glass and steel, with ...
Sinampalukan Manok (Tamarind’d Chicken)
I’m as romantic as the next girl (I think) but when it comes to Valentines I prefer to spend it at home. That’s not to say I have something against this day of hearts and roses and such – I am not one ...
HHDD #25: Chicken Satay Skewers
Another thing I love about Donna Hay -- and yes I am aware that I should go out and mingle with other cookbook authors, and stop clinging to the arm of my “best friend” like some shy little ninny – is ...
Chicken, Chorizo, and Bean Bake
In atonement to Donna for pulling a Gordon on her during the last round of Hay Hay it’s Donna Day, I thought I’d share a dish of hers that I really really like. It’s from issue 32 (the autumn 2007 ...