Author: Not Delia

  • Stewing Steak

    How to seal, brown, and cook stewing steak as a basic technique – useful for making many dishes such as chilli con carne, goulash soup, steak pie, and many other things.

  • New Miele Guide Launched

    The Miele Guide reveals the first ever ranked list of Asia’s Top 20 restaurants As part of the launch of the inaugural edition of The Miele Guide, the much anticipated first-ever ranked list of Asia’s Top 20 Restaurants was announced at The Miele Guide Dinner on 31 October 2008. The exclusive red carpet event, held at…

  • Asia’s Top 20 Restaurants

    According to The Miele Guide, here are the top 20 restaurants in Asia: Asia’s Top 20 Restaurants 2008/2009 Iggy’s, Singapore L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon, Hong Kong, China Les Amis, Singapore Gunther’s, Singapore Mozaic, Bali, Indonesia Robuchon a Galera, Macau, China Garibaldi, Singapore Yung Kee, Hong Kong, China Hutong, Hong Kong, China Antonio’s, Tagaytay, The Philippines…

  • The Cottage Smallholder

    I discovered a really good website today. It’s a blog about “stumbling self-sufficiency in a small space”. I think they’ve been a bit harsh on themselves with that description as the site is full of interesting things for the foodie – recipes, gardening, lifestyle pieces, and all sorts of other things. It’s well worth a…

  • Quick Foodie Quiz 16

    Test your foodie knowledge with our quick quiz. Only five questions but quite difficult, we think. Have fun! Which one of the following chefs was born in England? Raymond Blanc Gordon Ramsay Heston Blumenthal Madhur Jaffrey Which of the following is NOT a breed of pig? Belgian Landrace Red Wattle American Blackbelly Mulefoot In Thai…

  • Quick Foodie Quiz 16 – answers

    Here are the answers: Which one of the following chefs was born in England? Raymond Blanc Gordon Ramsay Heston Blumenthal Madhur Jaffrey Which of the following is not a breed of pig? Belgian Landrace Red Wattle American Blackbelly Mulefoot In Thai cooking, what is a prik? A chilli A cooking utensil A type of sauce…