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Top chef, Michael Saxon, offers a free question and answer service for all your food and cooking related questions.
Read articleHow to remove the skin from a fillet of salmon
The same technique works for skinning other types of fish fillets too. The trick is to use a knife with a flexible blade. I like my…
Read articleA few hone truths
Keeping your kitchen knives sharp is one of those jobs where a little bit of effort every now and again saves a lot of trouble in…
Read articleBuckwheat Pancakes
It’ll soon be Pancake Day so let’s have a go at making some pancakes. Here’s a quick and easy recipe for buckwheat pancakes. I usually fill…
Read articleMussels – a shut and open case
We always buy our mussels live to ensure freshness. You can buy frozen mussels, especially the New Zealand green-lips, but I’ve never tried to cook frozen…
Read articleStewing 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.
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