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Gift ideas for cooks

Eternal Ingredients — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 01:58:34 +0000

We have been searching around for gift ideas for the person who loves cooking. So far we have come up with a few gems and will keep on adding in new items that we find along the way.

Party Pouch Jelly Mould - Australian Books

When I came across this poodle jelly mold I had to add it into my Christmas gift ideas. I love my poodle, Bob, dearly and this really is the perfect present for me or any other poodle owner / cooking enthusiast out there. Buy Now

Emily Henry Cookware – Everten

This stunning cookware by Emily Henry is on my Christmas list, hopefully father Christmas has read my list and taken note. The item I loved the most was the baguette baking tin. Buy Now

Nigella Lawson Christmas – Nigella Lawson

We all love to cook traditional food over Christmas and what better book to use for extra inspiration than Nigella Lawson’s Christmas cookbook. Her personality and sense of fun is bound to bring comfort and joy to all of your family and friends around the Christmas lunch table. Buy Now

Cookie Stamps – Beezer

Why not make sure you’re guests know you made the cookies yourself by personalising them with these great cookie stamps saying Home Made, Eat Me and I love you. You could buy them for yourself or they would make the perfect gift for a friend that loves to cook.. Buy Now

Pea Ice Cube Tray – Beezer

These giant ice balls are captured in spheres and keep your drink cooler for longer. Their spherical shape means they will melt 80% slower than cube shaped ice so your drink won’t get watered down as quickly! Once they have been frozen, they simply pop out of the pod! Buy Now

Obsessive Chef Chopping Board – Australian Art Books

Do you have an obsessive friend who loves to cook but has to have their carrots cut to exactly the same width and length? This chopping board will allow them to measure and cut all the carrots perfectly, or their cheese into the perfect squares! Buy Now

50 Icy Pole Recipes – Amazon

I was browsing my local shops, waiting for an appointment and found this fun Icy Pole Recipe book. I decided this was one book I needed in my kitchen this summer, from fresh fruit icy poles to Mojitos there will be an icy pole for everyone. Buy Now

Fish Pop Molds – Zoko

These fantastic and fun fish icy pole molds are bound to get the kids excited this Christmas. I found them in Minimax this weekend and there was a little girl standing there saying to her mum she really really really wanted them and could they get some. I think they may end up being her stocking filler this Christmas. Buy Now

Egg Yolk Separator – Australian Art Books

This gadget will take the hard work out of separating all those egg whites out to make your pavlova this summer. All you do is crack the egg into the bowl and squeeze the fish to swallow the egg yolk and then squeeze again release it into a separate bowl. Buy Now

Lotus Grill BBQ - The Good Store

This amazingly stylish BBQ is portable and perfect for a small space. It’s smokeless*, ready to cook in five minutes, uses readily available charcoal and is an Australian Design Award winner. It’s portable because it will stay cool to touch even when it is in use so it can be safely moved at any time. Best of all it can be cleaned in the dishwasher. Buy Now

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Curry in a hurry

Rachel Turner — Thu, 02 May 2013 08:46:46 +0000

Curries remind me of Friday nights out in London. Every Friday would see friends and I leave the pub at 11 pm and head across the road to one of the many Indian Restaurants in London for a curry and a pint before heading home. I think anyone who grew up in the UK would have a similar memory to mine and as I write this I am looking forward to my next trip back home to see if the Friday night ritual is as good as I remember it to be! Growing up, my Grandma used to cook curried eggs. I am told I have a very rose coloured view on what they were like, as I am obsessed with finding the long lost recipe. My mum and sister have assured me they were not as good as I remembered them to be and from their memories they were pretty awful. I just wish I could find that long lost recipe so I could try them, even if they are pretty awful! Apart from the curried eggs, my family didn't cook a great deal of curries when I was growing up. Maybe this is why when I discovered the Friday night ritual of a curry after the pub. I hooked onto it pretty quickly. Since moving to Australia curry has not been high on the menu / restaurant list. as it is the one food my husband isn't keen on, so I tend not to cook them too often. That's not to say I still don't love a good curry. I was so excited 6 years ago when we went on holiday to India. As well as thinking about all the amazing places we were going to see I was excited about trying all of the local cuisine. In my excitement I forgot about curries not being a favourite of John's and that they also didn't really agree with him. I did start to wonder what he would eat during the trip, but quickly put that to one side and thought about all the lovely food I was going to eat! We had quite a good compromise and I did manage to try a few amazing curries while I was over there, but not as many as I would have liked to,. Maybe it was just as well as well I wasn't eating too many curries as I managed to avoid coming down with delhi belly while I was away. Even though we didn't eat as many curries as I would have liked, I still enjoyed all the amazing smells and seeing all the cooking going on around the streets. There was just so much to take in and I could have eaten my way round all the little street stalls if I hadn't been worried about sitting in the mini bus for the next 5 hours without a toilet in sight! I recently went to stay with some friends in Geelong for a girls night and the lovely Janina had cooked a beautiful curry. This was a huge treat for me as it's not something I often get, and a home cooked curry is always a favourite for me when John isn't around. Janina is an incredibly good cook so I was a bit nervous when I recreated her dish and made my version of the Mutton Kari (Lamb curry). I have to say my attempt was pretty good and went down well with Vicki, who I invited over for dinner to sample it and then sent a batch home for her lovely husband to enjoy. I am sure like me you must have some wonderful curry memories, recipes and amazing restaurants you can recommend. If the restaurants are close enough I may just drop down there the next time John is working away from home as it will save me cooking for one! Please share any of your recipes with us so that I can cook up a storm at home and recreate the Friday night ritual of a curry after the pub closes at 11 pm! Happy eating and cooking Rachel

Newmarket Hotel, St Kilda

Eternal Ingredients — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 23:48:04 +0000

I have driven past the Newmarket Hotel in St Kilda many times and I have now been there for dinner twice in less than 2 weeks! This in itself tells you the food is amazing and so is the service, so I want to share my experience with you. The Newmarket Hotel has been open for 18 months and Paul Wilson's Latin American food is stunning. It was a lovely, balmy Melbourne evening, so we met our friends in the outside bar for cocktails, which is always a great way to start the evening. I can definitely recommend both the Patos Locos (Tequila, earl grey and cucumber aperitif, watermelon, coriander, lime and cracked pepper) and the Tito Puente (white rum, ginger beer, basil, chilli, lime and passionfruit). No I didn't drink them both! While sipping our cocktails we were able to check out the food being served to other outdoor tables and also ask a few questions of the busy staff, as they were running backwards and forwards. We all made an instant decision that we would have to have the tamarind glazed Berkshire pork hock with fragrant green mole, which they serve as sung choi bao. The dining area was buzzing with activity and chatter from everyone and the service we received was outstanding. The food is all designed to share so we quickly selected a few dishes, ensuring we left enough room for dessert (yes, definitely worth leaving a little space). We had the soft tacos with prawns, lamb rib picadillo burrito, wood BBQ chorizo sausage, wood roasted chicken and the tamarind glazed Berkshire pork hock. Everything was mouth watering, but we all agreed the tacos and the wood roasted chicken were the stand out dishes. Having planned ahead and left enough room, we moved to dessert. Visiting just the week prior, I knew there was no way I was leaving without the Latin style chocolate pot with dulce de leche and the chocolate and banana cazuela with salted caramel and almonds. The cazuela is definitely one of the best desserts I have ever had and no matter how full you think you are, I guarantee you will manage to fit it in! www.newmarkethotel.com.au

Masterchef Professionals starts Jan 20

Vick Barber — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:01:29 +0000

What an exciting week for Eternal Ingredients to be launching and also for the start of the first ever Masterchef Professionals series hosted by Marco Pierre White and Matt Preston. From everything we have heard in the news it is going to be the best series ever of Masterchef. Imagine the recipes and the tricks of the trade that we will be able to learn during the series to bring to our home cooking. Visit the Masterchef Professionals Website to find out more