Anthony Bourdain loved his rich dishes of pork, lobster and foie gras –...
Meat-eating foodies have been enamoured of Martin Picard’s Au Pied de Cochon ever since the restaurant opened in 2001, in Montreal, Canada.Even before Anthony Bourdain visited it in 2006 for an episode...
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“I’m from Napoli [Naples] and since I was a kid I have been interested in food. My parents would pick tomatoes and lay them out on the balcony to ripen in the sun. When I was about 18 months old, I...
View ArticleHow to make Macau-style Portuguese egg tarts – Macanese pasteis de nata:...
Tuesday marks the Mid-Autumn Festival, a time when Chinese people worldwide feast on mooncakes and sip tea while gazing at the harvest moon. Mooncakes get their name because, traditionally, they were...
View ArticleThink kids only eat pizza, burgers and chicken nuggets? Amanda Grant’s...
When I was growing up in the United States, I observed that many parents there underestimated their children’s’ tastes. At home they would feed them hot dogs, chicken nuggets and frozen fish fingers...
View ArticleFrom cooking his underwear in a wok to his Michelin star, executive chef of...
“My mother’s eyesight was not good, so when I was growing up I had to help my family by doing chores. I could cook simple things like stir-fry vegetables and rice. As a child I liked to eat and taste...
View ArticleFrom the archives: How to make banana splits for grown-ups – an elegant twist...
The banana split is a fun, crowd-pleasing dessert that isn’t just for children. The secret to a sophisticated, grown-up interpretation is to keep it relatively austere: if you use too many ingredients,...
View ArticleHow to make stir-fried fish fillets with asparagus and black bean sauce: an...
When it comes to cooking fish, I prefer whole ones, because I love the different textures that you find in the various parts. But many people only like fish fillets because they don’t want to bother...
View ArticleA homestyle Chinese food guide, The Joy of Chinese Cooking from the 1950s...
The Joy of Chinese Cooking means a lot to me, because my mother taught herself to cook Chinese food by using it as a guide when she first got married; as the youngest of six children, she didn’t learn...
View ArticleHead chef of Michelin-starred Louise in Hong Kong on culture shock in Japan,...
“My father had a bistro in Provence, in the south of France, and then he worked for another in the area as the chef. Every day after school I went to the restaurant. It was difficult because my parents...
View ArticleHow to make pan-fried Korean bean curd with spiced soy dressing: a...
Whenever I’m in need of a high-protein vegetarian dish, bean curd is the first thing that comes to mind. I never could understand people who said that bean curd was bland. Of course it can be, if you...
View ArticleCod cooked Cézanne’s way, Monet’s Yorkshire pudding and bouillabaisse – a...
Not knowing much about the personal life of famous artists, I wasn’t aware that Claude Monet was a food lover who kept a 1-hectare (2.5-acre) garden near his home in the village of Giverny, in...
View ArticlePractice makes perfect for Wynn Macau casino’s Michelin-starred chef, who can...
“I was passionate about cooking from a young age. When I was a child, food was scarce. Every day, I would wake up and wonder if my brother and sisters would have enough to feed themselves. From morning...
View ArticleAfter Squid Game’s dalgona, how to make hotteok, Korean sweet pancakes and a...
Although South Korea isn’t nearly as famous for its street food as Thailand or Vietnam, vendors there still offer a great variety of inexpensive and delicious food.I’ve never seen them selling dalgona...
View ArticleWhy China has so many different regional cuisines – geography, climate...
Many long-time Hong Kong residents will recognise the name of the person who wrote the text for China The Beautiful Cookbook (1986): Kevin Sinclair, a New Zealand journalist, worked in the territory...
View ArticleItalian chef who learned about Asian flavours in the Alps and southern...
“When I was young my parents were busy at work, so most of the time I stayed with my grandparents in the countryside in Piedmont, where I was born. Most of the houses have small farms or gardens, and...
View ArticleHow to make lumpia Shanghai, Filipino spring rolls introduced by Chinese...
The Filipino dish of lumpia Shanghai shows the influence of Chinese settlers on the Southeast Asian country’s cuisine.I’ve eaten them many times at restaurants and parties – because no Filipino...
View ArticleShould there be a tax on eating meat and dairy products? Chef’s manifesto for...
Food lovers in Hong Kong will remember chef Peggy Chan’s vegan restaurants, Grassroots Pantry, which morphed into Nectar, with a menu that made even the most ardent omnivores realise the possibilities...
View ArticleWhen Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were his neighbours: French chef in Hong...
“I was born in Cognac, near Bordeaux, in the west of France. My father worked for a cognac company called Aldi. He spent six to 10 months of the year travelling to Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore and...
View ArticleHow to make caramelised apple tarts – French-inspired recipe from our...
For me, France is apple dessert heaven.There are the buttery, flaky chaussons aux pommes sold at bakeries that specialise in Viennoiserie, elegant tarts made with shortcrust pastry and thin,...
View ArticleHong Kong chef Jacky Yu shares his eclectic Asian tastes and mix-and-match...
When chef Jacky Yu started his private kitchen Xi Yan in Wan Chai, in 2000, the popularity of the modern Asian restaurant led to the opening of half a dozen cheaper, more casual concepts in Causeway...
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