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Heirloom potatoes

Three sumptuous-looking fillets of cod sat on my kitchen counter and all I could think of was my mother. In a made-for-TV moment, the wall in front of me blurred, some jingly-ghostly music played in … [more]

Nasi Goreng

I’ve been trying to recreate the Nasi Goreng I had in Bali some 9 years ago and today I got pretty close. Nasi Goreng is an Indonesian fried rice with prawns (shrimp) and chicken. Well actually … [more]

Yorkshire Pudding

Sunday afternoon breaks into evening and I am sitting down to a roast, mum’s roast potatoes , a mandatory double serving of veg and a jug of gravy poured over my crisp, chewy (intentional … [more]

Mosto Enoteca

I went to a new great Italian restaurant in Marina Del Rey last week and it was FANTASTIC! So I thought I’d pass along this little known secret. The cuisine is authentic Northern Italian with … [more]

Champagne risotto

Here is a really nice variation on John’s Saffron risotto . The champagne brings a delicate sweetness to the rice. Better yet you can sip the leftover champagne while you are stirring that … [more]

Saffron risotto

This is a good simple risotto recipe. It goes particulaly well with Ossobuco alla Milanese . Serves about 4 [more]

Mum's honey cake

The Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) is one my favourite festivals. In no small part this is down to the food associated with it. To usher in a sweet new year, we get to eat lots of sweet stuff … [more]

Spiritual dogma

These days any bartender in any bar who can put some ice in a glass and throw in a mixer with abandon gets to call themselves a maker of cocktails. Pity the customer who seeks a quality drink. How is … [more]

Lasagne

If there was a temple for lasagne, I would worship there as a devotee on a regular basis. (You can read more about my devotion to it here ). It is one of the most comforting of all foods, in my … [more]

Coconut & Chicken Soup

This is a delicious soup that my wife taught me how to make. It is infused with the flavors of Thailand. It takes a while to make, but it is well worth the effort. [more]

Caipirinha Cocktail

The Caipirinha can safely be called the national cocktail of Brazil. After all it is made with the country’s distinctive rum variety cachaca. For the uninitiated, the Brazilian rum is made by … [more]

Shaken or Stirred

James Bond, that debonair and worldly English secret agent that always seems to know far to much about far too many things always orders his Martini’s “…shaken, not stirred”. … [more]

Cocktail Recipes

A well made cocktail can be the perfect start to the meal. Be it an excuse to kick off an afternoon brunch, invite your friends over for a happy hour get together, or a prelude to gourmet feast, GreatGrub has a variety of cocktail recipes from which to choose. [more]

Satisfying Soup Recipes

You have a dinner party. You serve your guests some parsnip and apple soup and they confess that they have tasted nothing finer. You chuckle while reflecting how easy it was to throw together. And then the following day for lunch, you heat up the leftovers, break a chunk of bread from a French loaf, sit down, put your feet up and rejoice as you tuck into your perfect lunch. [more]

Delicious Cookie Recipes

Bake homemade cookies and wonderful aromas fill our kitchens. Nothing brings back memories of simpler times than Cookies! GreatGrub has some delicious cookies recipes that will appease and satisfy the range of taste in your family. So get baking and share the love. [more]

Kids Recipes

Let’s face it, coming up with menus to please the kids is not always the easiest task. To make it more fun try to include them in the cooking process. They love to break the eggs (sometimes into the bowl), play with the breadcrumbs, and mix the batter. It may require a little extra cleaning, but it is always worth the effort as kids tend to gobble up meals that they created. [more]

Vegetarian Recipes

Eating vegetarian food has never been more delicious. GreatGrub makes it easy to honor your commitment to your health, animals, and the environment with a wealth of recipes for you to choose from. We’ve got everything from an Italian Carbonara, to a tasty Egyptian falafel and French Lentil soup to make sure that you have a worldly variety of flavors at your finger-tips. [more]

Eat Dessert First!

Life is to short to skimp on the good stuff, so here at GreatGrub we have a wealth of delicious dessert recipes. From fruit to chocolate and cake to pie we’ve got the recipe to set satisfy your sweet tooth. [more]

Simply spaghetti

I was in Tuscany in a place of dreams. It was summer and, even though the sun had gone, it was still as warm as England’s hottest day. I sat on a terrace wondering if any view could be more … [more]

Eggy mash

I was a sickly lad. “The runt of the litter” my dad would often say. It was true that my three older siblings were much bigger than me, but that seemed reasonable enough given their extra … [more]

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