Martabak has been a dish that has haunted me for decades. The first time I had the dish was in Chicago, decades ago; it has been a flavour that I have never forgotten. Over the years, I have had the opportunity to have it again very occasionally while I travelled to Asia. Most recently, while I was in Georgetown, Malaysia, I had to have this dish again. I got to enjoy it at the fabled Hameediyah Restaurant. More on this here. Martabak is an ancient dish, one that has travelle

I had some frozen wagyu steaks and was wondering how to make them interesting. Yes, a grilled wagyu is fantastic, on its own, but dressed up, it is a work of art. For me, a steak perfectly grilled or pan-seared is wonderful; it should be succulent, and the meat shining through. But then you can spice it up a bit, either directly on the meat, or with clever accompanyments, and it transforms into another beast. This is the steak I want. The process for this steak is a bit invol

I must admit to having cheated!. I wanted to make this curney at the last minute, and did not have pumpkin seeds. What I did have were sunflower seeds. So I did a quick substitution and was very happy with the chutney. Pumpkin is an important ingredient in the Meghalaya household, and has been cultivated for centuries. First, pumpkin is always part of the house vegetable patch, with vines crawling everywhere and fat pumpkins waiting to be picked. It is an immediate source of