Breakfast around the worldWhat’s on the table for breakfast in Botswana, Egypt, Sri Lanka and El Salvador? Not cornflakes and toast, that’s for sure. Fascinating breakfasts from around the globe to make your Weeties look a tad weak.
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Birmingham: Aussies are crap at BBQs
Ooh, them’s fightin’ words: John Birmingham reckons Australians’ self-image as masters of the grill is totally overcooked. Greeks, Germans and even the Yanks would give us an absolute basting in a battle of the barbie.
Cookbooks get heavier while their content gets lighter
Every year, cookbooks grow bigger, while the number of actual recipes inside them shrinks. Chefs: please cram the commentary, and make with the cooking, says Hilary Osborne.
If ABC presenters were cakes
Auntie has released a cookbook of cakes shaped like its kids’ TV show characters — but what about the grown-up programs? asks Mel Campbell. Kerry O’Brien, Margaret and David, Ali Moore and more, imagined as cakes.
VIDEO: If Michelle Obama was a hamburger…
… she’d be a free range turkey burger with caramelized onions, Swiss cheese, ruby red tomatoes, crisp lettuce and garden herb mayo on a freshly baked wheat bun, served with an avocado shake. Introducing the “Michelle Melt”.
Video of the Day: Pasta magic: making noodles by hand
Lots of stretching, bouncing and pulling of flour? With a kinda annoying host and tasty looking results? Why, it’s a chef demonstrating Chinese noodles being made by hand!
Poh poached by ABC
The ABC said this week that MasterChef Australia Poh Ling Yeow will be the star of its new cooking show to be screened in 2010. If successful, she could end up with a longer career in the public eye than winner Julie Goodwin.
VIDEO: How to make a home-cooked meal in a hotel room
Comedian George Egg demonstrates how to cook tortellini with spinach and fresh-baked English muffins, all in a hotel room, using just what he finds there.
How to crack an egg with one hand
We got such a positive response when we posted a video on how to open a banana like a monkey, we couldn’t help but share this one too.
Why we love cooking shows, but hate cooking
MasterChef, Hell’s Kitchen, The Naked Chef… our appetite for TV cooking shows continues to grow unabated. So why are we spending increasingly less time in the kitchen ourselves? asks food activist Michael Pollan.
How to make the perfect hamburger
The New York Times dissects the essential ingredients of the perfect hamburger, from the meat to the shape.
Do men and women cook differently?
Do male and female chefs create different flavoured foods? Five food experts undergo a tasting test.
