Salmon Patties

Recipe/ Blog Post: Salmon Patties.

So that we have something to do with the next large lump of Christmas salmon.

Soda bread & Beer Cupcakes

Article & Recipe: Irish Soda Bread.

Soda bread is made with buttermilk, and the acid in it reacts with the baking soda to make the bread rise. Originally, this bread was baked in a pot, which gave it a firm, moist texture.

Recipe: Beer cupcakes.

Despite the addition of Guinness, these cakes are not at all bitter; instead, the beer adds richness and moisture, and balances the sweetness of the sugar.

Khaukswe Chicken. Nutritious Mexican food

Recipe: Khaukswe Chicken.

Article/ Recipe: The nutritious way to cook Mexican food.

Tex-Mex food may conjure images of sour cream or melted cheese dolloped on top of a bowl of tortilla chips, but real Mexican food is dominated not by fat-fuelled Western interpretations of the Central American diet but by the highly nutritious cereal maize, which is made into true tortillas (thin griddle cakes) and dumplings.

Wasabi Bloody Marys. American Steak

Recipe: Wasabi Bloody Marys.

Article and Recipes: A view to a grill.

A short article about the superiority of the American steak, with some steak recipes at the end.

I discovered that one of the secrets of American steak cookery lay in the cooking process. To achieve that deliciously tasty and coveted "crust", the steak must first be cooked over coals on a grill, before being finished at super-hot temperatures, as high as 1,200F, in a large mechanism called a broiler.

Avocado Pasta, Beef Pho, Curry

Recipe: Avocado pesto pasta.

Recipe: Beef Pho

Article / Recipe: How to prepare a coconut-based curry.

Comes with sidebar recipes for lamb curry, beef curry, Penang fish curry, and two types of chicken curry.