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Stop! Don’t shoot…

…I haven’t washed the floors yet!

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Tomorrow Ali turns up ( Catseye Productions ) to do our first photo shoot for Tropical Cuisine: Cooking in Clare’s Kitchen.  So the morning will be filled with a flurry of cooking in preparation for her arrival.  Let’s hope between us we come up with some shots to [...]

Coconut and tapioca flour pancakes

I developed this gluten and dairy free pancake after experimenting with a pancake recipe that was based on tapioca flour from Rodah Lester’s African cookbook which can be purchased from www.lulu.com .  I’ve also added coconut flour, which can be purchased on the internet and in good health stores, reduced the sugar and replaced the [...]

Papaya soup

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There are two versions of this soup I’ve encountered attributed to John Kotow; the first in the Radiant Living archives, and the second via a friend.  My experimentation with papaya soup began with a recipe my friend Simona gave me, which she had been given by her friend Dorothy, who had sourced it [...]

Black sapote red wine gravy and crisp breadfruit chips

I am hooked on my black sapote red wine gravy.  Last night we had it with roast chicken, and this morning I quickly pan-steamed a pile of Brazilian spinach then added the remaining gravy, and served it with bantam eggs, grilled Roma tomatoes from the Atherton Tableland and crispy bacon from Northern Smallgoods, butchers in [...]