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Cooking Tips

How to de-vein prawns with Curtis Stone

It’s generally preferable to de-vein prawns before you cook them. I don’t like to fight with my food once it’s on my plate. I’ll occasionally play with my food but not have to start getting picky trying to find remove a yucky black intestinal cord filled with sea bed waste. So, before you cook them,…

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Kitchen Skills

How to remove the skin from a fillet of fish with Curtis Stone

In preparation for the big day Curtis Stone shows you how to remove the skin from a fillet of fish. Curtis is using salmon in this example but the same principle applies for all. Lay the fillet flat on the board and starting at the tail cut down to the blood line and the work…

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Kitchen Skills

How to carve a turkey with Curtis Stone

Curtis Stone shows us how to carve a turkey. He shows us the traditional way of carving the turkey at the table and a second method which takes place in the kitchen before serving. Firstly make sure you have a sharp knife and use long strokes while holding the turkey firmly in place with a…

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Cooking Tips

Braai Cooking Tips – The Snake Method, long and slow.

While we are very much an instant gratification society slow cooking does have it’s merits, like more beer drinking time while you hang around the braai. The Snake Method is great for pork ribs and other slow cooked meat. By adding some smoking wood you can add a great smoked flavour to your meat. You…

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Kitchen Skills

How to prepare a pomegranate

Here are some tips for preparing a pomegranate and getting at the seeds. The first method is to simply slice in half and then over a bowl tap away until all the seeds have fallen out. Some of the membrane might be in there so you’ll have to pick it out. The second method is…

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Know Your Ingredients

Is Sustainable Bluefin Tuna Achievable? [video]

A fishery in Japan has begun farming bluefin tuna in response to the declining catch. The fishery in Wakayama, Japan is believed to be the only fishery in the world that spawns bluefin tuna which is near extinction and on the SASSI Red List. If you want to help save the bluefin tuna don’t buy…

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Know Your Ingredients

Watch babies eating ice cream for the first time… they love it!

Eating a particular food for the first time can be one of two types of experience, one filled with delight or disappointment. When it comes to ice cream however it can generally be guaranteed to be one of pure delight, especially chocolate. Watch this little video of babies experiencing ice cream for the very first…

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