Look! It’s Poulet Basquaise!

Now, this dish is a regional favourite of mine and pretty popular in our house.  I am always surprised at how tasty it is given the few basic ingredients it is made from. In keeping true to the Basque tradition I have made this tonight using Piment d’Espelette.  This is a hot chilli pepper grown…

Nice to eat you, Marengo Chicken

Fancy sharing a meal with Napoléon?  Well, if so you are about 200 years too late, but all is not lost!  Come over and whip up the recipe for Marengo Chicken, a dish created and served by Napoléon’s personal cook in honour his victory in the Battle of Marengo. So, I may not know much about…

Congratulations Simon!

Woohoo!  What a great effort from Victorian Simon Gerrans last night to win Stage 3 on the Tour de France!  Memo to the Orica GreenEdge bus driver … this is what the Team Manager actually meant when he said that the team needed to ‘take out a stage’ on Corsica … Although your  individual efforts…