Dear Kitchen

Love letters to food, cooking, and the moments we share at the table

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Slow-Braised Lamb Shoulder

Slow-Braised Lamb Shoulder

4 hours · Serves 6

Dear Kitchen, today I made time stand still. Four hours of patient braising transformed a humble shoulder into something transcendent...

Crispy Barramundi with Lemon Myrtle

Crispy Barramundi with Lemon Myrtle

25 minutes · Serves 2

Dear Kitchen, tonight I honoured the coast. Barramundi skin crackling like autumn leaves, kissed with native lemon myrtle...

Midnight Pasta Aglio e Olio

Midnight Pasta Aglio e Olio

15 minutes · Serves 1

Dear Kitchen, at midnight, when the world sleeps, we dance. Garlic sizzles, chilli whispers, and fifteen minutes later, pure comfort...

Sunday Roast Chicken

Sunday Roast Chicken

2 hours · Serves 4

Dear Kitchen, Sunday belongs to us. The ritual of roasting, the aroma that fills every corner, the golden skin that crackles under the knife...

Thai Green Curry

Thai Green Curry

30 minutes · Serves 4

Dear Kitchen, tonight we travelled without leaving home. Green curry paste blooming in the pan, coconut milk like silk, Thai basil singing...

Sourdough Focaccia

Sourdough Focaccia

24 hours · Serves 8

Dear Kitchen, patience is a kind of love. Twenty-four hours of waiting, folding, believing. Then dimpled dough, olive oil pools, and the scent of home...

Watermelon & Feta Salad

Watermelon & Feta Salad

10 minutes · Serves 4

Dear Kitchen, summer wrote a letter. Watermelon's sweet juiciness meeting feta's salty edge, mint's cool whisper, Aleppo pepper's gentle heat...

Chocolate Lava Cake

Chocolate Lava Cake

20 minutes · Serves 2

Dear Kitchen, tonight we conjured magic. Twelve minutes exactly. Not eleven, not thirteen. The moment the spoon breaks through, molten chocolate flows...

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