comfortfoods

SouperChef Special | Salmon Quinoa Corn Chowder Fish | Contains Dairy | Gluten-Free Christmas is for slowing down, for travel memories and for a delicate chowder like this. Many years ago, we went on a campervan road trip in Perth. My kids would play on the beaches and I’d cook this chowder for them with […]

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Chicken Cacciatore Chicken | Contains Dairy | Gluten-Free In the magic and mania of Christmas, this is comfort. Inspired by my Tuscany travels, our Chicken Cacciatore is made with marinated chicken braised with country vegetables, amply flavoured with tomatoes, mustard and Parmesan cheese. Portobello mushrooms add a meaty chew while sage gives a mellow woodsy […]

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Chicken Cacciatore Chicken | Contains Dairy | Gluten-Free In the magic and mania of the Christmas season, there’s a comfort in knowing there’s a warm bowl of soup waiting at home for you. Here’s our Chicken Cacciatore, inspired by my trip to Italy in 2012, travelling through the rolling hills of Tuscany. The hunters of Southern […]

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Roasted Caulifower Quinoa Cheese Chowder (Vegetarian | Contains Dairy | Gluten-Free) This year’s rendition of our online Christmas menu sees the glorious comeback of traditional holiday classics, including my Christmas must-have — Cauliflower Cheese Gratin! The cauliflower used to be a poorer cousin of the broccoli, seemingly lacking in vibrancy with its subtle white colour […]

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SouperChef Special | Chicken Cacciatore with Portobello and Sage  Chicken | Contains Dairy | Gluten-Free Pollo alla cacciatore is a traditional Italian hunter-style stew. This was inspired by my trip to Italy in 2012, travelling through the rolling hills of Tuscany. The hunters of Southern Italy would eat this at the end of a long, […]

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Japanese Vegan Sweet Potato Curry (Vegan | Contains Gluten | Dairy-Free | Spicy) Comfort food means different things for different people. For some, it’s a big bowl of noodles. For others, it’s ice cream with chocolate sauce. I asked Junko-san, the lead host for our trip to Japan, what her comfort food is, what she […]

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SouperChef Special | Chicken Cacciatore with Portobello and Sage  Chicken | Contains Dairy | Gluten-Free Pollo alla cacciatore is a traditional Italian hunter-style stew. This was inspired by my trip to Italy in 2012, travelling through the rolling hills of Tuscany. The hunters of Southern Italy would eat this at the end of a long, […]

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My Souperinspiration: Japanese Style Sweet Potato Curry Comfort food means different things for different people. For some, it’s a big bowl of noodles. For others, it’s ice cream with chocolate sauce. During my Souperchefannatravels, I asked Junko-san, the lead host and the director for our trip, what her comfort food is, and what she would […]

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My souperinspiration: Chicken Cacciatore with Portobello and Sage  Pollo alla cacciatore is a traditional Italian hunter-style stew. This was inspired by my trip to Italy in 2012, travelling through the rolling hills of Tuscany. The hunters of Southern Italy would eat this at the end of a long, bitterly cold November day and I suspect it […]

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My Souper Inspiration Festivalo Karaimo World (1-1 Gofuku-cho, Kagoshima City (Tenmonkan) Karaimo (“potatoes from China”; “Kara” refers to China, “Imo” is the Japanese word for potatoes) or satsumaimo is Japanese for sweet potato. Hah, the understated vegetable that has been tagged as poor man’s food in Asia. Well, no one would have guessed that this […]

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