5 Minute Food Fix

Burrata was a bit of a fad food for a while there. Which didn't make it any less wonderful... but how do we imagine best serving this magical, pendulous bell of lactose now that we have had some expe…

Yumi and Simon are astonished to realise that their respective kids have ALL been reading Garfield comics and this has influenced their desire to eat LASAGNA!

Trouble is - good lasagna is pretty time…

Your hosts are VERY INTERESTED to note that the flavour of the legendary ANZAC biscuit has been co-opted and is now a ....crumble topping?

What do you think?

There are an infinite number of recipes but…

Simon absolutely got me onboard for fancy and considerably more expensive *smoked* salt.

But as his "fancy" side becomes more and more apparent, the upgrade is revealed!

FANCY SALT GARLIC BREAD

Leave…

Yumi has an update on what she's been inspired to cook due to working on this podcast...

She also wants to share a brilliant way of cooking TEMPEH, a delicious, vegan protein - with OUT deep frying it…

Nigella Lawson is coming to Australia!! - - and your food-obsessed, Nigella loving hosts can't decide whether they can stump up for a ticket. What would you do?

(You can email us your thoughts any tim…

Got fussy kids?

I FEEL YOUR PAIN!

Mine don't eat a huge variation of foods and I get tired of spinning the existing recipes 'round and 'round and around again...

The new thing they *might* actually try…

The annual Melbourne Food and Wine Festival is a big event on the International Foodie calendar and Simon was there getting amongst it.

World's Greatest Baker Richard Hart was there and the two got t…

It's not every day that you get to interview an acclaimed and genuinely cool English author who can sell out rooms here in Australia... but that's what Yumi was doing (for her other job) when somethi…

SPOILER: Yumi's is Japanese fermented soy beans, "natto" (pronounced: "nut - or"), and Simon's is the recipe below for Spicy Tuna Pasta.

They'll also talk about what "alone time" means for busy parent…

When the holidays loom, it's easy to feel like making plans is just ONE MORE JOB on our already overloaded TO-DO LISTS!

SIMON'S EASTER HOLIDAYS OLIVE OIL CAKE

Grease and line 20cm cake tin

Pre heat 180C

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RETHINKING ingredients can take a bit of brain elasticity.

For example? I always thought pine needles had to be served as full needles! But they can be finely chopped to excellent, delicious effect.

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A lot of families have a carousel of meals they cook on rotation. Simon and Yumi both have this - and it can get boring. The spins can lack variety and surprise!

And you know what else? Every now and …

My kids will go camping simply on the promise of a foil-wrapped, campfire roasted potato.

They'll endure tent-sleeping in torrential rain for them!

So what do you do if you can't have a camp fire? (Na…

Does cooking for one sound sad? Depressing? Lonely?

It's kind of okay - if you're armed with some hacks so you're not starting from scratch every meal.

YUMI'S ANCHOVY SALAD DRESSING (TO LEAVE IN THE F…

When figs are plentiful, one must pounce! Like a cat upon a native endangered bird!

The beauty of figs is that they are seasonal. Nothing signals the *sigh* End of Summer like figs being plentiful and…

Simon is freshly inspired by the experience of being on a cookbook shoot where Pomelo was front, centre... and portrait.

Both Yumi and Simon get a little misty remembering what a different world it w…

Both your hosts have had brilliant restaurant experiences recently.

Yumi's was at the fairly new Bessie's in Surry Hills, Sydney, and Simon ate again at chef Josh Niland's sublime St Peter in Paddo. …

Yumi gets misty-eyed about all the travel she's not doing ...but would like to, and shares her thoughts on how to react when your adult kid loses their passport. While overseas.

WALNUT PESTO!

100g waln…

On this consistently top-rating food podcast, your hosts try not to cack themselves laughing while they explain a way to Trojan Horse good foods into your kids via a food they feel safe with: TOAST.

E…