Melissa Cook

In the current anything-goes climate, people are embracing unconventional methods to bring in extra income, and one particularly intriguing trend involves showcasing one's tootsies for financial gain.

NDTV Swirlster speaks to Masterchef Australia's Melissa Leong on her comfort food favourite and viral food trends during the quarantine

Canned beans are never going to be as good as home-cooked dried beans, no matter how many seasonings you add to your pot.

The rice fritters are vaguely reminiscent of arancini, the classic Sicilian fried rice balls, except they are pancake flat rather than orange round (arancia is Italian for orange).

I'm talking about easy meals that your hands can manage on their own, leaving your mind free to ruminate about your hard day at work or help your kids memorize their multiplication tables.

Cook those potatoes Brooklyn style! Potatoes cooked in large and hot charcoal fire.

The myth that you need to be an Italian grandmother to make great pasta was so ingrained in Anna Klinger that when she went to Italy as a young cook to study the craft, she assumed it would take years to master.

You've cooked your way through quinoa of every color, dabbled in amaranth and moved beyond millet. That farro and kale salad? It's been in your dinner party rotation for at least two years.

Healthy can still be tasty, say Jasmine and Melissa Hemsley and this delicious mungo recipe proves it.

If Italy's most celebrated modernist chef is coming over to make brunch, don't be surprised if he shows up packing a sleek nitrous oxide siphon. It's just for the breadcrumb foam.Massimo Bottura, the energetic chef and owner of the three-Michelin-star...

Time was, when you talked about Britain's global reach, you were referring to colonies, not cuisine. Though the empire ranged far and wide, you would never know it from the chip butties (a French fry sandwich) and mushy peas on plates back home; we Americans...

I have a friend who makes kimchee from scratch, can produce molecular-cuisine-inspired foams and gelées and has even deep-fried an entire Thanksgiving turkey on his petite patio.But steaming a pot of mussels? Now that intimidates him.That cooking mussels...

In the current anything-goes climate, people are embracing unconventional methods to bring in extra income, and one particularly intriguing trend involves showcasing one's tootsies for financial gain.

NDTV Swirlster speaks to Masterchef Australia's Melissa Leong on her comfort food favourite and viral food trends during the quarantine

Canned beans are never going to be as good as home-cooked dried beans, no matter how many seasonings you add to your pot.

The rice fritters are vaguely reminiscent of arancini, the classic Sicilian fried rice balls, except they are pancake flat rather than orange round (arancia is Italian for orange).

I'm talking about easy meals that your hands can manage on their own, leaving your mind free to ruminate about your hard day at work or help your kids memorize their multiplication tables.

Cook those potatoes Brooklyn style! Potatoes cooked in large and hot charcoal fire.

The myth that you need to be an Italian grandmother to make great pasta was so ingrained in Anna Klinger that when she went to Italy as a young cook to study the craft, she assumed it would take years to master.

You've cooked your way through quinoa of every color, dabbled in amaranth and moved beyond millet. That farro and kale salad? It's been in your dinner party rotation for at least two years.

Healthy can still be tasty, say Jasmine and Melissa Hemsley and this delicious mungo recipe proves it.

If Italy's most celebrated modernist chef is coming over to make brunch, don't be surprised if he shows up packing a sleek nitrous oxide siphon. It's just for the breadcrumb foam.Massimo Bottura, the energetic chef and owner of the three-Michelin-star...

Time was, when you talked about Britain's global reach, you were referring to colonies, not cuisine. Though the empire ranged far and wide, you would never know it from the chip butties (a French fry sandwich) and mushy peas on plates back home; we Americans...

I have a friend who makes kimchee from scratch, can produce molecular-cuisine-inspired foams and gelées and has even deep-fried an entire Thanksgiving turkey on his petite patio.But steaming a pot of mussels? Now that intimidates him.That cooking mussels...