The Food Canon

I love tempeh. You can get it fresh and cheap if you buy it in the wet markets. I prefer to use the paper wrapped ones with leafs but those larger ones that come in plastic is fine too. The supermarket ones are fine too (refrigerated section) but you will pay a bit more. This simple recipe is fast and easy to do....

I love beef rendang. We love beef rendang. As I have said in an earlier book and in my cookbook, local beef cooked the rendang way transforms it into a very special dish. From the humble to the sublime, slowly braised, beef rendang is to Malays what beef bourguignon is to the French.I made a batch recently where some diners felt that it was...