Never thought I would be able to say that I like dolmades. This is the sort of dish one wonders about when it isn't great. I am sure we've all had moments when we've wondered , sometimes aloud, on the motives behind people who persist on making food that is not particularly appealing.  Why waste your life on a fruitless activity? Why waste precious resources? I firmly believe that life's too short for mediocre food.This is especially  true whenever it's obvious that whoever prepared the ...

The 2010 March Daring Cooks challenge was hosted by Eleanor of MelbournefoodGeek and Jess of Jessthebaker. They chose to challenge Daring Cooks to make risotto. The various components of their challenge recipe are based on input from the Australian Masterchef cookbook and the cookbook Moorish by Greg Malouf. Thank you Eleanor and Jess for hosting this event!

I decided to adapt a recipe by Giorgio Locatelli whose book "Made in Italy" has been sitting on my shelf for a few months staring back a...