A chat with Marc Soper exec chef Wharekauhau Counry Lodge

A chat with Marc Soper exec chef Wharekauhau Counry Lodge

Marc has had a stellar career working his way around New Zealand hotels, restaurants, cafes and catering establishments, rising to Chef of the Nation in 2005, then furthering his career overseas at acclaimed Californian restaurants, Restaurant Gary Danko in San Francisco and the French Laundry in Napa Valley. Here he chats with Julie Biuso about the announcement of his 2015 Beef and Lamb Ambassadorship.

Barley

Barley

Barley is a versatile grain and makes a pilaf that is damn near as good as risotto, except you don’t have to stir!

Funny spellings

Funny spellings

You may notice some funny spellings of words on Shared Kitchen and that’s because I am a New Zealander. We spell colour with a u, as they do in England, and fibre, centre, metre as they do, too.

Ras el hanout

Ras el hanout

The ‘top drawer’ of spices – literally – the best spices a spice merchant can put together.

Touch test for cooked beef

Touch test for cooked beef

The temperature of meat will increase for up to 5 minutes after it is removed from the oven or heat source.

Rosemary

Rosemary

Is rosemary easy to grow? So they say. Mmm. I’ve ended up with more dried arrangements than I care to remember.

Coriander/cilantro

Coriander/cilantro

Coriander has a pungent cut-grass cat-pee character offset with an intriguing lemony metallic overtone. As you’d expect, it’s not to everyone’s taste.

Useful to know – green beans

Useful to know – green beans

Beware of out of season beans sold in tinted plastic bags – it’s a scam to enhance their green colour.

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