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Anastasia Miari
February 10, 2021

Nana Mary’s Irish ox tongue and mash

Anastasia Miari
February 10, 2021
 Nana Mary’s Irish ox tongue and mash

“My Nana, Mary Crowley, comes from a little village called Ballyhooly in county Cork. She used to run a little pub and look after eleven kids, which is completely incredible.”

Anastasia Miari
February 9, 2021

Grandma Fenya’s Crucian Carp Borsch

Anastasia Miari
February 9, 2021
Grandma Fenya’s Crucian Carp Borsch

“It’s at our grandparents where we can enjoy doing nothing and dreaming away. Every day at my grandmas we would have a delicious breakfast - with cocoa, pancakes or freshly baked pies.”

Anastasia Miari
January 20, 2021

Nain Gwyneth's Welsh Lobscows with Laverbread from Tomos Parry

Anastasia Miari
January 20, 2021
Nain Gwyneth's Welsh Lobscows with Laverbread from Tomos Parry

“Lobscows is a traditional Welsh hearty dish made with meat and any vegetables available. There are many versions of this recipe, often handed down through the family and vary from town to town throughout Wales.”

Anastasia Miari
January 20, 2021

Nana Chris’s Lamb Neck and Potatoes from Dave Bone

Anastasia Miari
January 20, 2021
Nana Chris’s Lamb Neck and Potatoes from Dave Bone

“This is one of those simple yet satisfying comfort food recipes that fills me with nostalgia whenever I cook it; reminding me of loving hugs from Nana.”

Anastasia Miari
January 15, 2021

Nani Ma’s Zambian Pepper Chicken with Green Beans

Anastasia Miari
January 15, 2021
Nani Ma’s Zambian Pepper Chicken with Green Beans

“Every Friday we’d all gather at ‘Nani Ma’s’ for lunch where there would be a spread laid out that featured a multitude of dishes, all stemming from our Indian heritage – daals, biryanis, meat curries, rotis, grilled chicken and more.”

Anastasia Miari
January 12, 2021

Grandmother Sheila’s Courgettes Stuffed with Veal

Anastasia Miari
January 12, 2021
Grandmother Sheila’s Courgettes Stuffed with Veal

“During cold winters in Saint John on the East Coast of Canada, she used to send me outside while I was still quite small to shovel the snow in her driveway. When I came back inside her house was warm and cosy, the smell of cinnamon, apple cider and candy canes.”

Anastasia Miari
January 4, 2021

Grandmother Brenda's Scottish Ox Tongue Sandwich from Roberta Hall-McCarron

Anastasia Miari
January 4, 2021
Grandmother Brenda's Scottish Ox Tongue Sandwich from Roberta Hall-McCarron

“My sister and I spent lots of time at my grandmother’s house, she would always feed us the most delicious ox tongue and onion sandwiches when we visited her. It doesn’t sound great, but they were delicious. Now I serve this sandwich at brunch in my restaurant from time to time as it reminds me of really happy times as a child.”

Anastasia Miari
December 11, 2020

Granny Charlotte’s Chocolate and Chestnut Mousse Cake from Merlin Labron-Johnson

Anastasia Miari
December 11, 2020
Granny Charlotte’s Chocolate and Chestnut Mousse Cake from Merlin Labron-Johnson

“This recipe is adapted from something my grandmother made for my 28th birthday. It was a magic, mousse-like texture that disappeared from your mouth as you ate it, leaving behind only the delicate flavour of chestnuts, forest floor and rum.”

Anastasia Miari
December 11, 2020

Grandma Doreen's English Fig Rolls from Sam Bryant

Anastasia Miari
December 11, 2020
Grandma Doreen's English Fig Rolls from Sam Bryant

“She would cook the Sunday roast and then do the washing up with a cigarette in her mouth, have a nap, read the papers then spend the rest of the afternoon baking and making tea for an army.”

Anastasia Miari
December 11, 2020

Grandma Zofia’s Polish Wild Mushroom Soup from Alicja Specjalna

Anastasia Miari
December 11, 2020
Grandma Zofia’s Polish Wild Mushroom Soup from Alicja Specjalna

“The problem with Grandma is that she doesn’t have a single recipe. She just does what she thinks is best, using pure intuition and it is, always, the best. Her dishes are always full of flavour, full of fat and she never wastes a single thing that passes through her kitchen.”

Anastasia Miari
July 23, 2020

Grandmother Narmada Lakhani's Gujarati Corn on the Cob Curry from Meera Sodha

Anastasia Miari
July 23, 2020
Grandmother Narmada Lakhani's Gujarati Corn on the Cob Curry from Meera Sodha

“At the age of 83 my grandma has somewhat unreliable hips, but I have never seen her move so quickly to the dining table as when this curry ­is on the menu.”

Anastasia Miari
July 7, 2020

Mam Gwladys’s Seeded Yorkshire Puddings from Anna Jones

Anastasia Miari
July 7, 2020
Mam Gwladys’s Seeded Yorkshire Puddings from Anna Jones

“Sunday dinners at my nan’s were quite something. Dinner was in shifts, and as the littlest we always got to go first, which filled my heart with joy because it was a guarantee of one of Mam’s Yorkshires.”

Anastasia Miari
June 8, 2020

Grandmother Doña Margarita’s Mexican Rice with Chicken Offal From Enrique Olvera

Anastasia Miari
June 8, 2020
Grandmother Doña Margarita’s Mexican Rice with Chicken Offal From Enrique Olvera

“ To me, the rice in this dish makes it one of those dishes that feeds the soul. Although it’s really not just about the dish itself, it’s the ceremony that goes with it.”

Anastasia Miari
April 28, 2020

Yiayia Maria’s Greek Carrot Fritters (Keftedes) from Maria Elia

Anastasia Miari
April 28, 2020
Yiayia Maria’s Greek Carrot Fritters (Keftedes) from Maria Elia

“My grandma came over from Cyprus to help my dad in his restaurant. It’s where I found my passion for cooking.”

Anastasia Miari
April 22, 2020

Gampie Paula's Australian Apple Pie from Maxine Thompson

Anastasia Miari
April 22, 2020
Gampie Paula's Australian Apple Pie from Maxine Thompson

“Paula Thompson was a walking piece of art. Her ability to knock up an apple pie in the blink of an eye made her the envy of her friends.'“

Anastasia Miari
April 3, 2020

Granny Kathryn’s cucumber and tarragon salad from Rosie Birkett

Anastasia Miari
April 3, 2020
Granny Kathryn’s cucumber and tarragon salad from Rosie Birkett

“Granny always laid on a nice home cooked meal and often made this cucumber and tarragon salad, laying it out on the table with some cold cuts. It’s adapted from a very old Penguin Cordon Bleu cookbook and it might just explain my lifelong love of tarragon.”

Anastasia Miari
March 31, 2020

Abuela Tatá’s Uruguayan peach ice cream from Francis Mallmann

Anastasia Miari
March 31, 2020
Abuela Tatá’s Uruguayan peach ice cream from Francis Mallmann

“I can only thank life for such a loving Grandma who taught me taste and left me, as inheritance, a reverie of ripe peaches that no other child has ever had.”

Anastasia Miari
March 28, 2020

Grandmother Hsu Chen Xiu’s Taiwanese stir fry vermicelli from Erchen Chang

Anastasia Miari
March 28, 2020
Grandmother Hsu Chen Xiu’s Taiwanese stir fry vermicelli from Erchen Chang

“Growing up, my most vivid memory is of my grandmother cycling on her red bike, the front basket full of food from the market.”

Anastasia Miari
March 20, 2020

Nonna Elsa’s Italian fior di latte gelato from Sophia Brothers

Anastasia Miari
March 20, 2020
 Nonna Elsa’s Italian fior di latte gelato from Sophia Brothers

“My Nonna has always made everything from scratch, from rolling pasta out on the kitchen table to infusing lemon rind in alcohol for months on end to make the best limoncello I’ve ever tasted.”

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