Congrats Kathy and Jude!
Ohhhh if I was ever to write a cookbook, I think one like Green Kitchen Travels would be my absolute dream.
Travel, eat amazing vegetarian food, come home, and translate those experiences into recipes for you.
Luise + David from Green Kitchen Stories has made the most utterly gorgeous compendium of cuisine from amazing places they’ve been. Jealousy was in overload from the minute I opened the cover.
I’ve been a huge fan of their blog since I reviewed their first book, The Green Kitchen, which is still a favourite on my shelf. I even recommend it as one of my vegetarian cookbook staples, and tell people to get their app all the time. Their food is super-healthy without being weird, and it’s naturally pretty in a sweet kind of humble way.
Recipes that stood out to me were the mushroom and tofu dumplings, the aubergine bites with honey and lime, the harira soup, and the Paruppu dhal curry. I want to eat them all, right now, one after the other. They cover breakfast, street food, salads/sides, soups, dinner, “drips and drops”, desserts, and condiments.
As well as recipes, they share their food philosophy, which is very similar to mine (veggies, good fat, natural sweeteners, whole grains, legumes, seeds, nuts, and fruit, organic where possible, party occasionally), and tips for travelling with kids. Although their tips are much more wholesome than mine!
Thanks to Hardie Grant, two of you will win a copy of Green Kitchen Travels. All you have to do is leave a comment describing the most amazing meal you had on your travels somewhere. We’ll pick a winner based on that answer and post you out a copy of your very own.
Competition closes Wednesday November 26 at midnight daylight savings time. Australian residents only, please (sorry!).
Meanwhile, would you LOOK AT THIS KID! A-do-ra-ble.
Malinda says
I have had so many amazing meals across the world but the one that popped first into my head was one day in Paris, it was mothers day back in Australia and my husband and little almost 2 year old took me to the produce market on the street in front of our place where we loaded up our bag with bits and pieces of everything that looked amazing and walked across the city to sit on the grass in front of the Eiffel tower and munch our way through our bag of treasures. Everything tasted sweeter, juicier, just better that day.
Cheekiechops says
Ubud, Bali, a turmeric aloe soda (I kid you not, it was so refreshing and delicious) and green pandan pancakes with agave at Sari Organik in the rice fields, it was raining, my companions were off hiking, my husband and daughters were at home in Melbs…I was by myself. It was delicious and freeing and solved a lot of world problems in my satiated bliss.
Carly Wilson says
the most amazing meal I had was when I was taking a ‘break’ a day on my own to absorb some news about my health. I took a day trip to a town not too far from our home .. a delightful place called Daylesford and stopped in a gorgeous down to earth cafe called the Larder. I had an amazing lunch of quinoa fritters, a poached egg, labne and smoked salmon with a rocket salad. It was the most delicious and simple meal .. it really nourished my soul. I have ‘replicated’ the meal many times at home since and it always brings back the humbling memories of that day and makes me remember that it is whole and simple food that nourishes us.
Dan says
The most amazing meal we ever had on our travels was when we had been on the road for about 8 hours with an 18 month and a 4 year old, travelling through central Australia (midway through a 6 month camping adventure). Travelling with kids is great, but the food just about everywhere on offer on the road for kids involves deep fried mystery meat with chips, especially in outback Australia. We pulled in at Renner Springs at twilight – the only place for hours either direction. We ended up devouring the most AMAZINGLY fresh homemade veggie burgers, and the kids had a huge bowl of homemade veggie soup with damper made on a campfire by Doreen, the toothless-tattooed-rough-as-guts-with-a-heart-of-gold house cook/petrol bowser repair lady/chick you get the toilet key off. To say we were in heaven is an understatement. And then the girls and I wandered up the Stuart Highway for a few kilometers into the fading sunset while my husband had a quiet moment to himself, and picked us up just as the sun finally set over the desert, and we continued on our way under the twinkling stars. That was an amazing experience, and damn good tucker.
Jo says
Tua tua fritters in New Zealand! In the 80s with 7 sets of Aunties and Uncles and millions of cousins- we caught them and our Nana made the most heavenly historic fritters! Sooo good!!! I even have a scar on my hand from shelling them a ridic huge knife! With all the regulations you can’t fish for them like that anymore so it’s a real fond family and food drool memory for us all!
Catherine says
It was a bowl of pho in Hanoi in Vietnam many years ago. It was served at a roadside cafe, with the traffic streaming by and we were sitting on those little chairs made for kindergarten children. The pho was a heady mix of coriander and chillis with noodles and beef strips floating in it and it was topped of by a handful of sliced chilli peppers, beansprouts and mint.
Esther says
Hey there! I think my most vivid memory of a fully satisfying meal would have to be when my older sister and I traveled to Singapore. They had the most spectacular food! There was such a diverse mixture between high-end meals and restaurants, then there were the cheap and delicious street food! The ‘coffee shops’, as the locals call it, are found everywhere – literally! There was one around the corner, up the road, near the shopping malls – just anywhere available! The prices were unbelievable, as I could buy a generous plate of noodles or local chicken and rice for under $5 — drinks included! I’m definitely going to get too carried away, so the most amazing meal I’ve yet to discover in Singapore was a plate of satay chicken, accompanied with a fresh cup of coconut water! The taste is practically indescribable! The distinct flavours of the satay bursted in my mouth with every mouthful (not that it took too long to finish one stick). The fresh coconut water was better than the ones in Australia, as they were locally sourced from nearby trees that beared them (they were much cheaper too!). You can actually see them freshly cut open the coconuts and watch them pour the delicious liquid into a cup filled with ice, making it perfectly chilled. That was definitely one of my meals that I can remember in my Asia adventures! I must also say that I am a bit jealous of the fact that fresh papayas are available 24/7 on that small island! Along with that, the freshly pressed sugar cane drinks are unbelievably sweet-tasting. I love travelling around the world and exploring new cultures along with the foods, ranging from seriously indulgent desserts, to the raw/vegan/organic/gluten-free treats and meals. Thankyou so much for this opportunity! It’s a small thing, but it means the world to me having the chance to win the cookbook. Thankyou so much xxx
V says
Oh how sad I have yet to have a totally amazing meal while away. These sound delish.
amandagorton says
While in America at Disneyland I was so intrigued and amazed (I never thought it existed) by the Jumbo Disney Turkey Leg on offer that I just had to have one. The thing was HUGE and smokey, salty, juicy, and MEATY! I actually felt like my comic idol, Homer Simpson!
Carolyn says
what dreams are made of….freshly cracked bulging sand crab claws smothered with fresh silky ripe how I like it avocados … slurped down with a crispy cold champers…
sitting in the middle of mangroves & crocs on a fishing boat happy days way north in Oz!
AN B says
One spring evening in Dubrovnik we had an amazing dessert – rozata (local version of creme caramel) with little glasses of plum brandy in the old town square, watching Croatia play in the European Cup on the big screen set up against the medieval clock tower.
Shari says
I think I may have been in Dubrovnik around the same time as the last commentor. My favourite foodie travel memory also comes from Dubrovnik…my husband is Croatian and so we found a tiny restaurant one night – where the tables sat right next to the water {and you could actually dip your feet in the ocean}. My husband ordered the local favourites and we sat with the owners drinking their homemade wine. Best rajika I have ever had – and I don’t even like the drink here in Australia.
jude says
It immediately came to mind, a mozzarella pizza on the road just after crossing the border from Switzerland to Italy coming off a gastro bug. Three girls in a tiny gaseous car and a delicate appetite. It was divine, it may have been the low oxygen levels up there, but we all three were restored and spoke of that pizza for years to come.
Maria says
I was in Italy visiting family and an aunt from Milan made the most delicious Vitello Tonnato. The tuna sauce was to die for and the veal melt in your mouth. I ate so much of it I thought I was going to be ill…
Carol James says
Well this might sound a bit strange but my best meal was at Hooters on the Gold Coast first class all the way .
Karina Lee says
Suckling pig, so crispy on the outside and juicy tender on the inside that you could carve it with a plate,,which is what this restaurant in Segovia is famous for!
Jasmin Henery says
I always remember the vegetarian massaman curry I had at Song Thai restaurant in Brooklyn, NYC. I asked them to add pineapple in it. It was so delicious! They also make the best veg spring rolls I’ve EVER tasted 🙂
Kathy says
The most amazing meal I had was breakfast made by an Irish Mother wearing a fur coat in a Bed and Breakfast in Limerick Ireland. Amazing food – came with a lecture about going to church as welll!!!!
Sarah Wallace says
These stories are facinating. So evocative. I’m in those cafes, beside roads, in cities smelling and tasting your food and having those adventures. Mine was on a trek in Nepal with severe bombay belly, being tended to by an old Indian man who insisted on walking on my stomach. I was saved from his kindly ministrations by my unknown future husband. Half starved and half better, the future Man fed me a simple dhal prepared by the villagers. Our celebration food.
Elizabeth Wooden says
Po boys at a back woods bar in Northern Wisconsin!! So good and so much fun.. the beers were pretty good too 🙂
sarah says
Oh, gosh! It would be nearly impossible to pick just one! But the first dish that comes to my mind was when I was in New Zealand – they had the best foods there! I absolutely love their hotels and snowy mountain tops where you could skii, skate, slide and walk on! It was pretty cold there, so we opted for a nice warm soup. The satisfying taste of the warm goodness is unforgettable! I was in snow clothes and winter beanies and mittens and I remember sitting down to a lovely warm cup of hot chocolate to accompany the soup! It was a day to remember 🙂
george says
may i ask, if we won, how would we know?? it would be great if someone could get back to me. thankyou so much xxx
Veggie Mama says
Hi George – I email all winners, and announce it at the top of the post. I’m just waiting on one of the winners to get back to me. If they don’t, I will have to choose a new one. Not too much longer x