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There is much comfort to be found in the kitchen during the colder, rainier months. This week, our contributing chef Elizabeth Hewson brings us some highlights from her autumn-winter kitchen. For a flavoursome dinner with soul, try Elizabeth's lovely chicken meatballs in broth, a dish she recommends to eat on the couch. This is a simple, delicious dinner option that can become a staple in your house. Also delicious is her chocolate bundt cake which has a dash of coffee for extra flavour. Lovely cooking for these cold rainy days.

Curries are a big hit in winter too. Mehak Kansal offers the sort of unpretentious cookery that I love. She describes her food as "Indian with a global soul", meaning she pinches a few flavours and tricks from other cultures when the need arises. Her Goan chicken and prawn satay curry will be a regular in our house, and her two lamb curries offer a great incentive to get to the stove too.

Happy cooking.

Elizabeth Meryment

The Weekend Australian Magazine

Recipes

WINTER COOKING

A comforting chicken stew to help you through rainy days

It’s food to ladle into big bowls and eat with both hands wrapped around it, knees tucked up under the table or up on the couch.

ELIZABETH HEWSON

BAKING

This impressive chocolate cake is easier than it looks

No heavy machinery is needed for this cake – the fat is oil, not butter, which so often demands to be creamed.

By ELIZABETH HEWSON

CURRIES

These two curries break all the rules, and that’s just fine

My style of cooking is global with an Indian soul. I cook this way because I love the simplicity and versatility of this approach; I love the way it allows me to layer cultures wit...

By MEHAK KANSAL

CURRIES

Spice up your lamb chops with this tikka marinade

The marinade tenderises the meat, and it becomes so juicy that this will surely be a recipe you want to cook over and over again.

By MEHAK KANSAL

Wine

Cellar director John Lehmann offers a massive saving of $146 this week on a super six offer on three intriguing red wines. Details here.

Riesling royalty born in Great Southern land

Western Australia’s sprawling cool-climate region has become one of Australia’s best producers of premium riesling from iconic vineyards carefully selected in the 1960s and 70s.

By JOHN LEHMANN AND TOM SMITHIES

Winemaking giant pours himself into a label ‘full of potential’

After a soaring five-decade career, much of it spent as chief winemaker at Treasury Wine Estates, the artful Chris Hatcher finally puts his name on the label. The results are superb.

By NICK RYAN

From our recipe collection

WINTER FOOD

Lennox Hastie’s simplest soup to warm your cold nights

A bowl of comforting soup with a piece of warm bread… simple, but sometimes that’s all you need

By LENNOX HASTIE

Journeys

‘Once-in-a-lifetime stuff of dreams’: cruising the Arctic Circle

This journey is at once surreal and thrilling. There is no other place in the world quite like it.

By ELIZABETH MERYMENT

P.S

Chef Clare Smyth's food needs to be seen to be believed. Based mostly in London, she also runs the fine dining restaurant Oncore in Sydney. How can a chef run successful restaurants in two cities across the world? She tells Jessica Clement how she does it (hint: video cameras) in this revealing interview here.