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Probably the Best Dinner Recipe in the World

1. Take a stroll along a sun-kissed, palm-tree lined Hawaiian beach.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Find a fresh, fallen coconut, like this one. (Train shown actual size).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Carve the husk off the coconut with a sharp rock (see: Tom Hanks in Castaway for details.) After removing the husk, find an even larger rock (or a hammer) to access the delicious fresh coconut flesh.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Find a "fish with fresh coconut" recipe on the Internet, and - hey preso - rustle up an unforgettable avocado, ginger, lime and coriander relish to go with the fish. Serve with a ceiling fan and cold Hawaiian beer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mahalo!

Eat your heart out, Gordon Ramsay!

In case you hadn't noticed, Emma has started blogging again. If your cooking - and indeed your life - needs a little inspiration, I would heartily recommend you check out her new culinary-and-home-improvement-themed blog.

Now, before you accuse me of shameless immitation, I would like to point out that the video embedded below was created BEFORE Emma started out on her new writing adventures.

If memory serves me well, it was recorded shortly after we watched Gordon Ramsay's bizarre TV Christmas special together.

At its conclusion, I thought to myself: "I could bloody do that!" and a few days thereafter, I enlisted Emma and William to join me in my own reality TV-inspired cooking lesson, to prove the point.

So, here it is: Strogonoff a la McCulloch. A few of you have been lucky enough to sample my delicious signature dish over the years, but now - and as my New Year's gift to you - I offer you the recipe AND the magic cooking flourishes that make it so special.

Bon Appetit!