The Durian Cookbook Wins “Best Fruit Book” of the Last 30 Years
The Durian Cookbook has just been named Best Fruit Book of the last 30 years by the Gourmand Awards.


Join Jackie M’s Malaysian Cooking Club for live Zoom cook-alongs, cooking tips, and a friendly online space to learn Malaysian food from home.

The Masters’ Table: Jackie M’s Slow Food Pilgrimage to Hidden Malaysia 9 Days / 8 Nights – 11-19 January 2026 What You’ll Experience Join me, Jackie M, and selected Masters of Malaysian Cuisine (MOMC) chefs on a one-of-a-kind food journey through Kuala Lumpur, Perak and Melaka. Discover the dishes, stories and people that make Malaysian…

Two questions I get asked all the time when I run my market stall, are: Do you have a restaurant somewhere? Do you do other markets? If you’re one of those people who’ve asked me these questions and thought you caught a glimpse of an eyeroll from me in response, I want to reassure you…

During a visit to Ikea Tempe Paul Gray had a craving for Swedish meatballs, but because we were short on time, and also remembering that I had just made some beef balls in the last couple of days that were sitting in the fridge, we decided to tackle turning them into a budget-friendly Malaysian-inspired iteration…

Paul Gray is adding a “budget eating” angle to our South Africa Meets Malaysia broadcasts. In this session, he tackles turning a cheap cut of meat into tender steak.

I don’t know – maybe I was dropped on the head as a baby or something but for as long as I remember, I’ve always wanted to do things the hard way – you know, like the Michael J. Fox/James Woods movie of the same title from the 90s (to all my fellow oldies out…

What South African and Malaysian dishes we cooked up to take with us on a church camp to supplement the food that was going to be served onsite, to make our stay more culinarily memorable.

South Africa Meets Malaysia – cooking steak South African-style, accompanied with Malaysian sides

Some of you (I say some, because I realise I don’t talk about it often enough) would know I micro-produce a range of Handcrafted Dry Curry Paste kits, which are based on the dishes I used to make and sell at my restaurant many, many years ago. (You can check out the range and order…