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Tear it up

Feels like home: 'This dish has made me cry on many, many occasions'

Indian kadhi is profound for Gunjan Aylawadi from Sydney's Flyover Fritterie. It inspires many tears and FaceTime chats with family.
Feeling cheesy

Feels like home: This Palestinian kunafeh took months to perfect

The cheesy Middle Eastern dessert by Melbourne’s Kunafeh House is unlike any version you'll find in Australia.
Grandma's cooking

Feels like home: A bowl of po po's shallot braised chicken

When John Puah makes shallot braised chicken, it reminds him of the bond he and his grandma created through food.
Honey child

Feels like home: Grandmother's macha stacked beef enchiladas

Toni Rands, also known as Honey Child, is a Hawaiian-born Creole αnd Mexican cook who now lives in Tasmania. Her food truck serves the dishes she grew up with.
Priceless

Feels like home: Grandma's golden fusilli takes this chef back to Salento

Chef Andrea Taccone of Sydney's only Salentinian restaurant shares a recipe from his grandma's handwritten cookbook.
Kosher

Feels like home: Chocolate macaroons are my Passover must

This Jewish baker finds that her sweet tooth ramps up during Passover and that she wants to eat her mother's kosher chocolate macaroons.
Centuries in the making

Feels like home: The Egyptian eggplant dish worth eating thousands of times

At Sydney's Aalia, Paul Farag is drawing on 10th century books and family history to highlight lesser-known Middle Eastern dishes.
Winging it

Feels like home: Cola chicken that will win over the pickiest eater

A hit in Hong Kong during the '90s, this recipe transforms a can of soda into a dark, sticky sauce that coats chicken wings.
Roll with it

Feels like home: Fried potato tacos that taste like Mexico City memories

Daniella Guevara Muñoz runs Adelaide'a La Popular taqueria. Flautas de papa connect her to family and are the ultimate comfort food.
Nose to tail

Feels like home: Braised cabbage with fruit is Czech cuisine's answer to sweet and sour

Czech food is about making the most of what you have, from using the whole animal to making cabbage interesting.
Drive that char

Feels like home: A legendary chef shares a legendary Malaysian recipe

Malaysian-Australian chef Cheong Liew offers his take on char kway teow – a dish that vividly shows Malaysia's culinary influences.
Grandma's cooking

Feels like home: A Peruvian paella born of a love story

Yuriko Sung was born in Lima, Peru, to a family of restaurateurs. She now runs her own catering business fusing Peruvian and international flavours.
A-maize-ing

Feels like home: Molotes are stuffed masa pockets that connect this chef with her mum's family

Rosa Cienfuegos only ate molotes when she visited her aunt's house, but she started making them in Australia to feel closer to her mum's family.
Mal-cheese

Feels like home: This is the Maltese cheese you've never tried but need to

Ġbejna is the Maltese cheese that has been made and eaten by people living on the Maltese islands for hundreds of years. But in Australia, it's virtually unheard...
In the simmer

Feels like home: Vietnamese stuffed tofu simmered in tomato sauce

At age 10, Ha Nguyen had begun to cook. Starting at such a young age instilled in him a love for sharing food, which led to the creation of Otao Kitchen cooking...
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