Culinary expert takes the humble spud to a new level

FOR the home cook, it’s a daily challenge to keep the food on the table interesting and appealing to everyone. We want something familiar and comforting, but not the same old, same old dishes.

Taking one of the kitchen’s most familiar and comforting ingredients — the cheap and cheerful potato — food magazine Flavours threw the challenge to popular cooking instructor and cookbook author Catherine Lau to turn some of our favourite — but boring — everyday dishes around.