A freelance food writer, Melissa has written for The Good Food Shopping Guide 2011, SMH Everyday Eats Guide 2011, Time Out Sydney, Daily Addict, judged the City Search Best in the City for Sydney and hosts The Friday Delicious on FBi Radio. Also a food media consultant, she has worked with clients like Jared Ingersoll and Adriano Zumbo.
Like many classic dishes from The Straits that my mother cooked when I was a kid, I’ve been putting off cooking beef rendang for years because I was paranoid about not being able…