South Australia has everything a food lover could ever possibly wish for; incredible wine, fabulous local produce, a plethora of artisan bakers, cheese makers and numerous dairies (the milk/yoghurt product sort not the corner sort), making South Australia arguably the … Read more
Verjuice or verjus if you like, has loads of uses in the kitchen and it really is a case of the more you use it the more you will. The juice of unripe grapes, verjuice is produced on a small … Read more
What a busy month it has been with out celebration cake competition taking centre stage. While decorating cakes is not for everyone (me included), I have discovered some fabulous new recipes that I have ready for the next time a … Read more
Thanks to Breville, the Homestore and Pams ® for their amazing prizes! We are now at the final stage of our Celebration Cake Competition with our nine final competitors. Eight were voted by you and the ninth is our wildcard, picked by … Read more
I simply can’t resist foraging, and this autumn has been a bumper one for mushrooms – I come home most mornings from walking the dog with a kilo or so; the flavour is superb, and there’s such pleasure in getting … Read more
This week’s quiz is not all about food but has some extra trivia thrown in as well. Some are tricky and some are dead easy. Take Our Quiz! So how well did you do?
After starting a discussion on food items that linger in your pantry or fridge, sesame seeds seemed to appear on many posts and in particular the black variety seemed to be one of those things that people find difficult to use … Read more
Red gurnard (Chelidonichthys kumu), like most of the worldwide gurnard family, are shallow-water, bottom-dwelling fish. They are found all around New Zealand (except for the southern fiords) on sandy seafloors to a depth of about 180 metres and feed mostly on … Read more
