Ridiculously Easy Pastry Dough

Ridiculously Easy Pastry Dough

Laurel Watson This is one of the strangest recipes I’ve ever come across in my travels through the internet… it intrigued me immediately.. a French woman posted it (always a good start) and claimed it made a lovely short, sweet … Read more »

The Reluctant Baker

The Reluctant Baker

  Virgil Evetts I’m a cook, DEFINITELY not a chef, and barely or at least very reluctantly a baker.  It’s not that I can’t bake,  I can hold my own given a bit of persuasion and arm twisting,  but I’ve … Read more »

Low Cholesterol Diets

Low Cholesterol Diets

The Truth about Low Cholesterol Diets – Deborah Land a. Myths about Cholesterol – the Good and Bad Sides  Most people view cholesterol as a bad thing, but the truth is there are actually two types of it. There is … Read more »

Dulce de Batata - Kumara Paste

Dulce de Batata – Kumara Paste

summerfields foods In our post on making quince paste, we mentioned we came across a recipe for doing the same thing with sweet potato. Dulce de Batata as it is also known. It sounded quite an interesting idea. Dulce de … Read more »

The one-track lunch loop

The one-track lunch loop

Virgil Evetts After many years of treading the 9-5 commuter grind, I’m now working from home. So far it’s a welcome change and I’m liking it more every day. I could get quite used to the hours of uninterrupted silence to … Read more »

Coffee Posers

Coffee Posers

Virgil Evetts What is it with people and their coffee preferences? Once upon a time coffee was either white or black, filter or instant. Sure it tasted bloody horrible, but at least there was little room for pretensions and misguided … Read more »

Why do we do it?

Why do we do it?

Laurel Watson I admit it, I’m a Masterchef fan, I watched the Australian show and I’ve just watched the grand final of our home grown version (can someone tell me the difference between a final and a grand final?) and … Read more »