Meze for a long, lazy lunch is about as good as it gets. We are a family that loves meze. Sitting around a table, and grazing over a board of Mediterranean plates. When I first met my Irishman, a friend…
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Lemon and Passionfruit Curd
Using up an abundance of citrus in our house this past week. It’s citrus season, yay, so the dehydrator has been in constant use, humming along in the background. We are now set for a good few months for dried…
Easy Sour Cream Pastry
I have a pastry-making obsession. It started small. A quiche here, a tart there. Today I’ve made two batches of my easy sour cream pastry for pies and tarts and frozen another batch for later use. One will be used…
Caramelized Balsamic Onion and Thyme Jam
Caramelized balsamic onion and thyme jam is my idea of a pantry staple Everyone has their own idea of what a pantry staple is to them, don’t they? Maybe it’s a favourite bbq sauce, mayonnaise, or a tomato and chilli…
Easy pizza dough from scratch
As far as i’m concerned knowing how to make an easy pizza dough from scratch is an essential life skill. Because really, i can’t think of any occasion where serving pizza isn’t a good idea. Date night, check. Easy dinner…
How to make a sourdough starter
The sourdough infatuation shows no sign of letting up here. How about you? Were you one of the countless bakers who took to the challenge of making their own bread this past year? Did you spend hours one Saturday night…
How to make pasta from scratch
So, making pasta from scratch. It seems like a lot of effort, doesn’t it? Truth be told, making your own pasta from scratch is one of the simplest and gratifying kitchen skills. It requires little hands-on time, it can be…
Why every cook should try growing your own garlic (and how to do it)
I’m just going to put it out there… If you’re a cook, you should try growing your own garlic. Firstly I should say, I don’t have a green thumb. Grey maybe? Is that a thing? Luckily I have an amazing…
How to dehydrate Autumnal fruits
Autumn. The season of harvest. Of turning leaves. Of cool, crispy mornings and beautiful sunny days. Of apples, pears, and figs (oh my!). Dehydrating Autumnal fruits is one of the easiest ways to preserve the abundant bounty this time of…
How to Sterilize Preserving Jars
Knowing how to sterilize preserving jars is an essential part of preserving. Basically it’s just the process of making sure you have a super clean jar to start preserving with, whether you are making jams or jellies, bottling fruits and…
How to season your cookware
If you’ve been following along for a while, you may have heard me talk about my love for cast iron cookware. It’s quite simple. We have a relationship. Most of my cookware is Le Creuset enameled cast iron, however my collection also…
How to create a cracking cheeseboard
Feel like you’re shunned by your friends & family for not bringing the a cracking cheese board to social gatherings? I totally get it. As a family who own a food store with a cheese counter, it’s pretty much a…
