What is Food delivered to your door? If your week is anything like most families then sometimes just trying to fit in meal planning and shopping can be a task. When I am in this state a trip to the shops usually means I can only think of one thing at a time, like what’s…
Interesting ingredients
Taleggio, Interesting Ingredients
Taleggio, Interesting Ingredients So what is Taleggio? Love it or hate it the first thing I can tell you is that it is a very smelly cheese (think body odour, wet grass, cooked greens and even baked bread). It’s what is known as a smear ripened or washed rind cheese from the Stracchino family,…
Colatura. Fish Water. Interesting Ingredients
This Colatura, Fish Water, has become incredibly popular around here in the last year. Anchovy water or “sauce” is made in the Campania region of Italy on the west coast. To be very specific it is made in the town of Cetara on the Amalfi Coast. This is a fishing port and traditional production of Colatura di…
Pizzoccheri, In My Kitchen May 15
Oh wow. It has been a really big month here. I have virtually not had time to cobble posts together so I am grateful for everyone that has commented and visited My Kitchen Stories. I have had a very full plate with cakes, catering, and a rather large car accident with a bit of renovating…
The Source. Single Origin Bread Arrives. #celebratethesource
Bread. Staple food. Bread is basically flour, water and salt. There are so few ingredients in bread it’s important to make sure they are all the best available. It makes perfect sense. There is a little revolution going on in bread. Michael Klausen, owner and founder of, Brasserie Bread was not satisfied with making his…
Spelt and Chia Hundreds and Thousands Cookies
Organic Spelt and Chia Hundreds and Thousands Cookies AND my contribution to the very first crowd sourced Bioglan Cook book- with your chance to win one coming up too. These cookies have been popping out of the oven in our kitchen for years in one form or another. Just recently I decided that they could…
Mugolio. Pine Bud Syrup. Interesting Ingredients
Mugolio or Pine Bud Syrup would have to be the golden caramel of Italy. This incredibly rare and interesting syrup is made from foraged buds. This Pine Bud Syrup is made by Eleanora Cuancia who started her business “Primitivizia” in 2004. (I have only seen one other brand-Ion, please tell me if there are…
Chilli Lemon Ginger Chicken
Almost makes it self…..this Chilli Lemon Ginger Chicken seems to work for the fussiest of eaters. I’ve never made a secret of the fact that I struggle with getting Skater to eat the things he really should. He is too old now for me to punish him and I can only hope that his tastebuds…
Balsamic Vinegar. Your guide to buying
Most people love balsamic vinegar and I guess most people are confused when it comes to buying it. There is nothing straight forward about it…at all. Balsamic is an artisan product, much like wine or bread or chocolate you will find some producers pouring their heart and soul into the family business and then you…
The Perfect Cheeseplate
My friend and local cheese expert, Diane from Mystery Cheese in Sydney has volunteered to write up a few tips and a bit of a run down on serving cheese when you have friends over. Mystery Cheese is a business that conducts cheese and wine Masterclasses. We have chosen a few lovely mostly Australian cheeses…
Raise a glass to the Cask it’s 50 years old
Cask Celebrates a milestone Last night I stood shoulder to shoulder with some of the heavy weights in the wine industry while they chatted about Wine Casks. It seems that during those years between my teens and now, wine casks have not only survived, they have grown up. Did you know that the wine cask…
Good Glasses effect taste. A Masterclass with Badoit water
Does a glass effect how the drink tastes? You bet. Come top a masterclass and learn how good glasses effect taste. I went to a water Masterclass at the Omnivore festival in Sydney recently. The idea was to find out if good glasses effect taste. This is an exercise to prove once and for all…
Baked Beans, Mexican Chorizo & Coriander
Baked Beans Mexican Style Did you have baked beans for breakfast when you were a kid? We were like some kind of Oliver Twist stage play growing up. Four children in a 6 year period and two working parents meant a sometimes chaotic wait for all things from food to to a hefty craving for…
Smoked Salt and Pepper Prawns
Salt and Pepper Prawns with Smoked Salt When I was at an open day at Salt Meat Cheese recently I met Rowena Firth . I started talking to her over a glass of wine and some wonderful cheeses. She was a lot of fun and after a while I asked her what she did and she…
Creamy Crumbed Polenta with Goat Cheese.
Creamy Crumbed Polenta with Goat Cheese. Polenta doesn’t have a huge fan base in my house. Funny enough though these little squares were gobbled up over several days by an array of teenagers who ate first and asked questions later. They were all surprised they had eaten both goat cheese and polenta and were keen…
Ways to Use Horseradish
I love horseradish. I especially love fresh horseradish but that is rarely available. Have you bought a jar of horseradish that is languishing in the fridge?. Want some good ideas to use it up? First, some jars of horseradish are better than others. Check the label when you buy one. The more horseradish your jar…