Apparently I'm on the local magpie mafia hit list. The first attempt came out of the blue as I was buzzed by a particularly aggressive black and white bird while walking down a path at a local reserve. I took my hair clip out thinking that may have been its target -- but the angry bugger wasn't having it and circled around for another pass. With a feeling the attempts on my life weren't going to stop any time soon I turned to see where the hired-gun had landed and made eye contact -- I now … [Read more...]
Radish & Butter Tartine
This is not a real post, or even a real recipe. It's what happens when I have a bag of radishes from the discount bin at the organic grocery store, already sliced bread and perfectly room temperature butter from shooting a Vegan Butter recipe, and I need lunch, and said lunch looks so pretty that what would it hurt to take a few more photos. Open-faced sandwiches -- tartine in France, and smørrebrød/smørbrød/smörgås across Scandinavia, and voileipä in Finland, or stuff on bread as I … [Read more...]
Green Papaya & Quinoa Salad
Some posts here are planned. Recipes dreamt up, sometimes over days or weeks, inspired by a weekend brunch outing or an overseas trip or a rainbow memory. Primped and polished and put on show as if there were a method to the madness. Others however are a result of a hazy vision -- a quick fix driven by a craving and combined with whatever happens to be languishing the fridge at the very moment I want lunch. This is one of those. You see, at some point back in March I had a papaya … [Read more...]
Sourdough Steamed Buns
Another one to work through the archives, I give you photos and a recipe from February, with a slightly inter-connected stream of consciousness set of run on sentences from today. Shocker. I could eat dumplings every day. Really. These however are not dumplings, obviously -- but they are something you can get at dumpling stands and therefore make me think of dumplings. These little beauties, in case the title didn't tip you off, are steamed buns. Do you have any idea how good steamed … [Read more...]
Fresh-Baked Bagel for One (Honey Wholewheat & Cinnamon Raisin)
It is decidedly shortsighted to make only one bagel, especially a bagel this good. Perhaps that is why in the past 36 hours I've made this recipe three times. Bagels -- for anyone who has ever eaten a proper one and knows how very different they are to a roll with a hole in the centre masquerading as a bagel -- can be a touchy subject. They must be dense enough to hold up to a shmear or gooey cheese egg, chewy on the outside due to boiling before baking, but just tender enough in the centre … [Read more...]
Smokey BBQ Beans
Another one to work my way through drafts and archives... ------ Created originally to go with the brisket, sharing these beans now was spurred on by a stunningly disappointing serving of baked eggs experienced this morning at a local cafe. The eggs were fine, the beans however were sickly sweet and straight out of a can. Price and location aside I really wanted a good brunch, so I now feel the need to make these or these or this for cafe-in-my-kitchen baked eggs... Sometimes you … [Read more...]
Skillet Baked Eggs – Kale, Tomato Beans & Dukkah
By the looks of my posts these days you'd think all we eat is dessert. My Instagram feed however is quite a different story, a bit more of a social media smoke and mirrors filtered within an inch of its life realistic view of what makes it to the table. Working from home and being a big fan of using-leftovers-until-there-is-nothing-left-over can make for some interesting combinations, but the results are (generally) wholesome and filling. Now as much as I tend to just sautee a whole … [Read more...]
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