Eating The Season

Ingredients For the Broth : 2 pounds chicken backs, wingtips, and/or bones. roughly chopped with a cleaver 1 1/2 pound pig's tro...

As a cooking technique, Sous Vide has a lot to offer.  As a cooking technique, Sous Vide takes a bit to wrap your head around. I have ...

Every now and then I come across a recipe that makes me stop and think.  This is one of those recipes. It is a baked custard, very ...

Ingredients 250 grams pitted dates, chopped 1 teaspoon bicarbonate soda 1 1/2 cup boiling water 125 grams butter, melted 1 cup brown...

I know that the photo above does not show the humble turkey drumstick to its best. It is, however, a great way to get maximum flavour wi...

For $2 a shot, you would think that Macaron's are almost impossible to make.  I used to, until the lady of the house wanted to give it a...

If you put in a little time, this is a great winter meal. For something more substantial, check out the variation after the recipe. Ingred...

This is a truly indulgent recipe.  Chicken thighs stuffed then wrapped in streaky bacon, anointed with a delicious pouring of golden but...

A wonderfully tart and refreshing cordial. It uses the tartaric acid as the preservative and with all the citrus will keep in the fridge f...

Sago pudding is something that I will always associate with my grandmother and childhood days on the dairy farm. I remember the richness ...

Otherwise known as Pear Jelly or a Fruit Cheese, Perada is a great alternative to the Myers fruit paste that cost a small fortune. Serve ...

The main reason behind starting this blog was to make sure that when produce came in to season, I would have a plan.  And not just a plan,...

This can be a light dish and it can also be a rich and heavy dish. The key is to limit the amount of water from the pasta you add to the sa...

What I find most interesting about Ratatouille is that it is percieved as another peasant dish.  It is a vegetable stew and was traditionall...

This dessert is a variation on the way you cook a self-saucing chocolate pudding.  I think it is absolutely genius in simplicity and in ...

Mm-mm.   Confit of anything is just delicious.  If you don't believe what a little bathing in oil can do for even a humble piece of chic...

Ingredients 2 bunchs parsley, washed, roughly chopped 1 small handful of walnuts, roughly chopped 2 garlic cloves, minced 50 grams of f...

Etymologically, pesto is derived from Italian words meaning to pound, to crush, or as I think of it, to make paste.  Coming from the Genoa r...

I have just arrived home from a week long trip round the South Island where we came across one of those fruit and vege co-op places that wer...

A young vinegar mother tries to escape and leaves the old mothers behind Bathing in its new home in luxury surroundings So I ha...