Ever had shakshouka? It’s a thick, spicy soup with capsicum, onions, tomatoes and such, and before you serve you poach eggs in it. It’s one of the finest culinary creations known to man, particularly when served with flatbread sprinkled with za’atar. Ever had pizza? ‘Course you have. I’m not going to fuck with you on [...]
Tagged adventures in cooking, awesomeWhile I was triumphantly preparing Awesome Cake for the Earth Hour Party I went to (with additional Extra Awesome in the form of Cake Balls), I cranked up the challenge by also making a cake to take to Mumini and Dadini’s for morning tea. Truly, I have been in a world of cake lately. As [...]
Tagged bakingEvery second person I speak to has too much of something. After I finished the fantastic backyard plum crop, my Mumini brought me a share of white-fleshed nectarines that one of her coworkers had dropped off — my share amounted to about 3kg. I gained about the same of fresh homegrown apples in the same [...]
Tagged abundance, adventures in cookingIf you felt a slight shift in the globe’s gravitational pull today, be not alarmed. It’s simply that my awesomeness has expanded to new, stellar levels and there had to be a slight planetary adjustment to accommodate it. This weekend I made a lovely banana cake. I roasted some coffee, I dabbled with a bit [...]
Tagged awesomeToday I ticked a big one off the 2012 Cooking Challenges list: making pasta. I’ve made it before, but it was pretty wobbly and I wasn’t too proud of it. I haven’t made it solo since M and I bought a pasta-roller-dealie: we’ve been making our own pasta for ages (which is to see M [...]
Tagged adventures in cooking, awesome, The Learn-How ListGo to Hell, chia seeds. Stupid fad food. I’m really annoyed at the chia seed thing. Sure, they’ve got loads of protein and omega-3 and bind things together — you know what else does? Eggs. Free-range eggs from the farmer’s markets, where I’m friendly with the sellers and you can look at photos of them [...]
Tagged adventures in cooking, breadThe title is a pun. I made a seedful bread. Seeds, seedy: GET IT? Yay! High five! Anybody? I feel like I’ve got this bread making business under control nowadays: I can reliably produce delectable loaves of sandwich-appropriate bread. Hellz yeah. I can make foccaccia, naan, tortillas. I can, when called upon, produce crusty, open-crumbed [...]
Tagged adventures in cooking, breadSo I’m pretty great. Disappointing biscuits notwithstanding, I’m definitely pretty great. Ask anyone. Saturday morning breakfast is a good time to show how great I am. M’s like “I’m thinking of pancakes for breakfast.” And I’m like “Let me cover you there, dude: I’ve not mastered pancakery yet and I want to show how great [...]
Tagged adventures in cookingI made biscuits and I don’t feel that pleased about it. Normally when I make bikkies, I’m all “yaaaay! bikkies!” They’re usually easy and tasty and small and satisfying. These ones took a while to win me over. First up: Oatmeal Spiced Chocolate Cookies. I have a question: why do they get called “oatmeal” biscuits/cookies [...]
Tagged adventures in cookingSuper easy, dudes. All you need is love pastry, eggs and fillings. I made pesto, I made pastry, I roasted an eggplant and a red capsicum. Pastry = 150g plain flour, 75g cold butter, cubed, pinch of salt, water. Mix the flour and salt, then rub the butter in so it goes all crumbly. Add [...]
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