Cooking with Galangal
Galangal is a knobbly rhizome that looks a little like ginger and although they are related their flavours are vastly different. Galangal is used almost exclusively in recipes from SE Asia where its...
View ArticleI Found Nemo – Vomo Island Fiji
Yes this is a food site but there are times when I experience something completely unrelated to food that I just have to share. On an extraordinary trip to Vomo Island Fiji with Tourism Fiji, a...
View ArticleTurmeric Latte, the new craze
In a world where we are constantly searching to find the elixir of life, turmeric is the latest health food trend, following on the tail of the coconut oil craze. Turmeric grows as a rhizome and is...
View ArticleA Free-Range Hens Life
The recent furore around free-range eggs has prompted me to write a bit about a genuine free-range egg farm and also about egg farming in general. Despite a company looking like they were not being...
View ArticleTake them Food!
6 weeks ago today (and counting) I had a fall outside at home (on wet concrete) which resulted in a gash to my head, elbow and also concussion. For an A-type personality that is used to organising...
View ArticleHow to Make Vietnamese Pancakes – Banh Xeo
After a few weeks of travelling Vietname enjoying light and crispy Banh Xeo (Vietnamese Pancakes) stuffed with masses of herbs, salad leaves, sprouts, prawns, crisp dried onions, a dash of fish and...
View ArticleLovely Faces of Vietnam
Vietnam is a land of fabulous food, beautiful flowers and lovely people. I don’t pretend to be a photographer but I couldn’t help but try to capture some of the faces we saw along the way. I love the...
View ArticleSingle Use Coffee Cups
Matt Morris Takeaway culture has meant that the volume of disposable packaging in our global waste stream has increased to staggering levels; estimates vary but perhaps 500 billion disposable cups are...
View ArticleCrunchy Fried Barley
Discovering new flavours and textures is always exciting and something I search for when travelling. It did though come as some surprise though to stumble across crisp fried barley in Mexico. Corn...
View ArticleA Beginners Guide to Making Quince Paste
Our young quince tree pretty much doubles the amount of fruit it produces each year. This year there are plenty for quince paste, jelly and poached fruit, next year I may be setting up a factory! Last...
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