Focus on Berries
A summer staple, and one of the only fruits children willingly eat – berries hardly need an introduction! And while we cannot argue that they are perhaps best when freshly picked and ripe from the garden, the best thing about these bite-sized fruits is their versatility. Summer may only last for a few months, but […]
Anything but Basic
As in most areas, kitchen capabilities start with some basic building blocks – fundamentals that every home cook needs to know. Ok, so you know where the kettle is and how to turn it on, but to know instinctively how to make a white sauce, a bread dough or a sponge mix is a basic […]
Fibre Up
It turns out that eating what you can’t digest is actually good for you. Well, in some cases at least. We have been told a lot of things about our diet ever since childhood, including many appeals to up our fibre consumption. In fact, fibre is apparently so important that our mothers told us the […]
Low Fat – Fact or Fiction?
Low-fat foods seem to be a conundrum, a paradox and maybe more. The very reason we eat is to stockpile energy and resources, much the same way as a camel stockpiles water. So, eating low fat seems to be a little counterintuitive – doesn’t it? For example, low-fat milk is said to be 97 percent […]
Time for a little something…
We all know that feeling; your stomach says it must be mealtime, but the clock says otherwise. So, in the immortal words of Winnie the Pooh, it must be time for a little something, and we instinctively calculate the hours till the next meal and make a mid-afternoon raid upon the fridge. Snacking has been […]
In retro(re)spect
We’ve all had that conversation where everyone is reminiscing about the special meals they used to have when they were kids. Devilled eggs, ambrosia or banoffee pie all feature somewhere in the bygone family events, and no doubt we’d still like to see them on the menu today. Unfortunately, what marks many of these iconic […]
Model C
We love chocolate in all its many forms, so why do we need to know more about it? It tastes good, and it makes us feel good, and it’s made by Oompa Loompas in Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory – let’s just leave it at that. Well, that’s what we thought, until we stumbled across some […]
Fine Dining
Most families are starved for time together, and dinner may be the only meal we get to eat at the same time, around the same table. While this may conjure up an idyllic, Norman Rockwell-style setting with the happy family gathered around the table while Mother brings in a steaming roast, the reality for many […]
Wrapping up the game
What if we told you that sandwich wraps were invented by a baseball player when his electric toaster broke down? It may sound far-fetched, but it’s true! Well, it was actually Bobby Valentine, the ex-manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, and the toaster was owned by his restaurant. But the real question is, […]
The Red Caped Superfood
It turns out that the popular juicy fruit, synonymous with summer, is also a superfood! In fact, they actually contain more vitamin C than an orange. Half-time strawberries, anyone? Think outside the punnet and take advantage of these versatile superheroes. Try them oven-roasted with camembert, with cracked pepper on a pavlova, or go the full […]