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 […]
A cuppa and some cake
Call us old-fashioned, but we believe that an afternoon tea break is a panacea for many ills. A cup of tea should always be taken with a little something sweet, which makes it the perfect pick-me-up for a hectic afternoon. No matter if your day dishes up school-holiday mayhem, back-to-back meetings or an overflowing laundry […]
Pepper makes the world go round
The humble, second-best seasoning found on every dinner table may well be underestimated, but it has helped to shape the world as we know it. Soon after 1492 (when Columbus sailed the ocean blue), one Vasco da Gama set sail and rounded the Cape of Good Hope bound for the East Indies. The Indies, land […]
Swedish Smörgåsbord.
For most of us, our interpretation of Swedish cuisine might be limited to IKEA meatballs and Swedish fish. But the Land of the Midnight Sun has food so abundant and diverse that to compare the IKEA cafeteria menu to traditional Swedish husmanskost is a red herring at best – delicious as those meatballs are! While […]
Fill it, dip it, top it, toast it…
Focaccia, Lavash, Matzah, Roti, Pita, The list goes on to encompass the many varieties of flatbreads, each baked their own distinctive way on hearths and in ovens around the world. Arguably the most popular bread category on earth, flatbreads are a comfort food par excellence and a staple in many Middle Eastern and European cultures. […]
Doughnuts – the Hole story
‘Doughnuts are a healthy choice for any salad addict’‘ – or so screamed the sign on the doughnut kiosk. The reasoning behind this extraordinary conclusion is that apparently, after months of eating limp lettuce, you can reward yourself with a doughnut which will enable you to keep on with the salad! Doughnuts are usually really,’really […]
Seize the day
Breakfast; the most important meal of the day! This is an oft-quoted mantra, but do we really understand the reason behind this refrain? For some, breakfast is a mere coffee on the run, and many people argue that ‘why should one eat in the morning if one is not hungry till noon?’ Simply put, breakfast […]
