All I wanted was a simple wrap for my almond butter, banana and marmalade (don’t ask, it is […]
Category Archive: Ingredients
or, In search of the perfect Rukau. I tasted an extraordinary dish, Rukau, ten years ago on a […]
I considered writing about Horopito (an NZ native bush pepper) or Harissa paste (a North African spicy paste) […]
For years I’ve had a tub of palm sugar in my pantry and have used it mainly for […]
This post is for all my non-New Zealand friends and followers who may never have had, or may […]
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Dashi is a clear Japanese broth. It is rich in savoury ‘umami’ flavours which comes from the liquid […]
The deliciously creamy fruit they call the “icecream fruit” (Casimiroa edulis) is encased in a paper-thin skin. This […]
Instead of gills, some mushrooms have a spongy underside to their cap and are known as boletes. The […]
Agar (or Agar Agar), sometimes referred to as kanten, is a gelling agent coming from a South East […]
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