In my kitchen… …are colanders of crabapples, picked when we visited Pete’s Uncle Bob and Aunt Robin in Mudgee. The boys stood on the tray of Uncle Bobby’s ute (truck) to pick them from the old tree in the front yard… Pete turned the fruit into eight jars of delicious crabapple jelly… In my kitchen… [...]
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In My Kitchen, February 2012
Posted in In My Kitchen, tagged Anarel garlic, baking stones, bamboo bowl, crabapple jelly, Cuisinart mini food processor, homegrown onions, large pizza stones, Tala loaf tin liners, Victoria's Basement on February 1, 2012 | 80 Comments »
In My Kitchen, January 2012
Posted in In My Kitchen, tagged backyard vegetables, French chestnuts, homemade vanilla syrup, Kampot pepper, Lyle's Golden Syrup, Nick Malgieri, River Cottage Meat Book, rosemary salt, vanilla syrup on January 1, 2012 | 100 Comments »
Happy New Year! This year, we’re moving our In My Kitchen posts to the first of each month, to give everyone who wants to join in the entire month to do so. In my kitchen… …are imported treats – French chestnuts, Italian mayonnaise and Lyle’s Golden Syrup… In my kitchen… …are two new cookbooks that [...]
In My Kitchen, December 2011
Posted in In My Kitchen, tagged Dan Lepard Short and Sweet, gardenias, ottolenghi jam, River Cottage Veg Everyday, South Australia cherries, thumb sumo on December 11, 2011 | 71 Comments »
In my kitchen… …is a bouquet of scented gardenias from Lisa’s garden… We haven’t grown gardenias for years, and I’d forgotten how beautiful they were… In my kitchen… …is a jar of Ottolenghi strawberry jam. Lisa bought it for me as a souvenir when she was in London and packed it in her husband’s shoe [...]
In My Kitchen, November 2011
Posted in In My Kitchen, tagged bulk jalapenos, homegrown garlic, pain d'anis mold, speculaas mold, speculaas mould, Turkish ceramics on November 14, 2011 | 71 Comments »
In my kitchen… …is a chocolate chip cake, made to a recipe from the Green & Black cookbook. The cake itself was quite ordinary, but the topping was wonderful… I scattered over Moo’s magic sugar crystals, and they set like shards of polished glass… In my kitchen… …is this stunning French clay speculaas mould, a [...]
Emile Henry Risotto Pot
Posted in In My Kitchen, tagged Emile Henry Flame Cookware, Emile Henry risotto pot on October 24, 2011 | 52 Comments »
Please don’t judge me. I know I’m a weak woman. I know I don’t need anymore Emile Henry. Sigh… All my resolve and self-control disappeared when I saw this new risotto pot. It’s just so gorgeously curvaceous. Its shape is reminiscent of the old Chinese clay pots that my mother used to cook in when [...]

