Tag Archives: cooking
Permies make passata
In the inner southern suburbs of Adelaide, a small group of permaculturalists have been gathering to experiment with artisanal food skills. From cheese-making to sourdough, they’ve been exploring and sharing the skills that make good food. To herald the end … Continue reading
From Plagues to Plate: Eating locusts and grasshoppers
The air around our legs clattered with the tumbling bodies of locusts, their gleaming translucent wings bursting outwards as they hop through the grass. While at our urban community garden plot grasshopper populations have been noticeably high, in the browning … Continue reading
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How to make fennel cordial
After acquiring a copy of Lynda Brown’s The Preserving Book, Jeremy promptly developed a rigorous program of regular DIY preserving workshops, hosted by our very own contender for South Australia’s smallest kitchen. (Despite its size, our kitchen’s generosity of spirit, … Continue reading
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House of the Rising Bun: Baking with sourdough
After nail-biting excitement of cultivating a sourdough starter, with only the subtlest of indications that the primordial swamp of rye flour and water harbored intelligent life, I thought the best way of testing the starter was to bake with it. … Continue reading
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How to make sourdough starter
Several summers ago I had my first attempt at making a sourdough starter. The weather was apocalyptically hot, and unfortunately, the wild yeasts were not long for this world in such conditions. I’ve been pondering trying to repeat it, successfully, … Continue reading
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Edible weeds: chickweed, mallow, sow thistle, plantain and nettle
This article is adapted from a segment Joel did on Radio Adelaide‘s Gastronaut. With healthy winter rains on the Adelaide Plains, neglected corners have once again been swallowed beneath a green tide. In a segment earlier this year, I presented … Continue reading
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Lillipillies: cordial, hot toddies and agar-agar whip
Winter brings with it lillipilli trees heavy with fruit. Footpaths and roads are buried beneath the purple fruit, and trees in parks and streets shiver heavily with the berries. An indigenous food plant of tropical and subtropical Australia, despite their … Continue reading
Edible weeds: purslane, prickly lettuce and dandelions
This article is adapted from a segment Joel did as a semi-regular guest on Radio Adelaide’s weekly food show ‘Gastronaut’. Last year’s winter rains saw the forgotten edges of our backyard proliferate with growth. As the bits I couldn’t get … Continue reading
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Making a Tortilla Press
One of the things that provided endless fascination for me in Mexico and Central America was the creativity and innovation employed to create hand tools and appropriate technologies from available materials. We saw regionally distinct street stoves made from everything … Continue reading
