Serve these for dessert or breakfast. The glorious translucent red jelly can be used to spread on toast and scones or to serve with roast pork or turkey. Yes, there’s a lot of sugar, but you will need it!
Rub skins of quinces and wash well. Place in a pot packed fairly tightly. Add the [...]
The quince is Aphrodite’s fruit, just as the rose is her flower. It is the fruit of love, of marriage and of fertility.
And it’s not just the poets who celebrate this beautiful golden fruit from the east. The late English food writer Jane Grigson sings its praises in her `Fruit Book’ (Penguin): “In spring on [...]
It was with some relief that I arrived at the mushroom tunnel in Bowral. Pockets of early morning mist had been swirling in front of me as I drove through the Southern Highlands, some patches so dense that I had to slow to a crawl.
By the time I reached the tunnel, the mist had lifted [...]
A good one for cool autumn nights. Terrific with mashed potatoes and/or kumara and steamed green beans or peas.
Heat the oil in a large heavy pan and fry the onions, garlic and bacon till soft. Coat the meat with the flour (shaken in a plastic bag is easiest) discarding any excess, and brown in the [...]
There are many versions of this popular noodle dish. This one is very delicious and may only feed two greedy people.
Soak the noodles in a large bowl of warm water for 12 – 15 minutes or until soft but not mushy. Drain and set aside.
In a small bowl, combine the fish sauce, lime juice, sugar [...]
Growth promotants, antibiotics, extra hormones,bird flu, mad cow’s disease…the list of alarming things happening around the world to livestock is enough to turn anyone vegetarian.
Our very own bio-ethicist Professor Peter Singer has been encouraging people to turn away from eating meat for over 25 years. The publication of his book “Animal Liberation” attracted millions worldwide [...]
My sisters and I always know when our mother has been gardening. The smell is overpowering due to the amount of cow manure and fish emulsion she uses.
In the heat of summer, the stench can be dreadful. So too can the flies.Is it us she is trying to keep out, or it is them? [...]
Imagine my surprise to discover this dish on the island of Reunion, a lush volcanic west of Madagascar. There, chokoes are grown in abundance, so much so that one of the valleys (the deep green valley of Salazie where vegetables and fruit are cultivated) is literally choked by choko vines. When peeling chokoes, do so [...]
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