Who knew you could make couscous from scratch? Well, apart from the millions of people doing it all the time, I certainly didn’t! That is until I spent a wonderful day at Gal Winter’s Fantastic Feasts workshop. “Workshop” is not really the right name nor is “class”. Gal did not explicitly instruct us on how … Continue reading Snapshots of Armidale – Fantastic Feasts
Today I went foraging for mushrooms for the very first time. I took the best equipment available to me. Namely a person who knew what they were talking about and looking for. Someone who had foraged for mushrooms before and had lived to tell the tale! My foraging expedition was in the “famous” Pine Forest … Continue reading Foraging for Mushrooms
Have you had dolmades? Tasty little packages of lamb mince and rice wrapped up in tender salty vine leaves? Even the canned ones are nice. Fiddly to make at home but worth the effort. Well, so I thought! Earlier this month I wrote about my love of cooking and humble-bragged about being a half-decent cook. … Continue reading Doomed Dolmades.
