Food

BROCCOLI + POLENTA WHAT YOU NEED 1 cup plain flour
 1 cup instant polenta 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp mustard powder salt and pepper, to season 1 small broccoli, cut into florets and blanched 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese, grated 1 1/3 cup milk 2 eggs WHAT YOU NEED TO DO Preheat oven to 180°C […]

Crumpets makes 10-12 310ml milk 80ml water 225g plain flour 7g instant yeast 1 tsp fine salt 1 tsp sugar 2 tsp baking powder butter for greasing In a small saucepan, gently heat the milk and water until it is warm, but not hot when you dip your finger in it. In a large bowl, […]

BAR-1 : BERRY + PISTACHIO  • 2 cups rolled oats • 1/4 cup shelled salted pistachios, chopped • 3 tbsp flax seeds • 1/3 cup honey • 2 tsp pure vanilla extract • 2 tbsp coconut oil • 2 1/2 tbsp almond butter • 1/4 cup dried goji berries 1. Preheat oven to 180˚C / […]

What’s your name?  My name is Cat. My business is called Cat Rabbit. What do you do?  I’m a textile artist. I make soft sculptures, mostly reflecting my love of animals and food. Extracurricular activities include baking, reading and patting my cat. Tell us the process of making these ridiculously cute characters.  I usually sketch them first, […]

PENNE WITH SPINACH PESTO AND BAKED CHERRY TOMATOES. For the pesto: • 200g / 7oz spinach leaves • 3/4 cup cashews • 1 cup parmesan cheese, grated • 2 garlic cloves, diced • 1/2 cup olive oil  • salt and pepper, to season For the tomatoes: • 1 punnet cherry tomatoes • olive oil  • […]

Q + A with smoothie artist Sabine Timm When did you start making cute stuff with food? It began in my childhood. I wasn’t a “good eater” and preferred playing with the things on my plate instead of eating them. Professionally I started creating art with food in 2008, when my son was little. What […]

PUMPKIN + FETA BURGERS WITH MINT PESTO + CRISPY BAKED ONIONSMakes 6 patties • 3 cups pumpkin, grated • 1 egg • 1/3 cup buckwheat flour (or flour of your choice) • 1 tsp salt • 1 tbsp sweet paprika • 100g / 3.5oz feta, crumbled Mint pesto Makes around 1 1/2 cups • 80g […]

Soggy sandwiches end here. Righting the wrongs of the lunch-makers before us. Sandwich ideas this way. SANDWICH RECIPE 1.PLEASE SIR, I WANT SOME SLAW  Ingredients:• 1/2 small red cabbage, shredded• 2 medium carrots, grated• 1 fennel bulb, finely sliced• 2 spring onions, finely sliced• juice of 1 lemon• 1/4 cup mayonnaise * Stick the slaw […]

Perfect for school lunches, these little biscuits are easy and fun! • 190g / 6.5oz unsalted butter, at room temperature • 1 cup caster sugar • 1 egg • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract • 1/2 tsp salt • 330g / 11.5oz plain flour, sifted 1. Beat butter and sugar in the bowl of an […]

Cool down with this delicious and very pretty Elderflower & edible flowers icy-pole recipe! • 30ml / 1oz elderflower cordial • 1 cup water • lime or lemon juice, to taste • edible flowers, such as marigold/calendula, pansy/viola, lavender, basil/hives/dill/rosemary/fennel flowers, nasturtium, cornflowers, rose, chamomile, borage 1. Combine the cordial and water in a jug, […]

An apple a day keeps the doctor away is probably the first bit of dietary advice that most of us can remember receiving. But is it true? Those eight words are the foundational text of a healthy diet, nutrition’s version of “thou shalt not kill”. But where did this prescription for daily apple consumption come […]

So you have mastered making pasta from scratch, you have even made coloured pasta – now to turn it up and make pasta shapes! Pappardelle [pap·par·del·le] broad flat noodle Dust the top of the dough sheet with flour and loosely roll into a cylinder. Using a sharp knife, cut into 2cm-thick slices. Unroll the noodles, […]