I've been harvesting a lot from the garden lately and the excess, as usual, is either frozen or pickled. I did up a nice batch of beetr...

All foods that are grown have a particular season when they're naturally at their best. The seasons in the southern hemisphere are the ...

I can't tell you how much we appreciate the good wishes and loving words sent yesterday. Thank you all. ~*~*~ There are a few way...

Many of the skills we need when living simply don't exist in isolation, if you want to get the full measure of these things we do, you ...

I've been making jam lately. Lots of it. I started off when strawberry season started and they were only $1.50 a punnet. I asked Hanno t...

We had a wonderful visit with our family on the Gold Coast last Friday and once again I could hold my beautiful grandson, Jamie.  The only d...

Charcuterie is the culinary term for meats such as bacon, ham, sausages, terrines and pâtés.  I delved into the wonderful world of charcuter...

Congratulations to Monique on the birth of a beautiful daughter.  There is no news yet about Sunny and Kerry's baby but we expect him ve...

I haven't been doing all my regular work while I'm book writing but I'm still cooking, nothing stops that, and still knitting wh...

Let me start this by saying there are many ways to sterilise food by water bath.  This is how I do it and having been doing it for many yea...