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salmon handrolls

salmon-handrolls-sushi

I love salmon, especially as sashimi, but a couple of years ago gave up eating it (and most fish and seafood) as I became more conscious of the impacts of my food choices. The only readily available supply of salmon where I live is farmed. Intensive aquaculture practices have garnered a lot of bad press [...]

tassajara sourdough

tassajara-sourdough-bread

A heavy rye sourdough from the Tassajara Bread Book, including instructions for making your own starter. A dense, flavoursome sourdough bread.

red quinoa, orange and feta salad

quinoa and fetta salad

This summer has been unbearably hot and humid. And seems to be lasting way too long. So I’ve been clawing after ideas for lighter dinners – preferably ones that can be quickly put together at the end of a long day. I’d not tried red quinoa (or “red birdseed”, as the betrothed affectionately calls it), [...]

summer bruschetta

light rye sourdough bruschetta

Late last year we spent a long weekend in Sydney to see Ben Folds, who, even alone at a piano, is a master showman. That weekend was a kind of difficult time for us. We did a lot of walking on beaches. Late one chilly afternoon we found an empty little cafe somewhere past Bronte [...]