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Meet New Zealand Celebrity Chef Annabel Langbein

Published by Amanda McInerney + Tuesday, September 25, 2012 Permalink 0

by Amanda McInerney

The celebrity cooks and chefs of the United States, the UK and Europe are frequently familiar to Australians too, but I sometimes wonder if the reverse is true. We’ve bred some truly remarkable kitchen talents down here in the antipodes — both in Australia and New Zealand — and we well and truly have our share of local celebrity chefs on TV shows and cookbook shelves. While the international Masterchef franchise has blazed across our screens and spawned an entire new crop of culinary household names, there are plenty that have been steadily and consistently doing their kitchen/foodie thing without all of that fanfare and I’m taking this opportunity to introduce you to one of them.

Food Art: Brunost Cheese and Company, by Meeta Khurana Wolff

Published by Jonell Galloway + Tuesday, September 25, 2012 Permalink 0

See more food photo compositions at Meeta K. Wolff.

La Vendange: The Grape Harvest on a Small Country Estate in France

Published by Kate + Monday, September 24, 2012 Permalink 0

by Vendange

When we lived in the white wine we had vines. We were outrageously excited about the prospect of making our own wine. Of course, we were sure it would be wonderful. I mean, we had been drinking it for years, we should know how to do it, right?

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, September 24, 2012

Published by Jonell Galloway + Monday, September 24, 2012 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

It is a hard matter, my fellow citizens, to argue with the belly, since it has no ears.–Cato the Elder

Cato the Elder was a Roman statesman, referred to as “The Elder” to distinguish him from his great great grandson, Cato the Younger. Although a very distinguished statesman, he deserves more notice as an author of the first history of Rome, written in Latin.

What we’re reading today: GMO labeling, Nancy Hachisu – Japanese Farm Food, Chocolate is Healthy

Published by Jonell Galloway + Monday, September 24, 2012 Permalink 0

by Jonell Galloway

Click here to read our roundup of today’s international food news.

Daily International Real Food News and Events, Culinary Travel

Published by Jonell Galloway + Sunday, September 23, 2012 Permalink 0

by Jonell Galloway

Keep up with daily international sustainable food news and events plus culinary travel, wine festivals, village fêtes, etc.

Click here to read our hand-picked food news, updated daily.

The Top 6 French Cookbooks: What’s your favorite cookbook?

Published by Jonell Galloway + Friday, September 21, 2012 Permalink 0

by Jonell Galloway

I just stumbled on this list of Cooking Light’s top 6 French cookbooks from the last 25 years. What cookbooks would you add? Which ones would you remove? Do you own any one them?

Rosa’s Musings: The Warrior Cook and Questch Plum Eton Mess

Published by Jonell Galloway + Friday, September 21, 2012 Permalink 0

A cook, when I dine, seems to me a divine being, who from the depths of his kitchen rules the human race. One considers him as a minister of heaven, because his kitchen is a temple, in which his ovens are the altar.—Marc Antoine Désaugiers

by Rosa Mayland

Even though being betrayed by your camera or computer, denied access to your blog platform, or lacking all inspiration is bad enough, having your cooker die on you is probably one of the worst things that any food blogger and pastry lover can experience, as it leaves you feeling completely lost and powerless. Without this essential home appliance (my personal favorite together with my KA), your major working tool, you are absolutely nothing! Well, that’s exactly what happened to me not long ago and it was one terrible and stressful nightmare, especially wince we were quasi-penniless and could not afford to buy a replacement straight away.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, September 21, 2012

Published by Jonell Galloway + Friday, September 21, 2012 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

Some sensible person once remarked that you spend the whole of your life in your bed or in your shoes. Having done the best you can buy shoes and bed, devote all the time and resources at your disposal to the building up a fine kitchen. It will be, as it should be, the most comforting and comfortable room in the house.–Elizabeth David, Slow Food, 1951

here was a British cookbook writer who, on her return from “exile” in Egypt after WW2, decided that action had to be taken with regard to the quality of food in Britain. She was outright hostile to second-rate cooking and the use of frozen, canned and out-of-season ingredients, and is, in many people’s mind, a precursor of the concept of Slow Food. In any case, she was a primary mover in bringing true traditional home cooking using quality ingredients back into the mainstream in Britain.

All her books are listed here, and most are still available at Book Depository or other online independent booksellers.