Australia has about half a dozen or so native lime/citrus trees. The most common is the finger lime, which in the past few years is gaining popularity as home “bush tucker”. Over the years the CSIRO has been cultivating variations on the finger lime to help produce hardier and higher producing fruit, one such...

The new Nikkor Z MC 105mm macro is a stunning lens, normally I would always use a Nikkor PC but I’ve been putting this lens to the latest lately. Personally I find it a slower lens to use compared to a tilt shift macro, getting the focus spot on in the correct position to...

Cucumelons aren’t a very common vegetable, in fact I’d happen to guess that most would never had seen them let alone eaten them. These central America’s melons are part of the cucumber family, but look like mini watermelons. Packed with nutrients, including powerful antioxidants, they are considered a superfood because of their many health...

Probably one of the most misunderstood facets of food is that not many understand how much preservatives are used to keep food looking fresh in-stores. Many people just even know that the majority of meat, vegetables and fruits have preserving agents on them and breads have preservatives added to them to keep them fresh....

Making your own sourdough from growing your own starter, harvesting the ingredients beside the flour from your garden and then needing the dough is an incredibly satisfying process, a great way to get away from sitting on a computer most of the time. The other great thing is that you can experiment with flavors,...

Peri Peri sauce became famous in Australia due the quirky ads from the fast food chain “Nando’s”. Made from the Birds Eye Chilli, a small red chilli commonly seen in asian grocers nowadays, both the the chilli and the sauce itself is known as ‘piri-piri’ in Portuguese. It’s name comes from the Swahili language...

The current pandemic has changed the way many of us look at our lives and what we do to sustain our families and health. Cooking and growing your own food have gained huge popularity in the past year. As someone who grows all our vegetables, herbs and some fruit it’s great to see so...

Constant lights for studio use have come along way in the past few years. While they don’t have the power and motion stopping ability of strobes they do have a place not only for video use but also for still life especially food photography. While I still prefer to use strobes especially Good AD600...

Looks can be very deceiving, while we associate red with being hot and white with cool, I introduce the Peruvian White Habenero. If you think jalapeños may be hot then from some of these very pretty little chillies with quickly deceive you. When it comes to heat rating, these little guys are uptown 140...

One of our loves is Kimchi, and growing the ingredients is a year-round process. Traditionally most would use Wombok, but in the past six months we have been growing Bekana (a Japanese cabbage or Brassica rapa var. chinensis ), this is a quicker growing cabbage with less water content so it remains very crisp...