by Mara | Aug 27, 2015 | Baking, In the kitchen
So what is that feeling? That excitement and anticipation. How is it that such simplicity can bring about in me…such feelings of grandeur and lilt? A quickness in my step and pending exaltation. I mean who could have imagined that after a year of mixing grain...
by Mara | Jul 28, 2015 | Garden meals, In the kitchen
Before Ahlia was born I imagined what kind of a girl I would like to have. I had hoped for a courageous soul full of vitality and energy, enthusiastic and eager to learn. I had come to realise that learning was among one of my greatest passions and hence dreamed of...
by Mara | Jul 21, 2015 | Baking, In the kitchen
Ken is a friend from the CERES days. He has spent decades working with bread and calls himself a bread builder. He tells me that bread like buildings needs structural integrity: gluten strands need to link and align. McGee’s book on food and cooking by Harold...
by Mara | Jul 10, 2015 | Gardeners & Farmers, In the Garden
Everywhere I go I crave to see gardens…of any sort: vegetable, ornamental, succulent, shrubby, overhanging foliage and tendril-like branches. Roses or indigenous billowing spreads. My favourite gardens are usually sprawling, a little ethereal, wispy and I tend...
by Mara | Jul 10, 2015 | Baking, In the kitchen
700g bread loaves are all the rage at my house at the moment, it’s the perfect size for a family of five and keeps for over a week. After a year of bread making I feel free to make up the recipes as I go which is my favourite way to cook. I simply ask my stomach...
