Japanese pantry basics bought, jet lag and karaoke bar hangover dispersed it was time to start cooking. But because I am a food technologist I need to know precisely what I'm dealing with. In her book "Japanese Women Don't Get Fat or Old" Naomi Moriyama talks...
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Japan has always held a special place in Crackling's heart / stomach. A 21st wedding anniversary trip, sans enfants, ramped everything up a few gears and then some. Result - resolution to learn the basics of Japanese home cooking. Share my journey. If you have a...
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Full-time work in a large food manufacturing business is fast, busy, fascinating and demanding and I need to have the energy to match the pace. Plus my line manager and my colleague are big, strapping qualified chefs and I need to Keep Up. You can choose...
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Tardy trade agreements and competitors with sharper elbows have nudged the Australian share of China's food import market down to 3.3%. The AgriFood industry is grappling the problem night and day with endless rounds of forums and initiatives, none of which I shall bore you...
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Flavoursome, flaky white fish a favourite Northern Hemisphere winter-time comfort food. Winter is coming to Australia and I am European, which explains this recipe post. Although the fresh stuff is hard to come by in any hemisphere these days due to fishing restrictions and cost, the...
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Chocolaty, tasty, sweet deliciousness is accessible to all thanks to one woman's creativity born from adversity. Crackling first met Laila Gampfer on Valentine's day 2014 at the Meet the Maker High Tea hosted by local food champion Urban Locavore. I had noticed the bold, un-fluffy Rawsome...
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This week's post is about simplicity, the value of not trying to be too clever and letting taste do the talking. A proper custard base using eggs, best brown sugar, cream and evaporated milk should set up two trial batches of Rum and Raisin ice cream...
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Tree or Pea, it does not seem to matter what kind as long as you consume a good handful a day, allergies permitting. For thirty years researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Harvard School of Public Health studied 125,962 participants and their nut eating...
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