Peppers and Pimiento de Padron grower Richard Mohans

The peppers we used in our recent Mediterranean - Touch of Spice cooking class were fantastic and very well received. They make a great tapas dish and are fun to cook around the barbecue and with your friends in the kitchen. next time we will have the Piementos de Padrone. Our recent ones were these: [...]

By |2016-12-07T19:32:50+11:00July 15th, 2013|Cooking classes, Food, Food - spices, Musings, Peppers, Recipes, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Peppers and Pimiento de Padron grower Richard Mohans

Mediterranean special peppers

As always, we have had some great classes over the past few weeks with 3 Mediterranean – Touch of Spice and 3 French Odyssey – Journey through France. The Mediterranean – Touch of Spice classes featured a variety of tapas dishes, tagines and braises. And our special peppers. I was delighted to have these fabulous [...]

By |2016-12-07T19:32:50+11:00July 9th, 2013|Cooking classes, Food, Food - spices, Musings, Peppers, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Mediterranean special peppers

Vanilla – the basis of many favourite desserts.

I love the aroma and flavour of vanilla, so I always keep the old dried pods in an open jar in the pantry...it gives a subtle hint of vanilla each time I open the door.  We use lots of vanilla beans and the paste in cooking classes.  It is a good indication of the passion [...]

By |2016-12-07T19:32:51+11:00December 6th, 2012|Food - spices, Musings|Comments Off on Vanilla – the basis of many favourite desserts.
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