66 Square Feet (The Food)

[First posted 5/21/2010; hence awful pictures. But really good pig!]  Eric had five helpings. He may have had six. It's a bit like War a...

[First published 10 September 2010. Updated 29 November 2021] What is hominy? Properly prepared, it is nixtamalised (alkali-treated), cooked...

This aromatically tart and sweet ferment has a strong spicebush presence. Spicebush is the fruit of  Lindera benzoin, native in the Nor...

Whenever I visit Cape Town in summer I can't resist the grenadillas (passionfruit). Abundant, cheap, and tropically complex. Or dropp...

I first posted this recipe, minus feral options, in 2008. (I know!) Because they are so good, I have refreshed them. These deliciously moi...

These tender dumplings, fragrant with lemon zest and sweet with heaps of slightly charred kale, are dressed with nutty brown butter and c...

I grew up with these rusks, and adapted this recipe from my mom's, which uses self-raising flour - an ingredient close to non-existent i...

Unlike the cold-extract syrup I make that takes days to yield (a very compelling) juice, this syrup is fast - ready in 30 minutes. All y...