http://www.corridorkitchen.com Necessity is the mother of invention. Tue, 23 Feb 2021 23:46:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/10/speaking-on-the-35-challenge/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/10/speaking-on-the-35-challenge/#comments Sat, 13 Oct 2012 08:06:42 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=4470 This week I had the nerve racking but ultimately rewarding experience of presenting a talk (twice) on The $35 Food Challenge as part of the City of Sydney Library’s ‘Lunches with Bite’. It would be an understatement to say it was a fantastic experience. Once I started talking I found I just couldn’t shut my mouth. And the reason is this.]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/10/speaking-on-the-35-challenge/feed/ 4 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/06/5-food-trends-for-2012-all-no-brainers/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/06/5-food-trends-for-2012-all-no-brainers/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2012 22:16:57 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=3560 1. diy/dit From brewing your own beer and cider to from-scratch sourdough to a beehive on the roof, to pickling, canning and preserving, diy (do it yourself) and dit (do it together) food sprung up post-GFC as part of a wider trend including knitting, gardening and squeezing all your soap remnants into one big ball (ok, maybe not so much). It’s now cool to act like a Granny and no one will laugh at you for growing your own kale. It’s kinda like how we used to take the piss out of people who ate squid, or garlic, or other ‘weird’ foods in the 70s and 80s, and now you can’t walk into a pub without someone shoving a plate of calamari and aioli in your face. We’re all guerilla gardeners and apprentice artisan bakers these days, but even so, this trend has spawned a whole market of people who would quite like to pickle their own cumquats, but simply haven’t the time. This is why ‘homestyle cooking’ is everywhere in cafes right now. Call me crazy, but if I want ‘homestyle food’, I’ll go to...my house?]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/06/5-food-trends-for-2012-all-no-brainers/feed/ 17 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/03/the-national-multicultural-festival-2012-a-day-in-pictures/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/03/the-national-multicultural-festival-2012-a-day-in-pictures/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2012 05:58:43 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=3138 The National Multicultural Festival is held each year in Canberra, and as far as I'm concerned it's the best food fest in Australia. This year it ran from the 10th to the 12th of February. ]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/03/the-national-multicultural-festival-2012-a-day-in-pictures/feed/ 4 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/01/open-australia-day-2012/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/01/open-australia-day-2012/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:44:26 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=2934 Need to grab a bite, coffee or a drink today? Here's a list of where to go to do any or all of the above. ]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/01/open-australia-day-2012/feed/ 5