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/2013/04/pigeonhole-gatherings-vegopoltuck/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2013/04/pigeonhole-gatherings-vegopoltuck/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:11:27 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=5342 There was a time not long ago (pre-Corridor Kitchen) when I wondered if I had lost the ability to come up with ideas. Seems crazyhorse now, but not all that much was going on and it seemed like not all that much ever would be. It’s obvious to me now that ideas don’t come from nowhere; creativity isn’t bred in a vacuum. Ideas spawn ideas spawn ideas, until one day you look at your calendar and there is literally not a spare space left. And ideas often involve more than just you and your brain; they involve other people. When I met up with Katie at The Rag Land what seems like aaaaages ago (but really it was only January), it was a lot like when Elise told me her idea for a cookbook and The Potluck Club was born. It was a meeting of the minds in the truest sense, both of us at a loose end, talking about what we could do, what we could make, together. Because that’s all creativity really is - doing and making things. We talked about so many things over those few weeks, but we kept coming back to the idea of gathering together, and of people (not brands or buildings or money or even food) being the essence of a good party. And so Pigeonhole Gatherings was born, Swah designed us the perfect logo, and the rest is history.]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2013/04/pigeonhole-gatherings-vegopoltuck/feed/ 5 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/10/dinner-guests-during-the-35-challenge/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/10/dinner-guests-during-the-35-challenge/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 07:06:11 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=4509 The other night, Elise was coming round to finalise the launch of our The Potluck Club (you can read more about it here) and offered to bring some takeaway, and also her husband, Chris. But the $35 Food Challenge had just begun, so this was out of the question. So I offered for them to have some pizza with us, as last week, we’d bought a ton of toppings for a pizza that never eventuated. They agreed and offered to bring salad, so basically it was a mini potluck. Since I still had the receipt from Aldi I figured I could subtract the pepperoni, olives and cheese from our big shop the next morning. And then I looked in the cupboard. And there was no flour. We’d done the exact opposite of what I always advise people - be prepared and do one big shop. So I popped out to our much-loathed local IGA for some flour, only to find black and gold products have been discontinued. My 1 kilo of plain white flour suddenly jumped in price from $1.59 to $2.39. Shit. My stomach dropped. Oh yes, The $35 Food Challenge really has begun.]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/10/dinner-guests-during-the-35-challenge/feed/ 2 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/08/call-for-submissions-the-potluck-club/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/08/call-for-submissions-the-potluck-club/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2012 07:00:13 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=4224 The Sydney Food Bloggers Picnic 2012, hosted by Suze and Helen. The Potluck Club The Potluck Club is a new ecookbook of simple, affordable recipes that anyone can cook. A fundraising initiative for The $35 Food Challenge, the ebook will be sold to raise money for Foodbank Australia. A collaboration between food bloggers and budding home chefs, we are now seeking submissions for our first issue.

1. Submit 1-2 original recipes of 200-300 words and a brief 50 word bio by Tuesday September 4th 2012 to elise@stuffthatibought.com or lau@corridorkitchen.com
2. Submit 1 high resolution photo (minimum height 1000px) per recipe and one avatar (300px square - optional).

Please note: Recipe photos will be cropped to fit our layout and cropped images will be roughly square in shape. With this in mind, please send photos with plenty of space around the food, suitable to be cropped - pre photo-shop photos are fine. Deadline: Submissions close Tuesday September 4th. What are we looking for? We welcome a wide variety of recipe submissions to The Potluck Club, however the emphasis is on affordable food, so steer clear of hard to find or expensive ingredients- no truffle oil, expensive cuts of meat, isreali couscous, purslane, etc. We would love anything that is culturally specific or that people might not know how to make (shakshouka, summmer rolls) or really on trend (peanut butter bacon maple hotcakes, easy pulled pork)...while still being relatively inexpensive. The book will be in 3 sections:

1. Share Plates and Sides
2. Something Substantial
3. Sweets
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