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/the-potluck-club-thank-you/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/10/the-potluck-club-thank-you/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:39:11 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=4590 Foodbank, Australia’s largest food relief organisation. The book retails for just $5.95 and comes in both mobile device-friendly portrait and a pc/printer-friendly landscape formats. You get both when you purchase the book. But more importantly, each copy sold will fund a dozen meals for those in need. Today I just want to take a moment to thank all the bloggers who have donated their work and their time so that Elise, Amy and I could put together a 50 page e-cookbook of fantastic recipes. We each brought what we could to the table; a recipe, a photo or two and after seven whirlwind weeks from start to finish, it’s done. So thank you. ]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/10/the-potluck-club-thank-you/feed/ 8 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