Most of us are very familiar with some form of charcuterie even though we may take it for granted. Bacon, ham, salami are foods which many of us eat several times a week and all are forms of charcuterie. Charcuterie is a branch of cooking or preparing meats to preserve them. A process that in …
Celery is a unique tasting vegetable and great for bolstering the flavour of soups, stews and risottos. I like to make a celery powder to make utilising the flavour of celery more unique. One thing I found celery powder great for making dry rubs, in particular for beef jerky but also for fresh meat. This …
Making vinegar involves making use of lots of microorganisms including bacteria without which we would not have many of the foods we take for granted. These microorganisms consist of yeasts, fungus and bacteria and the processes that occur are called fermentation. At different stages in the production of vinegar, there are different organisms or bacteria …