I like food. I like eating food; I like sharing food; and I like cooking food: for myself, for my family and friends, for anyone who will come share it with me. I like cooking new foods and recipes; I like cooking old familiar favourites; and I like putting new twists on old recipes and finding new things to do with known ingredients. This is a record of some experiments and experiences. Enjoy!

Nov 26, 2021

Havarti - Attempt 1

For my next cultured cheese, I made a batch of Havarti cheese. This was my biggest cheese yet, using 8l of milk, for which I had to...

Sep 23, 2021

Fromage Blanc

My next batch of cultured cheese from my Artisan Cheese Making at Home book (actually, not mine, it's borrowed from my dad) was a Fromage...

Aug 19, 2021

Cabécou Goat's Cheese

To be able to even attempt a goat's cheese I needed to first find goat's milk. The grocery store has cow and sheep cheese, and the local...

Aug 5, 2021

Home-Made Yogurt

This one is half cheese journey and half recipe. I was asked for it by a colleague though, so here it is. Yogurt making is not massively...

Aug 1, 2021

First Forays into Cultured Cheese: Cream Cheese and Halloumi

Moving forward with my cheese making turned out to be something of a challenge. Despite Switzerland being a cheese-making country (like...

Jul 27, 2021

Cannolis

It was my mom's birthday recently, so I made her birthday cannolis instead of a cake. She's always loved cannolis but they aren't...

Jun 10, 2021

Chickpea Spring Salad and Ricotta Salata, attempt 1

Or something... I am not sure what to call it, but it was easy, delightful and based only on pantry ingredients, so Hubby insisted I...

May 27, 2021

Sweet Potato and Red Lentil Curry and Home-Made Paneer, Attempt 2

I love curry. I love its versatility, and the fluctuating meanings hidden behind the word. It can mean something spicy and hot, it can...

May 24, 2021

Mozzarella and Burrata, take 3, a success story

Last week I tried mozzarella again for the third time. As you may remember, my previous two attempts left something to be desired. This...

May 10, 2021

Ricotta... Again

This is now the fifth or 6th time I've made ricotta (I think) and I'm loving how easy it has become. I much prefer making whole milk...

Apr 21, 2021

Paneer, attempt 1

I was really excited to find a paneer recipe in the Artisan Cheese Making at Home book as Paneer is not one of the cheeses which I can...

Apr 18, 2021

Meringue, Mascarpone and Date with an Orange Drizzle

After our last batch of mascarpone, we tried out mascarpone with meringue, banana and Aloha Spiced Cacao, which was decadent and...

Mar 31, 2021

Queso Blanco and Whey Ricotta

After my last mozzarella attempt, I feel I have just about reached the end of the possibilities offered me by my cheese making kit, and...

Mar 25, 2021

Mozzarella and Mascarpone take 2

I tried making both mozzarella and mascarpone again. One went tremendously ill and the other tremendously well. The mozzarella in my...

Mar 17, 2021

Ricotta, Take 4

Having successfully made ricotta 3 times, I decided for Take 4 to play around and test the method a little. The kit I've been using as my...

Mar 5, 2021

Ricotta, take 3

Today I tried making ricotta for the third time, and this time it went off without a hitch. So well in fact, that I might start playing...

Mar 3, 2021

Mozzarella, Attempt 1

I was a little more nervous of trying my hand at making mozzarella for the first time than either the mascarpone or the ricotta for some...

Feb 11, 2021

Mascarpone, Attempt One

Today I made mascarpone using my kit. It came out well, but not perfectly, and I have a few ideas as to why that might have been. For one...

Feb 9, 2021

Attempts one and two: Ricotta

I received a cheese making kit for Christmas, something I had been looking into for a while. This, alongside a cheese-making book lent me...

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