Lifting the lid on frittata

Lifting the lid on frittata

The sins that have been committed under the name frittata. Stop! No more please. Call what you bake in the oven in a cake tin a vegetable bake. Got it? Yaaaah!

Silverbeet – how to make the most of a backyard staple

Silverbeet – how to make the most of a backyard staple

A Kiwi gardener’s favourite – you can ignore it, and it just keeps on growing! Read how to make the most of it.

Ginger it up

Ginger it up

A citrus-skin character that at its best is hot and nose-tingling, sometimes eye-wateringly hot, with a fleeting whiff of turmeric, that’s ginger!

Lining a cake tin – it’s easy when you know how!
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Lining a cake tin – it’s easy when you know how!

Tips and little tricks, that’s what we love giving on Shared Kitchen!

Cumin – make it pop with flavour
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Cumin – make it pop with flavour

The work-horse of spices – earthy, warming, smelling of toasted nuts and roasted coffee beans. I have it on great authority that it is pronounced ‘come in’ (not q-min), though I usually forget that!

101 making pasta

101 making pasta

Don’t despair if your first attempts produce holey shredded dough (mine did!) because with a little practice you’ll soon be turning out silky smooth sheets of pasta like a pro.

Chives – to chop or snip, that is the question

Chives – to chop or snip, that is the question

Chives are easy enough to grow from seed … don’t be surprised if you grow enough to start a market stall!

Leeks – all you need to know and then some

Leeks – all you need to know and then some

Most of us have heard of cock-a-leekie (a Scottish soupy stew made with chicken and leeks) but hat-a-leekie is something else. Why anyone would want to wear a leek in their hat is beyond me.

Jersey bennes – get steaming!
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Jersey bennes – get steaming!

Gloriously fudgy in texture, new season jersey benne potatoes are worth getting excited about.

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