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Wild Green Pie

5 months ago by ishbel

I have a vivid childhood memory of watching an episode of a food programme where women with headscarves and aprons plucked wild greens from hillsides and carried them back to their homes in woven baskets. They were making hortopita or wild green pie. At the ti...

Cucumber, Spinach & Herb Salad with Lemon Ginger Dressing

1 year ago by ishbel

I often get my inspiration for dinner side dishes from what needs to be harvested or has to be used from the fridge. In this case I also took inspiration from the Great British Chefs Cookbook Club book of the month: "Ottolenghi Simp...

Taste of the Sea – Chickpea Potato Seacakes

2 years ago by ishbel

Samphire was possibly the first food I discovered that I could forage for locally( in New Zealand). A renowned local chef was using it on his menu and getting press for having foraged for it himself. He refused to divulge exactly where he'd found it. Intri...

A weed by any other name

4 years ago by ishbel

Allium Triquetrum is known by many names, angled onion, triangular garlic, three-cornered garlic or leek. In New Zealand it is most commonly known as Onion weed, but I think the prettiest of the names and the one I like best is Snowbell garlic. Maybe if i...