A recent article about a new, carefully controlled study on sodium benzoate (a common food preservative) and food colourings in foods showed that some artificial additives increase hyperactivity and decrease attention span in a wide range of children, not just ...
I must admit that I get a little annoyed at the way CSIRO scientists wave the flag so strongly and grab the kudos for stuff we already knew about Illawarra plums, pepperberries, rosella and other bush fruits (I hope that ...
I came up with a very useful technique in preserving food this week using my natural preservative, Herbal-Active®. The essential oils and leaf extracts from the culinary herbs I use in my new food flavouring (read natural food preservative) have challenged ...
I am currently looking for an Operations / Business Development Manager to work at our Kingsgrove warehouse in Sydney. The successful manager will be someone who has confidence in their abilities and likes to be rewarded for achieving planned outcomes.Duties ...
I just discovered a presentation which I wanted to share with anyone interested (such is the opportunity from blogging). It is a speech by Hans Rosling at a TED conference in 2006. See this site for more on TED.My only criticism ...
I have spent years scouring the literature, supervising and advising post-graduate projects in research and conducting benchtop trials on natural preservatives and the anti-microbial properties of extracts of a range of indigenous Australian herbs. Finally, I have formulated a food ...
Doesn’t time fly? Is it getting faster or am I just imagining it? Half of 2007 is just about gone and we are looking down the barrel at Xmas.Anyway. May was a really busy time and I didn’t have time ...
1 pork rump (Australian grain-fed)50g Wild Rosella confita pinch of Fruit Spice· Stab the pork rump with a sharp knife and insert a slice of garlic into each cut. Alternatively use a slice of ginger or even a wedge of ...
Many chefs discovering authentic Australian ingredients for the first time ask me for fresh herbs rather than dried herbs; pure leaves rather than blends; and freshly picked fruits rather than frozen fruits.In this blog, I’ll address just some of the ...
This is a re-jig of my first product blog which was on my lemon myrtle sprinkle, way back in December 2005. I am re-working the article, largely to bring it up to date and mention some new applications and formulations and report ...
Here’s something indirectly related to Australian food which amazes me. I often refer to the creation of a unique Australian food style using the food resources of Australian Aborigines as a modern trend of using the newest ingredients from the ...
It may have been a 25 year struggle, through industry ups and downs, culinary trend cycles and business challenges but the use of a growing number of Australian ingredients on international menus with scarcely a mention in restaurant reviews, apart ...
I have been told that there is nothing like my new product on the market. Nothing legal anyway. Rainforest Mist by Vic Cherikoff is a totally new, natural functional lifestyle product designed to remind you that you are alive!Just like ...
1. Cherikoff Rare Spices MD, Vic Cherikoff, is widely acknowledged as the pioneer of the native Australian food industry and so the products available are developed from this wealth of experience. His scientific work on the food resources as well ...
It seems every restaurant in Australia serves freshly sliced bread with olive oil and aged balsamic. You’d think we were in Italy. It was great the first time but now it’s boring and I tended to just ask for butter, ...
Some people say that asparagus and hollandaise are really boring together but as Darryl Kerrigan says in the Australian movie, The Castle “but it’s what you do with it”. With that in mind, hollandaise is really just a base sauce ...
Everyone loves a roast turkey, especially when cooked perfectly so the meat is succulent and tender. However, instead of turkey with cranberry sauce I usually serve it with rosella confit as it pairs very well. Recently, I had neither cranberry sauce nor ...
Many restaurants around the world these days serve Truffled Mash Potato on their menus mainly since mashed potato carries the truffle flavour elegantly. You’ll find this recipe just as interesting. Mashed Potato with Paperbark Smoke Oil is great served as ...
Kalamata Olives are available in most gourmet stores and supermarkets and are usually marinated in olive oil with garlic and fresh Italian herbs like rosemary, parsley and thyme. This recipe, imparts a subtle smokey flavour to the olives and are ...
You’ll find a wide variety of marinated feta cheese in your local supermarket or gourmet deli. However I really enjoy marinating feta with my own flavours. Often I’ll do flavour combinations like Alpine Pepper or lemon Myrtle sprinkle with Macadamia ...
