Tiny Pleasures #175: Poached Pears
Aren't pears just fabulous? Their aroma wafting out of the pot fills my kitchen with olfactory joy. Delicate yet intense, with hints of honey and flowers and gentle sweetness.
Tiny Pleasures #145: Feijoas
Feijoas are growing abundantly on one of the four bushes in my front yard. I have no idea what the other three think their purpose is. However, No.1 bush is doing a sterling job of producing these delicious green gems that have become my snack food du jour.
Tiny Pleasures #126: Quince Jelly
The transformation of hard, furry, yellow fruit into the rich, glowing, red jelly is a delight to behold and well worth the jelly-making process. The result is delicious and tangy with a real depth to fruit flavour. I love it on toast with lots of butter.
Tiny Pleasures #125: Pamplemousse
One of my favourite words in French is grapefruit - pamplemousse. It bounces around so pleasingly in the mouth. One of my favourite fruits is ruby grapefruit - tart and bitter, with juicy fruit flavours and a hint of sweetness. An all round lovely fruit.
Tiny Pleasures #93: Passionfruit
Passionfruit are quite reminiscent of large, hairless testicles, but their innards are delicious. Fragrant and fruity with just the right balance of sweet and sour, especially when home grown. I love the sound crackle as the seeds are crunched between my teeth. Photo: Ed Riley
Tiny Pleasures #45: Homegrown Nectarines
There is a large nectarine tree in the back corner of my garden. It's visible from my kitchen window, so I get to watch it transform throughout the year from winter stick, to leafy spring blossom, through to fruit set and ripening. The tree is loaded this year with fragrant, fat nectarines. I toddle out
Tiny Pleasures #33: Mangos
Is the mango the perfect fruit? The most pleasurable of them all? Texture, taste, aroma - a good mango nails them all. I scoffed a whole one of these beauties this afternoon and enjoyed every morsel, from the first slippery cube I popped into my mouth while preparing down to the last finger-licking slurp. This
Tiny Pleasures #19: A Perfect Pear
A perfect pear. The perfect texture between crunch and soft, with a little dribble as you bite into it. The perfect level of sweetness, a little tang still floating around the edges. The perfect pear colour, somewhere between green and yellow.
Tiny Pleasures #18: Old Pantry Treasures
I've always been a maker - there's something very satisfying about creating something new. And I'm glad I have been because now I find fun treasures lurking in the back of my pantry. Which happened tonight. I was looking for a little after dinner snack or sip and came across some cumquat brandy I made
Happiness as Anarchy #293: Pomegranates
Nigella says to eject the seeds from a pomegranate you just cut it in half and tap it with a wooden spoon. My experience says you have to whack the hell out of it for at least five minutes in order to dislodge a tiny handful. Nevertheless, I am always stopped in my tracks by