Karim Haddad (main photo) runs the Tharwa Valley Forge in Tharwa in the ACT, a bladesmithing school which runs a vast array of different courses for people who are interested in learning more about almost all aspects of knives, from practical knifemaking and blacksmithing to knife sharpening and everything else…
Back in April we published a much overdue look at recent food trends. The reason it was overdue was – ironically – that there hadn't been much change for quite a while and there really wasn't much new to write about. However 2026 did see some new trends (read the…
The last time we put together something on food trends was back in 2023 and there's a reason why we haven't done another one since – we kept on seeing the same old 'trends' popping up year after year (read the article here to see what we mean). And some…
Last year we devoted an article to superfoods. In that article there was no real scientific rigour to how we determined how 'super' a food was, all we did was consult a number of (we hoped reputable) online sources and listed which superfoods made it on to more than one…
If you’ve got a nice – or even just a functioning set – of kitchen knives, then we have to make the assumption that you do a little bit of cooking for yourself and your family (and friends) and so those knives get put to good use on a regular…
Go back to the 1980s and if you’d asked anyone – even in a health food shop – about ‘superfoods’, you probably would have got a blank stare. Apparently it was the United Fruit Company in the US that first used the term back in 1918 to promote their bananas,…
A while back, quite a while back to be honest, we wrote a short article about cutting boards - because one of our readers asked us to! And given the fact that we care about knives and want everyone else to as well, it only made sense to cover various…
This may seem like a silly question, but when we asked ourselves, we were strangely stumped trying to come up with an answer. It turned out we - as most people would - instinctively know what a herb is, and know where to find them in the supermarket aisle, but…
Americans likely to be advised not to follow the President's own preferred food choices… UPDATE United States secretary of health and human services, Robert F Kennedy Jr announced the new US dietary guidelines on January 7 2026. They do differ from the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee version described below.…
Every so often we have a quick look at what's going on in Australia and the world when it comes to equipment, devices and gadgets related to cooking, cheffing, kitchens and culinary matters in general. The last one we did was in September 2022, so it's been a while! Here…