Starting out as a butcher in north-east Victoria, Brent Ibrom realised it was difficult to find decent knives in the local area, so he decided to correct that gap in the market by sourcing good quality knives and setting up a stall at a local market, as well as selling…
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…
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,…
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…
Neither have we, but over the years various food manufacturers have tried to convince us that they were going to launch these new products …always in early April. 1st April to be precise. April Fools Day has been a perfect opportunity for people – and brands – to have a…
It’s coming up you know. Which got us thinking – how did Valentine’s Day even become a thing? It turns out that there’s no definitive answer to this question – much like the origins of Halloween (which we looked into here). There’s even some doubt as to which Valentine is…
Imagine you've just got home after a long day at work – you're on your own and you need something to eat. You say what you'd like to eat - to the room - and 45 minutes later you're eating it. No, you don't have servants and you're not staying…
A blink of an eye ago - just over a year ago - we embarked on a review of all the food trends we thought were worthy of mention for the forthcoming year. So now, as we research the same topic again for this year, we have a very strong…