It’s often said that variety is the spice of life, but the opposite is also true.
An understanding of spices and their many combinations and applications is the key to taking your culinary creation skills to another level.
Spices define many cuisines, be it the saffron of Spain, the cumin of the Middle East, the fennel seed of India, the cinnamon of …
Salt is one of nature’s finest preservatives and is one of the basic tastes detected by our tongues. Salt has been extracted and used in food preparation since Neolithic times, and though it is among the cheapest, most common ingredients available to us, it became an important trading commodity in the Bronze Age.
Salt is sourced from the sea, or briny …
Few foods are as nutritionally comprehensive as those we commonly refer to as ‘grains’. Though ancient in culinary application, the true benefits of these incredible ingredients are only now being recognised.
The Essential Ingredient stocks a wide variety of these versatile, increasingly popular ‘ancient grains’, all carefully selected for their quality.
Australian Organic Quinoa
White quinoa with maple and blueberries
Certified …
A true dining experience extends well beyond the food. Many other factors combine to create a memorable meal: the plate, the company, the atmosphere and, of course, the cutlery.
Cutlery is more than just a collection of tools used to make eating easier. It is intrinsically linked to the experience of eating. Sure, a beautiful fork won’t make a terrible meal …
A chopping board is among the most ubiquitous of kitchen accessories. No kitchen is without one.
While plastic chopping boards have gained popularity due to the belief that they are less likely than wooden boards to harbor bacteria, research has proven that when usual standards of cleanliness are upheld, wood is just as safe- if not moreso- than any other material.
A …
Chocolate has been associated with Easter for centuries. Long seen as the epitome of decadence, it has been the indulgence of choice for many as the Lent fasting period comes to an end.
While a philosophy of ‘quantity over quality’ seems to be in vogue when it comes to choosing Easter chocolate, we believe a finely crafted, elegantly packaged and, of …
It may be a commonly retold fact that the Ancient Incans referred to quinoa as ‘the mother of all grains’, but when you consider its many nutritional benefits, it’s easy to agree.
Quinoa is often attributed as the driving force behind the recent boost in popularity of ‘ancient grains’, though it isn’t technically a grain at all. …
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