Archive for the “food” category

Connect The Dots

by Pippa on May 20, 2012

Will 3D printers make food sustainable? (Andrew Purvis for The Guardian)

His petri-dish patty will be made from a mixture of fat and cow muscle grown from stem cells in a culture of foetal calf serum (that’s blood plasma

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Little Dreams

by Pippa on April 12, 2012

Little Dreams

And what of the world traveller, the woman who’s now lived in 5 different countries?

I am so very glad to regularly lay myself down in this, our most beautiful bed. It’s comfortably soft and firm at the same time …

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Autumn Food II

by Pippa on October 2, 2009

  • broccoli soup
  • potatoes, carrots and celeriac roasted in Gänseschmalz (goosefat) and olive oil with rosemary
  • ruby chard cooked down with onions and garlic and then baked with egg, sourcream, feta and blue cheese
  • hummus (soaked chickpeas, and lots of parsley
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LIWOLI 09 – Hacklab for Art and Open Source

by Pippa on April 4, 2009

As part of the greater DIY Masters / self-organised learning project I’m attending LIWOLI 09 in Linz, Austria.

LIWOLI is an event exploring the crossovers between art and the FLOSS community.  I’ll be recording a series of interviews with participants …

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Ich backe australienisch Kuchen*

by Pippa on January 26, 2009

In honour of Australia Day I figured I’d make something tasty and Australian to share with my housemates and to take to German class tomorrow.

If I’d thought ahead, I’d have protected my clothing with the lovely apron that Sarah …

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der Tee

by Pippa on January 13, 2009

I finally bought a package of jasmine tea today. Along with the recent purchase of a proper hairdryer, it’s a sign that I’m letting myself feel more comfortable in Berlin. It might not properly feel like home, but I’m beginning …

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meet, sit, talk and eat

by Pippa on November 15, 2007

Since I’ve returned to Adelaide I’ve had opportunity to host a few guests as part of CouchSurfing, the program that introduced me to Sid, Ninnu, Ronja and a whole bunch of other lovely people. Regularly, conversation with my international visitors …

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All gone to white

by Pippa on November 3, 2007

I had a feeling today that it would be snowing in Helsinki, and it turns out my intuition is right!

Hopefully the reflections off the snow help keep my friends happier through the scary dark month of November. And the …

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by Pippa on September 14, 2007

Slice up fruit. It has the familiarity of a lover on Saturday mornings.

Add the muesli that you made by hand, roasted, toasted, made the most of: oats, triticale, pepita, sunflower, sesame, coconut, almond and cinnamon (call it kaneli, Suomi …

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bright green things.

by Pippa on July 17, 2007

Possibly the most fantastic and unexpected thing that happened at Aliese’s yesterday was that I discovered that her backyard is full of stinging nettles. Most people would balk at the idea of picking nettles for fun, but what I …

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