26 August 2009

Back on the shop floor at Steenbergs

I am currently working back on the Steenbergs shop floor as our chief blender, Alan, is on his annual holiday somewhere in Greece.  It is great fun to be back where it all began, blending the blends that I’ve created over the years and grinding organ...

19 August 2009

Steenbergs is product of the day at Woman & Home

Steenbergs Home Baking range of organic extracts, including organic Fairtrade vanilla extract and our natural almond extract, is featured as the product of the day at Woman & Home today.

15 August 2009

Photo ops at Steenbergs

I am slightly apprehensive about having had my photo taken this week.  We have been suppliers of spices and sea salt to Tanfield Food Company since they were established a few years back.  They make ambient convenience meals in a pouch under the bran...

10 August 2009

Recipes for Peppermint Creams and Chocolate Strawberries

It’s been a weekend of baking and cooking for Jay’s birthday.  He had some specific requests for things plus we needed to get the sausages and baps for the proper “hot dogs”, ie not with boil in the bag frankfurters but real sausages and decent bread...

07 August 2009

Recipe for Lasagne with Traditional Ragu

As promised, here is the meat lasagne for the committed carnivores out there.  It uses an old ragù recipe from Bologna.

30 July 2009

Herbs and Spices for Your Health

Herbal medicine has historically been the primary approach to acute and chronic health problems - this remains the case still in many countries.  We often forget that herbal medicine is the most enduring form of treatment and is still used by 80% of...

26 July 2009

Observer's 50 best gourmet goodies

In case you missed it, Steenbergs was listed in The Observer in Caroline Boucher's 50 best gadgets and gourmet goodies on 19th July:

24 July 2009

Recipe - Sweet Oriental Duck

Cooking your own Chinese style food is amazingly easy and tastes a load better than buying something from the supermarket.  There are some truly simple & quick meals that you can make.

22 July 2009

Recipe - Fennel Braised In Milk

This is an unusual, but great, Italian style way of making fennel as a vegetable.  It’s really great with a traditional English roast chicken.

04 July 2009

Another Macaroon Recipe - this time from Betty Crocker

25 June 2009

Recipe - Rediscovering Ratatouille

23 June 2009

Storing Spices & Herbs

23 June 2009

How to Buy Spices?

09 June 2009

Recipe - Make Your Own Burger

27 May 2009

Vanilla – The Temperamental Diva

A brief history of vanilla

22 May 2009

Recipes - An Indian Feast of Food

13 May 2009

Indian pepper chicken recipe

This recipe really should have been posted closer to the blog on black pepper.

09 May 2009

Recipe - cheat’s paella or cheating at rice dishes

During the week, we have a constant battle at the end of each day to make something nutritious for the family in the 45 minutes after picking up the kids from school and tea time.  The meal needs to be made at the same time as we’re trying to persuad...