https://www.meredithbirrell.com/foodstories daily 0.75 2024-08-16 https://www.meredithbirrell.com/foodstories/a-sweet-and-personal-history-of-the-neenish-tart monthly 0.5 2024-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647882d4b101a14af49f1403/80771236-c710-4e21-a226-d39b6f5cffe5/_MG_6249+%281%29.jpg Food Stories - A sweet (and personal) history of the Neenish tart https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647882d4b101a14af49f1403/29379567-079f-4fe6-9f76-40981368d1b6/_MG_6255+%281%29.jpg Food Stories - A sweet (and personal) history of the Neenish tart - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.meredithbirrell.com/foodstories/apple-dumplings monthly 0.5 2024-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647882d4b101a14af49f1403/ae3036c1-4d7f-4b93-a81c-477db33cbaf9/_MG_6160.jpg Food Stories - Apple Dumplings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.meredithbirrell.com/theedit daily 0.75 2025-09-14 https://www.meredithbirrell.com/theedit/the-edit-a-new-job-the-expanded-library-and-celebrating-celery monthly 0.5 2024-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647882d4b101a14af49f1403/a1577160-b2bb-470a-88ba-8da802dc1b06/Screen+Shot+2024-08-31+at+1.06.52+am.jpg The Edit - The Edit : A new job, the expanded library and celebrating celery - Make it stand out Image copyright State Library of NSW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647882d4b101a14af49f1403/13cd02b0-aacb-4de2-b470-f06c0f06633c/_MG_6271.jpg The Edit - The Edit : A new job, the expanded library and celebrating celery - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647882d4b101a14af49f1403/ddf3c07a-ca82-4225-8cef-0355b33daaef/_MG_6335.jpg The Edit - The Edit : A new job, the expanded library and celebrating celery - Hetty Lui McKinnon’s Cashew Celery This week I am sharing a very well-known cook’s recipe sent to me by a very good friend. Hetty Lui McKinnon is justly renowned for her delectable veg-forward dishes that pack a big flavour punch. Having said that though, I am shockingly bad at using recipes. I cook so much that my modus operandi is to simply see what’s in the pantry/fridge/freezer and work from there. I have a few stir-fry flavour profiles I use, but I was keen to try out one of McKinnon’s, as I do always learn something when I bother to follow a recipe. In this case, it was the technique of premixing the sauce ingredients prior to adding to the wok, and surprisingly, using a lot less sauce than I would normally. Maybe this is a bit Western of me, but I think I would be more generous with the sauce next time. It worked but I feel it could do with more. It’s what brings it all together after all. But try it as it is and if you do, I’d love to know what you think. We ate this with a beef and bean garlic pepper stir fry with vermicelli, which complemented it nicely, though this rather negates the vegan credentials of the dish. The recipe is written for a US audience, where McKinnon is based, so I have changed imperial measurements to metric and made suggestions for substitutions where applicable. This version of the dish has been adapted from the book Tenderheart by Hetty Lui McKinnon (2023). https://www.meredithbirrell.com/theedit/7u2gv6017l8cxz9hhrc4lymt0apsyc monthly 0.5 2024-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647882d4b101a14af49f1403/9b690c75-c7df-492b-a174-827437c3433e/IMG_0529.JPG The Edit - The Edit : Learning acceptance, plus a powerful novel and a deepy satisfying farro salad - Make it stand out Picture taken in the central desert of Australia. 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