Bread in the oven
I'm sitting watching the rain on an unusually cool, wet March Adelaide day, International Women's Day actually. I have bread in the oven...
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Janet Giles
Aug 12, 20224 min read
Sofrito saved my sanity
Just when we thought we had survived the pandemic without catching the virus, there it was, BAM- both struck down and into iso. My many...
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Janet Giles
Jul 11, 20225 min read
Treading lightly on the earth
I define Cooking for a Siege as cooking with what we have available so we can sustain each other in difficult times. This approach has...
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Janet Giles
Apr 3, 20223 min read
Too many tomatoes
It's been a bumper year for tomatoes as the weather was mild for Adelaide and the usual searing heat of summer did not appear and destroy...
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Janet Giles
Feb 13, 20226 min read
Invalid Cookery
The small but famous Green and Gold Cookery Book first published in 1923 in South Australia as a school fundraiser sits proudly on my...
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Janet Giles
Sep 24, 20213 min read
Cooking for health and hope
There are different types of sieges. A hostile army surrounding your city walls, a global pandemic locking borders and forcing you to...
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Janet Giles
Aug 24, 20213 min read
Easy Fruit cakes for staying home and self care
Just when we thought things were getting better, they got worse. We haven’t been able to avoid the Delta COVID strain and even our little...
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Janet Giles
Jul 16, 20213 min read
Escape the sad cold world with a winter dip and perfect pesto
In the depths of winter, the urge to curl up with a book, a glass of red wine and a tasty snack is always there, but our need to escape...
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Janet Giles
Jul 5, 20212 min read
When life gives you lemons
This year there is an abundance of citrus and trees are dripping with fruit including the small one in the pot on our back decking....
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Janet Giles
Apr 19, 20213 min read
Pastiera Napolitana Di Grano
This beautifully complex Easter cake is from Napoli. It takes between one and three days to make depending on whether you can buy rather...
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Janet Giles
Mar 13, 20215 min read
Melanzana - purple pleasure
The last days of Summer and early Autumn is when eggplants come into their own. This year we have had a cool summer, not really a summer...
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Janet Giles
Feb 7, 20214 min read
Zucchini
When I was at high school, my mum came home one day with a strange, exotic Italian vegetable called a zucchini. She had asked the green...
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Janet Giles
Jan 26, 20216 min read
I Pomodori
In Italian the word is correct. Il pomodoro (the love apple) best conjures the passion and beauty of summer. On the slopes of Vesuvius...
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Janet Giles
Jan 6, 20214 min read
My Australian Christmas
When travelling in Italy, we are asked about culture in Australia including what is traditional to eat at Christmas. These are difficult...
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Janet Giles
Dec 13, 20204 min read
Spring with a dash of late winter - pie, salad and rainbow frittata
This year has been cooler with spring coming slowly and as is the case in the time between seasons, the veggie box continues to contain...
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Janet Giles
Nov 28, 20203 min read
I say potato, you say patata...
Here are two incredibly simple and delicious potato recipes. Potato Pizza Assunta, Raffaele's mother, often made this yummy dish. It...
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Janet Giles
Nov 28, 20202 min read
Zuppa del Contadino (Soup of the Farmer)
After months of winter vegetables, I patiently wait for the first signs of spring in the Farmers' Market. For me that means broad beans,...
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Janet Giles
Oct 5, 20204 min read
Store-cupboard Pasta
In our city, life is nearly back to normal as we are now able to go to the movies, eat a meal with friends in a restaurant and be out as...
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Janet Giles
Sep 26, 20202 min read
Assunta's Semolina Battuta
This ancient recipe is found in Puglia under different dialect names and there is a similar crumbled pasta in Greek cooking. We know it...
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Janet Giles
Sep 19, 20202 min read
Nicki's Greek Spinach Rice with Lemon
My friend Nicki is a total foody like me. In fact, she's taught me so much about honouring the traditions of the past and the importance...
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