The below statements are all based on actual conversations. Some (not all), are definitely about us. Everything’s possible pre-launch, that is, before an idea goes live. We’ll get hundreds of people to this! When we get our own place, we’ll be busy every night! We’ve factored in all the costs – there’s no way we can’t make money! There’s so … Read More >>
I ordered a whole heap of turmeric, ginger and galangal tubers for our garden. Looking at them now, I’m dubious they’ll ever shoot green and grow. They’re so damn dormant. So unviable-looking. Turmeric and ginger is meant to show life before its planted: small green mounds pressing out through the skin. But the galangal needs planting straight away. I must … Read More >>
And on reflection, perhaps someone else’s worries, too… What have I just done? have I fucked it all up? I’ve fucked it all up. the downward spiral… this is it. I’ve committed to too much… how will I find the energy? and will my team? fuck it’s all going to die. I’ve bet everything and it’s a bum steer. I’ll … Read More >>
These days, more often than not, I’m missing thoughts to write in this blog. Sure, week by week I’ve scrape together sentences… and there’s usually something glinting in them, something sharp, familiar. That’s what I’m searching for when I’m writing: the thing that cuts through into other realities, making what I write meaningful beyond, well, me. But it’s not like … Read More >>
Gardening is a great metaphor to mix with business, particularly when you’re tending a business like Wandering Cooks. I didn’t follow traditional business models when I created this place the first time round, and we won’t in its next incarnation either, so please excuse the tangle of gardening and business as I make my point grow. Gardening like we do … Read More >>
I would be lost without them. Even with all there is to learn from family, and the slogging away in kitchens many of us have done, to cook without cookbooks feels like… isolation. Cookbooks are crystallisations, explosions of elaborate possibilities. They riff on themes or focus on methods and cultures. They explore fusions and personalities. They give access to restaurants … Read More >>
Every year, one of our lovely (and most stylish) customers lets us know she’s finally done all she can with her cumquat glut. And every year, I can’t say no. I refuse to let go of the preserver in me. Just because I’ve got no time to stand around slicing them for marmalade or scooping out their pulp with a … Read More >>
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