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I love good produce and take recipe creation pretty seriously. But as the great Arlo Guthrie once said, “I know I’m supposed to be singing. But you can’t always do what you’re supposed to do.” Sometimes you have to be silly. Noodling around on the […]
Citrus trees are weird dudes. Wired for reproduction, they are unlike almost any other plant in that they’ll always put more energy into flowering and fruiting than growing. Even when they’re tiny and should *absolutely* be working on putting on leaves, citrus trees will stuff […]
It might sound a little odd, but this is a heavenly liqueur that’s well worth the small effort. Fig leaves are easy to find over the back fences in summer, particularly if you do the smart thing and live in a suburb of Melbourne that’s […]
The romance of creating wonderful food and drink on a huge scale (Passata days! A cellar! An orchard!) is intoxicating, but that’s not where life is for most of us. At best there’s a corner of the pantry and an odd bit of time on weekends and evenings.
The projects you’ll find on this site can all be made in a small space, and in pockets of time stolen from work, kids, and all the other business of acting like a grown up when you’d really rather be berry picking.
Small batches let you take advantage of a kilo or two of great produce whenever you come across it. You can rediscover country wine traditions that have been largely abandoned in modern life, and taste some truly unique drinks that aren’t for sale in the grog shops. The supermarket suddenly, inexplicably has really good apricots? Grab what’s there, eat some, and make wine with the rest!
You can make any of the small batches on this site with no more than a couple of hours to spare and while you do other things.
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The Booze News is my curated collection of new ideas, recipes and research on home boozemaking from around the web. Sometimes there are other good things to be made with what’s in season.
I write the Booze News because I read and research a lot myself, and like to share. It is just as easy for me to send you ideas as it is to send them to a handful of people I know in person. (And of course, if you’re interested in this stuff, you’re probably someone I’d like to get to know!)
Booze News is published whenever there is something good to share, rather than on a schedule.
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