Posts by tessa

allspice is a blended mix thats a bit more seasoned t han mixed spice so yes the pimento is a mild peppery flavour and its in the all spice, somebody mentioned cassia as well thats a different form of cinamon ( i think ) i can get back...

i prefer it to using self raising flour i use 1 tsp baking powder to 1 cup of flour. i find self raising flour to be a bit unpleasant. and i get a much better texture and taste to anything i bake using this ratio

nutmeg, cinnamon and allspice , its mainly used in sweet dishes, cakes, pies, cookies , etc so if you want to make a mix its a 1/3 , 1/3, 1/3 mix , the closest thing in america would be either pumpkin pie spice or apple pie spice if...

in New Zealand for a while and i think we have stricter guidelines here , apparantly they taste incredible.. my mind has gone blank in regards to this question , im going to have to think about this one a bit more

Tasmania is incredible if your going to move to australia Adelaide is incredible , you so have to check out the barossa valley and the central market in the middle of adelaaide is the freshest and cheapest most amazing food market you...

nice to meet you , its always good to try new recipes , and hopefully you will become inspired in cooking again . i have loads of recipes so just sing out if you want to try something different

your food sounds great Angela cant wait to hear more about it its totally different to what kinds of things we might havein New Zealand mind you we are more multicultural in our foods here now which is great

nice to meet another newbie:talk:

with your catering job , its always fun working for yourself im new here too and its so cool to see somany wonderful people who like to work and play with food let us know how your job went bye for now Tessa

Hi everybody , my name is Tessa, im a chef from New Zealand , i have been a qualified chef since 1986 worked in the industry for for about 14-15 yrs had a big break from it then came back in to this amazing industry fulltime 3 yrs ago....