Homewood Stoves - wood stove manufacturers http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz A cast-iron commitment to cooking Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:50:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A Bit More Baking… This Friday gone, Penny and I spent another afternoon cooking on the Homewood. Perhaps not as impressive an effort as last time, but we still managed to produce plenty of fresh yummy food! ...]]> http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/a-bit-more-baking Recipe – Stuffed Fruit Twist This fruit twist is absolutely delicious - it is stuffed full of figs and other dried fruit and has an almost gooey almondy texture holding it all together. It is another recipe from One Hundred Bread Machine Recipes, by Vicki Smallwood. Best served with a dollop of fresh cream. Divine! ...]]> http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/cooking-with-your-wood-stove/recipe-stuffed-fruit-twist Recipe – Spinach and Dried Cranberry Salad Just to show you that we don't only eat food that has been roasted, baked, dried, fried, boiled, steamed or in any other way prepared with the help of our Homewood Stove, I thought I would put up a recipe for a simple and delicious salad. Added bonus: no wood stove required! ...]]> http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/cooking-with-your-wood-stove/recipe-spinach-and-dried-cranberry-salad Recipe – Penny’s Hummus This is a delicious hummus recipe that is easy to make, lasts well, and goes brilliantly with our Challah bread recipe. Hummus is a traditional Arab chickpea dip, and is very popular in the Middle-East... ]]> http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/cooking-with-your-wood-stove/recipe-pennys-hummus Book Review: The Omnivore’s Dilemma What should you eat for dinner? The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, by Michael Pollan. Author Michael Pollan takes us on an eye-opening journey through our vastly different options - should we eat a fast-food hamburger? Something organic? Or how about something we've hunted or grown ourselves? The book follows each of the different food chains that sustain us in the modern world — industrial food, organic food, and food we grow for ourselves – in great detail, from the source, to the processing and transportation, right up to the final meal on our plates...]]> http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/our-bookshelf/the-omnivores-dilemma Cooking Up a Storm! Zak’s been complaining that we don’t have any photos of food or cooking on the website – one of the main benefits of owning a Homewood. So yesterday afternoon, Penny and I set about remedying that...]]> http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/cooking-up-a-storm Good Things Take Time…

Companion Development Update - Mid-August, 2010

We do things a little differently here. There's no team of consultants, no CAD-drafted design drawings, no R&D budget to speak of. No one punches in dimensions for some laser to spit out perfect shapes....]]> http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/good-things-take-time A Homewood Home – not for sale any more! Update: This property is no longer for sale, but I thought I'd leave this up so you can enjoy their lovely photos.

Zak, 5th September, 2010.

One of our customers is selling their 5 acre property south of Levin, Horowhenua...]]> http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/a-homewood-house-for-sale The Homewood Cabin The Homewood cabin became something of a celebrity at the field days we attended around New Zealand. Made up from recycled timber and corrugated iron that we transported on a trailer, the cabin was roughly 6m by 4m once erected, and took two days for us to build each time...]]> http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/the-homewood-cabin Book Review: Where Lions Roar at Night It's been said that 'Where Lions Roar at Night', written by Penny’s twin sister Rosie Boom, has two main characters: Milly Boom and the Homewood Stove! Our bookshelf definitely would not be complete without it! ‘Where Lions Roar at Night’ tells the tale of the excitement and adventures of a large ‘pioneering’ NZ family when they move into a run-down 90-year old barn...]]> http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/our-bookshelf/where-lions-roar-at-night