http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz A cast-iron commitment to cooking Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:53:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/homewood-pricing-2012 Another recipe from my grandma Minnie's cookbook (see her rock cakes recipe if you like this one!). It is very easy to make and can be quite different each time depending on what mix of dried fruits and nuts you add... ]]> http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/cooking-with-your-wood-stove/recipe-minnies-chocolate-fudge Over the last year or so we have seen a steady rise in the number of export enquiries that come in - increasingly from the US/Canada or Australia. This article contains some information on where we are currently at as far as export goes ...]]> http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/export-status-2011 Apologies for the lack of news over the last few months! Here's an update that covers a bunch of different topics: growing to deal with increasing demand; workshop expansion; some overdue Companion development news; future price increases and some details on the world travellers ...]]> http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/a-general-update Want to make cheese at home? You can’t go past Cutting the Curd - Cheese Making at Home by Katherine Mowbray. Katherine is New Zealand’s best home cheese making teacher and in this book (published and printed in New Zealand) she shares all her cheese making principles and tips ...]]> http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/our-bookshelf/book-cutting-the-curd We love the NZ Lifestyle Farmer Magazine - so much so we have a years subscription to it as one of our prizes in our yearly new owner feedback survey! It has been published by NZ Rural press for over ten years and features articles by journalists who are or have been farmers and growers...]]> http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/our-bookshelf/magazine-lifestyle-farmer Cakes just taste better when baked in a cast iron wood stove. Not sure where this recipe came from but it is a tasty moist cake that is great for afternoon tea or served with some vanilla ice cream or yoghurt for dessert...]]> http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/cooking-with-your-wood-stove/recipe-apricot-chocolate-chip-cake These are delicious and will save you heaps of money - so much better than the bought ones too! I found this recipe on Operation Jam Jar and the great thing is you can stuff them with anything you want - chilli con carne, burrito chicken, prawns... what ever you are in the mood for...]]> http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/cooking-with-your-wood-stove/recipe-flour-tortillaswraps The recipe for these Choux Puffs came from a NZ House and Garden Magazine (January 2011 issue). Zak wanted me to make something that you might not think is possible to make in a wood stove and these turned out perfectly – light, hollow and crisp on the outside while soft in the centre...]]> http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/cooking-with-your-wood-stove/recipe-choux-puffs The Booms (Penny's identical twin sister Rosie and her family) have installed their Homewood Heritage Stove in their new home (that they have built themselves!) and so we visited to see how it was all going. It is still not fully installed but it is looking wonderful and homely ... ]]> http://www.homewoodstoves.co.nz/homewood-news/cooking-at-the-booms