Saturday, April 4, 2015
By Mike on Saturday, April 4, 2015, 19:55
There's been a lot written about IKEA Hacking - where two or more articles of furniture an/or hardware are assembled together into a custom build. But can the same principle be applied to the items in the IKEA Foodmarket range? Let's give it a try...
Monday, March 23, 2015
By Mike on Monday, March 23, 2015, 22:35
It's been a long time coming, but it's finally here - the new Atomic Shrimp Website. Sort of quite like the old one.
Saturday, March 7, 2015
By Mike on Saturday, March 7, 2015, 11:01
This is a food experiment borne out of wordplay as much as anything else - two-layered Spam fritters inspired by the popular Jammie Dodgers biscuit...
Sunday, March 1, 2015
By Mike on Sunday, March 1, 2015, 12:50
My daughter is working on an art project related to postal services and asked for my help with a bit of metal casting - this seemed like an ideal opportunity to do something I have heard of, but not yet tried - pewter casting into cuttlebone moulds.
Sunday, December 7, 2014
By Mike on Sunday, December 7, 2014, 19:49
This was a quick Sunday afternoon project to make a metal sculpture out of old tableware...
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
By Mike on Wednesday, October 8, 2014, 22:48
October 2014 - Gift shopping can be really tiresome and it often seems like every place is the same as the next, but every once in a while, I stumble across a little pocket of unique and inspiring difference.
Here's an example of that - a little shop in Portsmouth called Made With Hartt.
Monday, October 6, 2014
By Mike on Monday, October 6, 2014, 23:31
Another great year for sweet chestnuts - too many for the squirrels and jays to cope with, so I was able to collect a large basket full of them.
Let's see what we can make with this wild bounty - starting with Sweet Chestnut Biscuits.
Sunday, September 28, 2014
By Mike on Sunday, September 28, 2014, 23:57
A few weeks ago, I found a Wild Service tree alongside a footpath near my home, fruiting very prolifically.
I returned at the end of September to collect some of the fruit.
Thursday, September 18, 2014
By Mike on Thursday, September 18, 2014, 23:31
September 2014 - The blackberries seem a bit late this year, but now they're here, they're fantastic!
Let's make something that really shows off their delicious flavour and aroma - Blackberry Fool.
Monday, September 15, 2014
By Mike on Monday, September 15, 2014, 22:28
The Penny Bun Mushroom (also known as Cep or Porcini) is possibly the most highly sought wild mushroom - I've picked it many times in the past, but for some reason, haven't written about it here, until now.
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