Goodies from the Oriental cash & carry...

OK its been a while - the Hoo Hing in Enfield is like an Alladins cave for me. All the rows of weird and wonderful ingredients from Asia that I would have no idea what to do with.

I did find these which I'm going to try out over the next week. The soups (tom yum & tom ka ) seems pretty quick to make but do contain some ingredients that don't sound very Thai lets say...

And I've never ever tried a Yellow curry so looking forward to that. There might even be a new spice kit in the making.

SUMMER IS SURELY COMING...get the barbie out

I have just come up with some Bar-B-Q marinades... they where tested out on Jubilee weekend. All of got positive feedback so...they're good to go. We have Tandoori which will be mixed with yogurt. Chines 5 Spice which is sweet and tangy, and can be used on chicken or pork. And Satay which has optional peanut butter for a authentic taste. I'll post some photos of the finished packs asap.

I'm selling on EBAY...

OK its been a long time coming but I have finally put my curry kits on eBAY. I'm just using their basic layout so its a bit limited but at least they are out there. I have cunning ways of getting them higher up in the listings so Spice Almighty is up there with the big boys.

I've included a photo of the sachets so buyers realise my curry kits are not standard bags of 'curry powder'

My actual day job...

My day job ( as opposed to my night job - packing curry kits) is as a illustrator. Well as much illustrating as I can do with limited childcare. I just uploaded these 'doodles' onto a well know image library. 'Food and Drink' is a limitless subject that I could keep drawing and drawing...good thing I adore eating really.

NEW 2012 packaging...

My lovely husband has photographed the new spice / curry kits for his portfolio and for Spice Almighty's online presence. Thankfully I haven't had to pay him a penny for either the packaging design or the amazing set to photos he's just taken....lucky lucky lucky me.

Soon I'll be able to sell them on some well know websites...watch this space.

Marks & Spencer curry kits & curry paste

Last month when browsing for a birthday cake in M&S I found these. There were a few standard curry kits . And a vast array of spice pastes in jars. I really love the retro packaging theme they've got going. But I still feel Spice Almighty's packaging is far more visually captivating and emotive.

The recipes seem easy to follow but I'm not sure about the depth of flavour that could be achieved from the pastes.

I found a Burmese cookbook at last....

Whilst researching ideas for new curry kits I found a Burmese cookbook written in perfect English with wonderful pictures...I got rather giddy with the excitement. Trust me there are very few books on Burmese cooking.

The author is Burmese, who moved to England when she was small like me. WOW there were recipes in here that I hadn't eaten in ages - even my mum was suitably impressed. SOOOO many new ideas for me to try out...noodles, curries, soups. There will be a Burmese curry kit soon- just got to choose a good one.