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25.01.2022 Charred broccoli, ricotta, pink pickled onion toasties in the making. Swing by this weekend.

25.01.2022 Sugar and spice and all things nice.

25.01.2022 It ain't a party without pickles! In this pack you'll find Cornersmith's signature Fennel Pickle, Bread and Butter Zucchini Pickle, the famous Ploughman's Pickle and our new Deli Pickle for some old school charm. All for just $50! Available online only, with limited stock, so get in quick! https://www.cornersmith.com.au/products/pickle-party-pack

25.01.2022 Our cookbooks are back in stock and on sale! Full of recipes from the cafe and picklery with plenty of preserving, pickling and fermenting ideas for home cooks to try. And at 20% off, its the perfect excuse to give our recipes a go, or add to your Cornersmith collection. Hop online today!

24.01.2022 Whether you've picked some jars off our shelves, or are a keen home preserver and make them yourself, we love seeing how you use our pickles and preserves - on cheeseboards, your morning toast, a fancy lunch plate or even a cocktail! Thank you @jaxcave @mmmargey @yumyumtime_ @eunice_littlekitchen @maevegobash for the delicious ideas Keep sharing your kitchen creations with us, and dont forget to sign up to our mailing list, for weekly recipes, meal ideas and waste hacks

24.01.2022 Finally, tomatoes are arriving in the shops, we spied these beauties today @harrisfarmmarkets. This means it's time to plan your at-home Tomato Day. Gather your mates and make your own passata, ketchup and pickled green tomatoes! We have an Online Tomato Day workshop available, mouli's for sale through our online store and recipes in our cookbooks. (We've popped the Pickled Green tomato recipe up on the website) Have fun! And make sure you share your tomato pics with us.

24.01.2022 DONT FORGET DAD Give the gift of pickles this Fathers Day! Head to the Annandale cafe and pick up some of his favourite condiments, or hop online for our Dad Loves Pickles Fathers Day deal https://www.cornersmith.com.au/collecti/cornersmith-pickles

24.01.2022 The weather is warming up, and what better way to spend the weekend than soaking up the sun with a picnic box! Weve packed it full of our favourite picnic supplies - house made pickles and relish, @maffra_cheese cheddar, @pepesaya butter, fresh bread, salad and seasonal fruit. BYO rug and head to your own special picnic destination, or borrow one from us and hop across to Hinsby Park. $40 to feed 2, or $65 for 4. Order and pick up from the Annandale cafe, well put it together while you enjoy a coffee. GF options available too

23.01.2022 Stone fruit season is here! It’s time to make jam, bottle apricots, pickle plums and start your boozy peaches. We’ll get you started with a peach and lime Jam recipe, with more to come over the month. Check out the recipe link in bio https://cornersmith.com.au/recipes/peach-lime-jam/

22.01.2022 Preserving equipment is back in stock! While we're all about making do and using what's on hand, we've learnt that a few of the right tools can make all the difference in easy preserving. Take our advice - a few burns, a few broken jars and more than a few tears can be avoided when you're using a few essential pieces of equipment. Our favourite @kilner_au fermenting crocks, preserving clamps, funnels, @lirahvinegar vinegar and @olssonssalt salt are back online, with more to come! Check out our online store and turn your kitchen into a preserving hub, just like Cornersmith https://www.cornersmith.com.au/collections/kitchen

22.01.2022 This morning we’re making our lemon Worcestershire. We love it on eggs, what’s your favourite way to use it?

22.01.2022 We love this video of our pumpkin sesame chutney being made! Thanks for sharing @artisan2850 you can find the recipe in our Salads and Pickles Cookbook, hurry and get a batch on before pumpkin season ends!

22.01.2022 WASTE HACK WEDNESDAY: BLACK BANANA JAM Everyone knows how to make banana bread out of their dirty black bananas. But have you tried our black banana jam? It takes 15 minutes, uses up 4 of your ripest bananas, and is delicious on French toast, pancakes or makes a decadent Nutella jaffle. You’ll find the recipe on our website, add brandy if you’re fancy! You’ll find more recipes like this in our new cookbook Use It All #wastehackwednesday #useitallcooking

22.01.2022 So good to see our frozen pea falafel recipe in this months @deliciousau. Jaimee and I are big fans of the frozen pea, theyve saved us from many dinner time dilemmas. Weve got a surprising amount of tips and things to say about frozen peas and you can read all about it in our new cookbook USE IT ALL! Preorder through link in bio.

21.01.2022 Our Christmas Pickle Clare will be at the Picklery this Saturday ready to help you with all your Christmas condiments. The Picklery will be open 9am-2pm, so pop in and say hi

21.01.2022 Cornersmith Picnics! Take a picnic box and a rug across the road to the park, lie on the grass and soak up some sunshine with your pals.

21.01.2022 Trader of the week! @jasonbruer and the band dropped off forty kilos of homegrown oranges from his backyard tree in Marrickville! Well be turning them into a batch of Orange & Campari marmalade soon - stay tuned

21.01.2022 Cuteness overload! These cool kids dropped in a giant bowl of edible flowers grown in the garden at Annandale North Primary School. Thanks legends!

21.01.2022 We’ll be here until midday on Christmas Eve for your last minute coffees and gifts, then we are going to have a little lie down.

21.01.2022 Next week we will be in conversation with Geraldine Blake from our favourite Perth bookshop @beaufortstreetbooks. We will be talking about and cooking from our new book Use It All and sharing some helpful food waste hacks from our home kitchens. This event is in store and on zoom if you’re too far away, or would just prefer to stay at home in your pj’s. 6pm WA time, bookings through @beaufortstreetbooks. Can’t wait to see you there!

20.01.2022 Stuck for a last minute Fathers Day gift? Nothing says I love you like a jar of pickles! Treat Dad this Fathers Day with brekkie in the park, and let him pick his favourite preserve to take home

20.01.2022 Trade of the week! Lovely Lisa brought us organic lemons from her sisters tree on the Central Coast. Juicy and unwaxed, they were perfect for todays lemon and thyme marmalade. Thankyou! #cornersmithtrading #cornersmithtraders

20.01.2022 Fruit Scrap Vinegar! USE IT ALL. Make your own vinegar using apple and pear cores and skins. Add scraps to a large jar or crock and cover with water. For each cup of water add 1 tablespoon sugar and 1 tablespoon raw vinegar. Cover with muslin or a clean chux and secure with a rubber band or piece of string. Let sit for a few weeks until its a little bubbly and smells and tastes like cider. Strain and discard scraps. Pour the liquid back in the jar and cover again. Let sit until it turns into vinegar ( it will taste acidic, tart and fruity). Then pour into a bottle, seal and store in the fridge or pantry for a really long time. Great for summer dressings! #useitallcooking

20.01.2022 Cornersmith’s latest cookbook and fancy new green bag is serving sustainability and style. Imagine how good it will look under the Christmas tree. Our new book is selling like hotcakes! We're so happy to hear there's so many waste warriors out there who want to reduce food waste in their kitchens. Thanks to everyone who is giving it as gifts this year. Our hearts are very full . https://cornersmith.com.au/shop/use-it-all-and-tote/

20.01.2022 Less than a month until the release of our new cookbook USE IT ALL. Jaimee and I did some wrist exercises, wore strange matching outfits and headed to @murdochbooks to sign the biggest pile of books weve ever seen! Thankyou to everyone who pre-ordered through @booktopiabooks and apologies in advance if our signatures were a bit mental. It was a very long day. Your support warms our hearts and we hope you love this book as much as we do. Pre-orders still available through link in bio.

20.01.2022 A little reminder to avoid the Black Friday sale frenzy and shop small, shop local and shop thoughtfully. Let's face it, most of us don't need more 'stuff'. We can all avoid the cheap, mass-produced and disposable stuff that contributes to landfill and instead seek out items and gifts from small businesses, talented artisans and local makers. Supporting them keeps communities strong and stops our planet being clogged up with more stuff.

19.01.2022 This week we chatted with @sportscraft about how to be more sustainable this Christmas. We shared some simple gift ideas from our new book Use it All, talked about reducing food waste and got to wear some pretty clothes. Thanks for supporting our book @sportscraft !! You can see more of us in their Home for Christmas campaign

19.01.2022 Thank you to the Green Living team and the Footprints Festival for keeping one of our favourite community festivals going, even in the times of social distancing!

19.01.2022 USE IT ALL is finally here! To celebrate, we've made some nifty videos showing you how to use all parts of whole veg. First off the rank is the humble cauliflower - it's in season right now so you'll see them everywhere at the markets and shops. We are encouraging you to buy the whole thing - no pre-portioned bits wrapped in plastic. Every part can be used - we sauté the leaves, pickle the stems and grate the head for an amazing salad! This book is a guide to making more sustainable choices in you kitchen. Pick up a copy from the Annandale cafe, online, or from your favourite book seller. Buy whole, waste less, use it all! #wastehackwednesdays #useitallcooking https://www.cornersmith.com.au//cookbo/products/use-it-all

19.01.2022 Remember the 200 kg of cherries we rescued from landfill last month? Well now the circle is complete! We donated some of the cherry hot sauce and a whole lot of pickles back to @foodbanknswact to distribute before Christmas. Leanne from Karabi Community & Development Service was thrilled to see our products in the warehouse and told us. We look after people from so many backgrounds and we are always looking to Foodbank for something different for them. We just can’t ...get products like this anywhere else. Our clients don’t have the money for food like this and we couldn’t afford it without Foodbank and Cornersmith. We're really excited that we teamed up with @foodbanknswact and look forward to more collaborations like this next year to reduce food waste, donate more food to those in need, and make our food system better and fairer for all. See more

19.01.2022 New spring poachie is now on the menu! Grab one this weekend from the Annandale cafe. Open 8am-2pm

19.01.2022 We're expanding our online store to offer more of what is useful for preservers and cooks. Everything we stock has been chosen with care to make cooking and eating more thoughtful and an even greater joy. Head to our website to see this months selection of cookbooks by the writers and cooks who have taught us how to preserve, ferment, make dinner and think about food. We will be featuring books that deserve to be read widely and celebrated - new releases and established wri...ters who have a depth of knowledge we admire and inspire us to get into the kitchen! We're kicking off with @featherandboneprovidore new book Ethical Omnivore, Matthew Evans @fat_pig_farm Not Just Jam preserving book, Ferment by @hollydaviswholefood, our favourite book all about Kimchi, and the book we recommend to everyone Flavour Thesaurus by @nikisegnit https://www.cornersmith.com.au/collections/cookbook See more

19.01.2022 WASTE HACK WEDNESDAY: Remember that chilli top vinegar we started a few months ago? Weve added more of our tasty odd and ends to it - jalapeo tops, the ends of lemongrass, knobs of ginger and traded kaffir lime leaves . Weve just tasted it - its insanely delicious! It will be brewing a little while longer, but soon well use it as a Tabasco-style sauce for the cafe. Dont forget you can try a version of this at home - just add all your scrappy bits to vinegar, with a little sugar and salt, and viol! #wastehackwednesdays #useitallcooking

18.01.2022 Our little book with a big message made to breakfast tele! It was hilarious and fun to speed talk food waste with Larry and Kylie! Thanks for having us @morningshowon7 @larryemdur @kyliegillies!

18.01.2022 Cornersmith gift hampers are now available for pre-order! This one is for the BBQ obsessive in your life. Our Summer BBQ Pack has all the condiments they’ll need when they fire up the grill: Spicy Tomato Ketchup, Bread & Butter Zucchini Pickle, Sweet ‘N’ Smoky Onion Jam and a Smoky BBQ Salt in a small Cornersmith gift tote.... Order online today to receive your hampers from December 3rd - either delivered to your door, or picked up from the Picklery in Marrickville. https://cornersmith.com.au/shop/bbq-pack/

17.01.2022 WASTE HACK WEDNESDAY: This week we're celebrating citrus season and all the things you can do with it. One of our favourite waste hacks is oven drying the peels. So often we juice oranges and lemons and then throw away all the flavour and oils that are the skins. Dried peels can be used to flavour slow cooked stews, added to soups, cocktails and herbal teas. You can also blitz the dried peels in a spice grinder to make citrus powders which can be used in baking, whipped through butter or avocado or used to make a seasoning salt. Store dried peels in an airtight jar for up to 12 months! Does anyone have any other citrus peel tips?? #wastehackwednesdays

17.01.2022 PLOUGHMAN'S PICKLE IS BACK Salty, saucy, spiced and bright mustard yellow, this has got to be one of the best condiments in town! Your burgers, hot dogs, cheese toasties, picnics and of course, ploughman's plates, all need this. Pick up a jar from the Annandale cafe, or order online and get it delivered to your door. https://www.cornersmith.com.au//cornersmith-pickles/produc

17.01.2022 NEW GROCERIES ONLINE We've added more of our favourite local producers to our online store, so you can fill your kitchen with seasonal, sustainable goodies that support small Australian businesses! @katieswiftcordials cordials, @theurbanbeehive honey and @parva.little.things bees wax wraps are now available in the Groceries section of our online store - check them out

17.01.2022 USE IT ALL is finally here! To celebrate, we've made some nifty videos showing you how to use all parts of whole veg. First off the rank is the humble cauliflower - it's in season right now so you'll see them everywhere at the markets and shops. We are encouraging you to buy the whole thing - no pre-portioned bits wrapped in plastic. Every part can be used - we sauté the leaves, pickle the stems and grate the head for an amazing salad! This book is a guide to making more sustainable choices in you kitchen. Pick up a copy from the Annandale cafe, online, or from your favourite book seller. Buy whole, waste less, use it all! #wastehackwednesdays #useitallcooking https://www.cornersmith.com.au//cookbo/products/use-it-all

17.01.2022 PLOUGHMANS PICKLE IS BACK Salty, saucy, spiced and bright mustard yellow, this has got to be one of the best condiments in town! Your burgers, hot dogs, cheese toasties, picnics and of course, ploughmans plates, all need this. Pick up a jar from the Annandale cafe, or order online and get it delivered to your door. https://www.cornersmith.com.au//cornersmith-pickles/produc

16.01.2022 GOOD MORNING! Open today til 2

16.01.2022 Our new Thirsty Work pack brings together the flavours we love, and the makers who are shakin it at cocktail hour! @katieswiftcordials and @pyewacketstraditionals are two of our favourite small scale makers who use natural, local ingredients and old school techniques to make incredible seasonal mixers that will jazz up your cocktails and mocktails! Add a dash of our new Cornersmith Bitters to sparking water for a grown up booze-free drink, or enjoy with your favourite vodka or gin, or be a show-off and garnish your negroni with a picked cumquat. Available online now! Cheers to that!

16.01.2022 Cornersmith Annandale is open today! See you for a picnic and an iced coffee.

16.01.2022 Yesterday was @loveyourbookshopday . We took an innerwest tour of all our favourite local bookstores and signed mountains of cookbooks! So head to @gleebooks @berkelouwbooksleichhardt @betterreadbookshop and support local book sellers.

15.01.2022 WASTE HACK WEDNESDAY: This week were celebrating citrus season and all the things you can do with it. One of our favourite waste hacks is oven drying the peels. So often we juice oranges and lemons and then throw away all the flavour and oils that are the skins. Dried peels can be used to flavour slow cooked stews, added to soups, cocktails and herbal teas. You can also blitz the dried peels in a spice grinder to make citrus powders which can be used in baking, whipped through butter or avocado or used to make a seasoning salt. Store dried peels in an airtight jar for up to 12 months! Does anyone have any other citrus peel tips?? #wastehackwednesdays

15.01.2022 We’re back baby! See you at the Annandale cafe from 7am for coffees and poachies

15.01.2022 Celery is in season now! In our new book, USE IT ALL we encourage you to buy whole vegetables, not portions wrapped in plastic, and show you how to use every last bit. We get asked about celery so often in our cooking classes that weve written a whole chapter on it! For a sneak peak, check out the @innerwestcouncil Eco Festival website, you can see Alex and Jaimee, discussing all their celery tips in a cooking demo. Learn how to store it correctly, quick pickle, braise and m...ake an insanely delicious celery leaf pesto. Link in bio #useitallcooking https://www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au//footprints-on/activities See more

14.01.2022 This weeks newsletter is all about fermenting. Our online store is stocked with kits to get you started at home; we look at the best books on the subject; the sweetest handmade fermenting weights are available, and a pineapple sambal recipe that will bring life to the table! Make sure you sign up for our weekly newsletters for recipes, tips, preserving equipment and pickles, or head to the website now to check them out!

14.01.2022 Our fridge is full of products from our favourite Aussie dairy farmers and producers - @pepesaya @maffra_cheese @pyenganadairy @country_valley support small businesses and switch your staple milk, butter or cheese to a local producer. Not only are they far tastier, they are better for you, the local economy, and the planet! Pick them up from the Annandale Cafe #aussieartisanweek

14.01.2022 We wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who has ordered pickles online over the last six months. Your ongoing orders have kept our little Picklery afloat and we are very grateful! This week we have reopened the doors, so you can pop into our Marrickville store to buy pickles, cookbooks, preserving equipment and more! Monday-Friday 9am-5pm throughout November, with extended hours coming in December.

13.01.2022 It aint a party without pickles! In this pack youll find Cornersmiths signature Fennel Pickle, Bread and Butter Zucchini Pickle, the famous Ploughmans Pickle and our new Deli Pickle for some old school charm. All for just $50! Available online only, with limited stock, so get in quick! https://www.cornersmith.com.au/products/pickle-party-pack

13.01.2022 Traded cumquats are still rolling through the door! Thanks again traders for all your wonderful homegrown produce We pickled another big batch today for the shelves. Bitey, tart and sweetly spiced, theyre delicious in a cocktail, finely sliced and tossed through salads, or on your next cheese board. Available at the Annandale cafe or online

13.01.2022 We absolutely love hearing how Use It All is changing the way you do things in your kitchens, and helps solve your sad veg problems. From tired green beans to wrinkly capsicum and zucchini, and just about everything in between, this book aims to turn your would-be food waste into something wonderfully delicious! Thanks for sharing @jleesye Keep sharing your kitchen adventures, and if you haven’t got a copy yet, pick one up from our online store, the Annandale cafe, or your local bookseller #useitallcooking #wastehackwednesday

12.01.2022 Whether youve picked some jars off our shelves, or are a keen home preserver and make them yourself, we love seeing how you use our pickles and preserves - on cheeseboards, your morning toast, a fancy lunch plate or even a cocktail! Thank you @jaxcave @mmmargey @yumyumtime_ @eunice_littlekitchen @maevegobash for the delicious ideas Keep sharing your kitchen creations with us, and dont forget to sign up to our mailing list, for weekly recipes, meal ideas and waste hacks

12.01.2022 PRE-ORDER YOUR CORNERSMITH GIFT HAMPERS Our hampers are full of@our favourite pickles and preserves, made with all Australian produce, minimal packaging and a lot of love. We can guarantee they won’t be regifted! You can pre-order your hampers now and we will ship them out from December 3rd, to arrive at your door or under your loved one’s Christmas tree. We are also taking online pre-orders for pick up from the Pickerly in Marrickville. Just choose this option at the checkout and you’ll get an email when your order is ready to be collected. Hop on the website for more details

12.01.2022 Cornersmith Gift Vouchers are the easiest last minute gift! Delivered instantly to your inbox, so you don't even have to leave the house. Our vouchers can be used for workshops and pickles, online and in-store. https://cornersmith.com.au/shop/gift-voucher/

12.01.2022 Advance copies of our new book USE IT ALL arrived! We are beside ourselves to see it in proper book form and couldnt be prouder. Jaimee and I gave our wholeselves to this one. Its exactly how we cook in our homes - simple, delicious food for busy people who want to make sustainable choices in their kitchens. A big thankyou to the @murdochbooks team, @janemorrow @meganjpigott and VB. And @cathmuscat and @vanessaaustinstylist we cried when we opened the package. Its so beautiful and exactly how we imagined. Available for pre order through link in our bio, @booktopiabooks or your local bookseller. #useitallcooking #cornersmith

12.01.2022 Treat Dad to a picnic in the park this weekend with one of our picnic boxes. Its full of all our favourite picnic supplies, plus you can add a bottle of kombucha, cakes or gluten free goodies! Feed 2 for $45 or 4 for $75. No need to pre-order either, well put one together for you on the spot. Fathers Day sorted

12.01.2022 Its our first weekend back at the Cooking School and we are so excited! After a long hiatus, we are kicking it off with our much loved Fermenting Vegetable class, where Jaimee shares her fermenting wisdom and shows you how to make a traditional sauerkraut, a kitchen scrap kimchi, and the most delicious fermented ginger carrots. Well be scheduling more classes and more dates over the coming months, so keep an eye on the website, and be sure to join our mailing list to be the first to know when more classes are announced!

11.01.2022 NEW GROCERIES ONLINE Weve added more of our favourite local producers to our online store, so you can fill your kitchen with seasonal, sustainable goodies that support small Australian businesses! @katieswiftcordials cordials, @theurbanbeehive honey and @parva.little.things bees wax wraps are now available in the Groceries section of our online store - check them out

11.01.2022 BIG NEWS! Cornersmith's new cookbook USE IT ALL is available for pre-order now! Over the past year, Alex and Jaimee have been working with the team @murdochbooks on this exciting project. USE IT ALL is a sustainable guide for busy people who want to make better choices in their own kitchens by buying less, wasting less, and making the most of what you've got. This book aims to make everyday cooking easy, shows you how to shop, answers the endless question of whats for dinner, plus its filled to the brim with tips and tricks on reducing food waste. Available for pre-order today through @booktopiabooks link in our bio, or your local book seller. Pre-ordering today will help us enormously, so if youre looking for a way to support small local business and authors, this is it! #useitallcooking

11.01.2022 @greerfrances is back in the kitchen, and so are her Chilli Sambal and cheesy scrolls! At the Annandale cafe today

11.01.2022 This week we're obsessed with pineapples and the picklers have been busy bottling some new products for our summer range. We bring you a zingy Pineapple Mustard Relish and a waste-warrior Pineapple and Chilli Cocktail Syrup made from excess pineapple skins. Plus we have Pineapple, Mango and Kefir Cordial from @katieswiftcordials and a delicious Pineapple and Mint Shrub from @pyewacketstraditional. It won't hit the cafe shelves until Christmas but we have limited stock available online now. We've also put a fermented pineapple skin soda recipe up on the website for you to try at home!

11.01.2022 Waste Hack Wednesday: SPENT COFFEE GROUNDS We're always looking for local businesses to work with to reduce food waste and share resources. Our beeswax wrap supplier Kirsty from @parva.little.things also makes natural skin care products and is often found filling up a bucket of our spent coffee grounds at the end of the day. She uses them in her scrubs and body oils and has generously shared a simple recipe so you can try it home! Simple Coffee Body Scrub Step one is the... most important, dry the wet coffee grounds on a tray or a plate until they resemble coffee again (a few days at most) run a fork thru them to aerate daily. Once dried they are ready to use. Take an empty, clean Cornersmith pickle jar (the relish jars are the perfect size). Add 1/2 cup Coffee grounds, 1/2 cup of brown or white sugar, 1-2 tsp of your favourite ground spice (cinnamon, ginger, cardamon, five spice). Then add 1/4 cup of oil (almost any you have in the kitchen will do, but avoid coconut, it clogs drains and hardens in cold temperatures) put the lid on and shake really well. You want a wet sand consistency, too dry? a splash more oil. Too runny? more coffee! Use once a week, scrub in gentle circular motions. Best kept out of the shower in case water gets in the jar. Our waste hacks are a way to share creative ideas for sustainable communities. Don't forget, one persons rubbish, is another persons gold!

11.01.2022 Chilli Jam & Green Tomato Relish are back! For everyone's who's been asking you'll find them at the Annandale cafe or online today!

10.01.2022 ONLINE COURSE SALE! Bring traditional skills into your kitchen with our online courses, to better understand seasonal eating and how to reduce food waste while becoming less reliant on supermarkets and avoiding additives. Once youve signed up, the course is yours to keep - forever! - so you can learn at your own pace, in your own kitchen, from anywhere in the world! Usually $75, now just $60. For one week only, so if youve been wanting to become a pickling master, now is your chance! Sign up online today, or choose an online course voucher for your pickle-crazy dad this Fathers Day https://www.cornersmith.com.au/c/cornersmith-online-courses

10.01.2022 Only 10 days until Christmas!! Get your orders in this week to guarantee delivery. Nothing says thank you like a jar of pickles (or a whole box full if you really love them!) Individual jars and hampers online and in store now

09.01.2022 The Scando at Cornersmith has got to be our favourite way to eat - simple, well made ingredients from makers we admire. @pepesaya butter, @eggladydeliveries boiled eggs, @maffra_cheese cheddar, @providencebakery rye with house-made jam and seasonal fruit. What would you add to your dream Scando plate?

09.01.2022 Were expanding our online store to offer more of what is useful for preservers and cooks. Everything we stock has been chosen with care to make cooking and eating more thoughtful and an even greater joy. Head to our website to see this months selection of cookbooks by the writers and cooks who have taught us how to preserve, ferment, make dinner and think about food. We will be featuring books that deserve to be read widely and celebrated - new releases and established wri...ters who have a depth of knowledge we admire and inspire us to get into the kitchen! Were kicking off with @featherandboneprovidore new book Ethical Omnivore, Matthew Evans @fat_pig_farm Not Just Jam preserving book, Ferment by @hollydaviswholefood, our favourite book all about Kimchi, and the book we recommend to everyone Flavour Thesaurus by @nikisegnit https://www.cornersmith.com.au/collections/cookbook See more

09.01.2022 Waste Hack Wednesday: SPENT COFFEE GROUNDS Were always looking for local businesses to work with to reduce food waste and share resources. Our beeswax wrap supplier Kirsty from @parva.little.things also makes natural skin care products and is often found filling up a bucket of our spent coffee grounds at the end of the day. She uses them in her scrubs and body oils and has generously shared a simple recipe so you can try it home! Simple Coffee Body Scrub Step one is the... most important, dry the wet coffee grounds on a tray or a plate until they resemble coffee again (a few days at most) run a fork thru them to aerate daily. Once dried they are ready to use. Take an empty, clean Cornersmith pickle jar (the relish jars are the perfect size). Add 1/2 cup Coffee grounds, 1/2 cup of brown or white sugar, 1-2 tsp of your favourite ground spice (cinnamon, ginger, cardamon, five spice). Then add 1/4 cup of oil (almost any you have in the kitchen will do, but avoid coconut, it clogs drains and hardens in cold temperatures) put the lid on and shake really well. You want a wet sand consistency, too dry? a splash more oil. Too runny? more coffee! Use once a week, scrub in gentle circular motions. Best kept out of the shower in case water gets in the jar. Our waste hacks are a way to share creative ideas for sustainable communities. Dont forget, one persons rubbish, is another persons gold!

09.01.2022 Good news for local picklers, jam makers and fermenting fiends. We now stock all our favourite preserving equipment at the Annandale cafe. Youll find the best Australian made vinegar from @lirahvinegar, our go to salt for pickling from @olssonssalt plus plenty of jars and equipment from @kilner_au. Were looking to expand our range so let us know what else youre looking for!

08.01.2022 Calling casual chefs! We're looking for creative, experienced chefs to join our Annandale kitchen team. Send resumes to Jimmy and Alex at [email protected].

06.01.2022 Last week we rescued 200kg of cherries from ending up in landfill (thank you @foodbanknswact) . Today we're making a giant vat of Cherry Hot Sauce. The colour and smell is unbelievable! We'll be bottling and labelling it later this week, so you'll find it on the shelves and the online store this weekend.

06.01.2022 Windswept and crazed but very excited to see an extract from our brand new cookbook, USE IT ALL, in Delicious Magazine this morning! It feels very fitting to be announcing this book in their excellent zero waste addition. Thanks for the love @deliciousau ! You can preorder USE IT ALL today through @booktopiabooks or your local book seller. Woo Hoo!

06.01.2022 Waste Hack Wednesday: Mandarin skins! Mandarins are so good right now, but what to do with all those flavoursome orange skins. Last week we made a big batch of mandarin & star anise jam, so this week were making @fermentingprojects Home Made Bitters, with mandarin skins, quassia bark, peppercorns, coriander seeds and a few little secrets. Use in replacement of tonic water, its insanely delicious with gin or vodka, or add a tablespoon to sparkling water for a grown up booze-free drink. Online and on the shelves at Annandale this weekend.

05.01.2022 Since opening our doors, Cornersmith has only used Australian products, drawing special attention to small scale producers, growers and makers we admire. We do this for flavour, to reduce food miles, support local businesses and to raise awareness of the amazing food that is produced in Australia. This week we are getting behind the excellent initiative Aussie Artisan Week! We will be posting and sharing stories of some of our favourite artisan suppliers as a reminder of why its so important to buy these products. Thanks for the inspo @pepesaya.

05.01.2022 PRE-ORDER YOUR CORNERSMITH GIFT HAMPERS Our hampers are full of our favourite pickles and preserves, made with all Australian produce, minimal packaging and a lot of love. We can guarantee they won't end up being regifted!! You can pe-order your hampers now and we will ship them out from December 3rd, to arrive at your door or under your loved one's Christmas tree. We are also taking online pre-orders for pick up from the Cornersmith Picklery in Marrickville. Just choose this option at the checkout and you'll get an email when your order is ready for collection!

05.01.2022 OVER AND OUT FOR 2020! We wanted to say a big thank you to our customers and community for supporting us through one of the most difficult years we've had. We were so afraid we would lose our beautiful business this year and would not have made it through without you. To everyone who bought a jar of pickles, our new cookbook or coffee and a toastie, please know it made a difference and will allow Cornersmith to keep on truckin' in 2021. We're going to take a little break to ...lie down and recharge and we'll be back in the new year ready for whatever 2021 throws at us. The cafe will re-open on January 6th and the Picklery will re-open on the 18th. The online store is open, but we will not be posting any orders until we're back on the 18th. We wish you all a safe and restful summer break and look forward to seeing you again in the new year! Alex, James and all the Smithies. xo See more

05.01.2022 Preserving equipment is back in stock! While were all about making do and using whats on hand, weve learnt that a few of the right tools can make all the difference in easy preserving. Take our advice - a few burns, a few broken jars and more than a few tears can be avoided when youre using a few essential pieces of equipment. Our favourite @kilner_au fermenting crocks, preserving clamps, funnels, @lirahvinegar vinegar and @olssonssalt salt are back online, with more to come! Check out our online store and turn your kitchen into a preserving hub, just like Cornersmith https://www.cornersmith.com.au/collections/kitchen

05.01.2022 WASTE HACK WEDNESDAY: BLACK BANANA JAM Everyone knows how to make banana bread out of their dirty black bananas. But have you tried our black banana jam? It takes 15 minutes, uses up 4 of your ripest bananas, and is delicious on French toast, pancakes or makes a decadent Nutella jaffle. You’ll find the recipe on our website, add brandy if you’re fancy! You’ll find more recipes like this in our new cookbook Use It All #wastehackwednesday #useitallcooking

05.01.2022 CORNERSMITH MINI MARKETS! This Saturday between 9-11am Alex and Jaimee will be in the courtyard at the Annandale cafe selling and signing their brand new cookbook USE IT ALL. Come along and ask all your preserving and food waste brain busters, plus the first 30 people will get a bottle of waste-warrior chilli top vinegar, so get there early! They’ll also be joined by @iatewhat incredible veggie boxes and @danspasta amazing fresh pasta. Come say hi

04.01.2022 Tomato & Peach Salad If you're looking for the perfect simple summer salad, this is it! Make this all summer long, when tomatoes and stone fruit are ripe, delicious and abundant. The sumac adds a sour tang to the fruits, while the tarragon adds a savoury bite. Serve with ham, seafoods or with good crusty bread and fancy cheese. Head to the website to check it out! https://cornersmith.com.au//tomato-peach-tarragon-sumac-s/

04.01.2022 Lovely Lulu Joy brought us luscious limes from her yard in Marrickville well turn them into a tasty bitters, or maybe an Indian lime pickle - what do you think we should make?

04.01.2022 BIG NEWS! Cornersmiths new cookbook USE IT ALL is available for pre-order now! Over the past year, Alex and Jaimee have been working with the team @murdochbooks on this exciting project. USE IT ALL is a sustainable guide for busy people who want to make better choices in their own kitchens by buying less, wasting less, and making the most of what youve got. This book aims to make everyday cooking easy, shows you how to shop, answers the endless question of whats for dinner, plus its filled to the brim with tips and tricks on reducing food waste. Available for pre-order today through @booktopiabooks link in our bio, or your local book seller. Pre-ordering today will help us enormously, so if youre looking for a way to support small local business and authors, this is it! #useitallcooking

04.01.2022 DON'T FORGET DAD Give the gift of pickles this Father's Day! Head to the Annandale cafe and pick up some of his favourite condiments, or hop online for our Dad Loves Pickles Father's Day deal https://www.cornersmith.com.au/collecti/cornersmith-pickles

03.01.2022 The Annandale fridge is stocked with a rainbow of gut loving ferments. We’re loving the cauliflower leaf kimchi! Pop in and pick up a jar this week.

03.01.2022 Stale bread should never end up in the bin! We have chapter in our new book full of easy tips on how to use up excess bread including french toast, croutons, breadcrumbs and bread crackers. What are your best tips to use up leftover bread?? #useitallcooking

02.01.2022 Some lucky egg is getting all of this in the mail! Did you know you can order our pickles and groceries online and have them delivered to your door? Australia wide! Hop online and check out our selection of goodies

02.01.2022 And the cumquats keep rolling in.....thankyou to Madeleine from Oatley for this box of backyard beauties. Were pickling all the local traded cumquats, so keep an eye out on the shelves! #cornersmithtrading #cornersmithtraders

02.01.2022 Look what’s just arrived - our New Use It All gift totes! Fill them up with pickles for the perfect Marrickville-made gift

02.01.2022 USE IT ALL has arrived! We are signing them all to post out to you today, a big thank you to everyone who bought a book Keep ordering so we can keep signing! And yes we all accidentally wore matching outfits to celebrate

01.01.2022 It’s our last weekend at the Annandale cafe for 2020! We’ll be open until midday on Christmas Eve and then we’re having a holiday until January 6th. Pop in for toasties & coffee, picnics & pickles or to pick up a Christmas pressie Open 8am-2pm all weekend

01.01.2022 Cherry rescue alert! Last week we rescued 200kg of delicious Aussie grown cherries from landfill. Our friends @foodbanknswact knew we'd be up for the challenge of preserving them before it was too late. We dropped everything and spent our days making Chilli Cherry Hot Sauce, Cherry Bitters and a Christmas Cherry Glaze and not a single cherry was wasted. We'll be donating some of these back to @foodbanknswact and you'll find the rest on the shelves for Christmas gifts.

01.01.2022 We popped into one of our favourite city bookstores @kinokuniya_sydney this arvo to sign a stack of books. You’ll find plenty of signed copies of Use it All (and the other Cornersmith books) there this weekend! Thanks for the support @kinokuniya_sydney