Cornersmith in Marrickville, New South Wales | Cafe

Cornersmith

Locality: Marrickville, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 8065 0844

Address: 314 Illawarra Road 2204 Marrickville, NSW, Australia

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25.01.2022 New spring poachie is now on the menu! Grab one this weekend from the Annandale cafe. Open 8am-2pm

24.01.2022 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

22.01.2022 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!

21.01.2022 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!

21.01.2022 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

21.01.2022 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

20.01.2022 The weather is warming up, and what better way to spend the weekend than soaking up the sun with a picnic box! We've 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, we'll put it together while you enjoy a coffee. GF options available too

19.01.2022 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

18.01.2022 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

18.01.2022 Look what’s just arrived - our New Use It All gift totes! Fill them up with pickles for the perfect Marrickville-made gift

18.01.2022 Our favourite mid-week breakfast, the Scando plate

17.01.2022 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

17.01.2022 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.

17.01.2022 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

15.01.2022 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

15.01.2022 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 we're making @fermentingprojects Home Made Bitters, with mandarin skins, quassia bark, peppercorns, coriander seeds and a few little secrets. Use in replacement of tonic water, it's 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.

13.01.2022 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 we've 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.

13.01.2022 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 - jalapeño 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 violà! #wastehackwednesdays #useitallcooking

11.01.2022 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.

11.01.2022 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!

11.01.2022 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

10.01.2022 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!

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 you've 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

09.01.2022 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!

08.01.2022 And the cumquats keep rolling in.....thankyou to Madeleine from Oatley for this box of backyard beauties. We're pickling all the local traded cumquats, so keep an eye out on the shelves! #cornersmithtrading #cornersmithtraders

07.01.2022 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 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

05.01.2022 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?

04.01.2022 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

03.01.2022 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?

03.01.2022 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.

02.01.2022 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

02.01.2022 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

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 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].