Of all the health trends to come out of social media, fibremaxxing is one of the few we are happy to see. The idea is simple: eat a lot more fibre than you do now. Most of us should. The catch is that people go from 15 grams a day to 50 overnight, fe…
Apple cider vinegar has been a kitchen cure all for about as long as there have been apples and barrels. These days it is sold in gummies and shots as well as bottles, with claims that range from reasonable to wild. The real picture is more modest, a…
We have a whole shelf of cacao in the shop now, and the question we get most is some version of "is this not just expensive hot chocolate?" It is a fair question. The short answer is that ceremonial cacao, cacao powder and the cocoa in the baking ais…
Five years ago matcha was a thing we sold about one tin of a month. Now it is the busiest corner of the tea wall, and at least twice a week someone comes in with a photo on their phone of a very green drink from a cafe in Bondi, asking how to make th…
The oil shelf has quietly become the most argued about part of the shop. Ten years ago people asked which one was cheapest. Now they arrive with a screenshot and a firm opinion about linoleic acid. Here is how we actually think about it, and what we…
Bone broth sits in an odd spot. Half our customers grew up with a pot of it on the stove and think calling it a wellness product is funny. The other half found it through a podcast and want to know if it will fix their gut. Both groups are partly rig…
Manuka honey is the one behind the counter that makes people do a double take at the price. A jar can cost more than a bottle of decent wine, and the numbers on the front, MGO this and UMF that, do not make it obvious why. Here is what you are actual…
It is the first week of term, the school has sent home a note saying the classroom is nut free,
and you are standing in an aisle turning packets over trying to work out what that actually rules
out. Every parent who walks into our Maroubra shop in la…
The Japanese section is one of the odder corners of the shop and one of our favourites. It is not
a big range, but it is the range we get asked about most by people who have eaten something good
somewhere and want to make it at home.If you are starti…
People cut back on coffee for all sorts of reasons. Sleep that has stopped working, a heart that
races by mid morning, pregnancy, or simply that the third cup stopped doing anything years ago.The problem is rarely the caffeine on its own. It is the r…
With the attention on Coeliac Awareness Week, it's a good time to consider gluten free alternatives and this one is pretty unique!
Explore Asian's Black Bean Spaghetti is an interesting change to usual spaghetti, which is high in protein, fibre and…
Who doesn't love bliss balls? This is a twist on the very popular classic bliss ball that isn't so full of dates and nuts. These bites are a great nutrient dense treat to encourage big and small kids to eat their veggies without hiding it. The combin…