stonesoup is a blog about helping people become better home cooks by using a minimalist approach to cooking.

It’s about reducing the number of ingredients, the amount of equipment, the number of steps involved and the time we spend in the kitchen to a minimum so we can focus what’s important.

It’s about simple, wholesome, delicious food that is easy to prepare and still fun and satisfying to eat. If you’re new to stonesoup please have a look around the beginners guide HERE.

about the title

For the story behind why I called my blog stonesoup click HERE.

I’ve always been a believer that ‘less is more‘ and that it’s better to go for quality over quantity but it wasn’t until I discovered minimalism that I realised just how beneficial these concepts can be to navigate modern life.

To learn more about minimalism in general click HERE. To discover the stonesoup definition of minimalist home cooking click HERE.

about the author

The author of this site is Jules Clancy. I’m a food scientist, photographer, writer, runner and aspiring minimalist. I live in Sydney.

In January 2010, I packed in my day job as a chocolate biscuit designer for Australia’s largest biscuit company to become a full time blogger.

I recently self published my first cookbook, ‘and the love is free’. If you find the recipes and stories on my blog useful you can become a stonesoup supporter by ordering a copy. It is exclusively available through stonesoup HERE.

For more about me check out my story HERE.

about the recipes

When I first started blogging in late 2005 my main motivation was to write a little, take some photographs and keep a record of my favourite recipes. Since then stonesoup has evolved into a blog about minimalist home cooking so the recipes are much more focused on simple ingredients and preparation techniques. For more about what constitutes minimalist home cooking and the types of recipes you’re likely to find click HERE.

Rather than hide where I’ve come from, I’ve divided my recipe index so that the minimalist recipes are listed first and the more involved recipes are listed afterwards in the PM [pre minimalist] section. Feel free to browse the recipe index or for my personal all time [minimalist] favourites visit the beginners guide.

I always take great care to make my recipes as straight forward as possible. Given that the stonesoup readership is from all over the world, I include both metric and imperial measurements. If you come across any problems please, please drop me a line so we can figure it out. I’d hate to be responsible for a kitchen catastrophy.

about the photography

All the photography on this site has been taken with my NEW Nikon D700. I find that natural light is critical for appealing food photography so have given up trying to take photos at night.

I believe that with food, just as in life, there is beauty in imperfection. My food styling philosophy is to keep everything as natural and simple as possible and most of all for it still to be real and edible after the picture has been taken. No trickery or elaborate props here.

You can check out more of my photography collection on Flickr.

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by email | jules[at]thestonesoup[dot]com
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