Cooking, Craftmanship
& Heritage Living
Learn traditional cooking,
food preservation and practical skills
passed down through generations.
Cast Iron · Historical Recipes · Old Ways
Welcome to Boonie Hicks
Boonie Hicks is a journal of cooking, craftsmanship, and heritage living. A place to explore traditions, culture, and everyday skills passed down through generations-still shaping how we live, cook, and make things today.
In a fast-changing world, many traditional skills and customs are being forgotten. Through articles, recipes and historical research, Boonie Hicks aims to preserve and celebrate the knowledge and everyday practices that connect us to the past.
Explore the Categories
Boonie Hicks explores the skills, recipes, cookware, and traditions that shaped everyday life. Browse the categories below and discover the stories, knowledge and craftsmenship passed down through generations.
Cast Iron Cookware
Identificaton, comparison, and use of cast iron cookware through time.
Guides · Markings · Dates · History · Use
Domestic Cookery
Honest home cooking guided by the season and simplicity.
Recipes · Preserving · Baking · Food History
Living Heritage
Traditions, skills, and everyday practices varied through time.
Household Skills · Traditions · Eveyday History
Seasonal Note
Big Update In Progress
Hi everyone, I’m currently in the process of moving back to New Zealand after 25 years living in Japan and working on version 2.0 of Boonie Hicks. Exciting times ahead, I appreciate your patience with the site while things are a bit messy and being built. Thanks, everyone.
From the Journal
Among Heritage Friends
Whether you’re drawn to to cast iron, antiques, traditional cooking, forgotten skills, or the stories of those who came before us, you’re among friends here.
I believe there’s value in slowing down, learning from the past, rediscovering the traditions that connect us to our heritage.
Together, we can explore the knowledge, customs and ways of life that are too valuable to be forgotten. We’ll be sure to have alot of fun along to way.
I hope you’ll stay awhile and explore the site.