
What Dad doesn’t dote on cake?
And what Dad doesn’t dote on cake made specially for him by one of his children, even if it is a little lumpy?
Some dads, needless to say, can get too much of a good thing. When we were young, my three sisters and I spent many Sundays baking cakes and [...]

There’s a curious Jekyll and Hyde personality about garlic.
Old friends of this member of the allum family will not be surprised by this, but newcomers may be caught off guard. Crush a clove or two and add it to a salad – its pungency is unmistakeable.
But cook the cloves slowly with a casseroled chicken and [...]

Whenever I visit the family farm in Tally Valley, south-east Queensland, I head straight for the orchard and chook pen.
At this time of the year, the citrus trees (oranges and lemons, grapefruit, cumquats and mandarins) are laden with fruit, and the kitembillas (Sri Lankan gooseberries ) almost ready to be picked. I even found a [...]