Early morning near Uki in northern New South Wales. A thick fog surrounds our chalet. All we can see through the long glass doors are the tops of the eucalypts on the slope below.
And all we can hear are whip birds.
It feels ethereal, as though we’re floating among the clouds a long long way from [...]
When Allison and Stephen Arnott first visited Morpeth near the Hunter Valley seven years ago, they were overcome by a sense of destiny.
“We were living in Glebe at the time and had just had our first child,” says Allison.
“One weekend we took a short break to Morpeth to find out more about where Stephen’s [...]
A good old Aussie favourite, crispy on the outside, marshmallow within. Strawberries and cream finish it off. I love to squeeze the pulp of 3 – 4 pasisonfruit over the top. For something different, make a Brown Sugar Pav (see Tip below).
Preheat oven to 120degC. Line a baking tray with non-stick baking paper. Lightly a [...]
Lisa Wilkinson, mother of three, and sparkling compere of the TODAY show recently hosted a segment with me called Cooking with Kids. Her eldest son, Jake, came to one of my classes a few years ago and loved it. Hubbie Peter Fitzsimons is a dab hand in the kitchen and can often be found cooking [...]
This is one of those marvellous moist upside down syrup cakes, so-called because the pattern on the top, made with mangoes and blueberries, resembles the Black-Eyed Susan flower.
Preheat oven to 180degC. Line a 23cm round or square cake tin with non-stick baking paper, making sure it comes up around the sides.
Slice the cheeks off the [...]
A stroll down Argyle Street in The Rocks district is a wonderful introduction to Sydney.
Linking the harbour at Sydney Cove with Millers Point, you’ll wander past elegantly restored historic sandstone buildings fitted out with hip restaurants, boutiques and pubs. Just near the Argyle Cut, an amazing feat of engineering which used convict gang labour to [...]
“Summer afternoon – summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.”
- Henry James
Snip wing tips from quails, then cut down their backbones with a pair of kitchen scissors. Press down hard on the breast bones to flatten.
Place the quails in a large earthenware dish, pour over [...]
Situated high on a hill overlooking the prosperous Towac Valley, just ten minutes from the Orange CBD in central NSW is Borrodell on the Mount, a picturesque 32-hectare property. Here Borry Gartrell and his wife Gaye Stuart-Nairn grow vines (pinot noir, chardonnay, gewurtztraminer, sauvignon blanc), heritage apples, cherries, plums and truffles. As if that’s not [...]
