What’s cookin’ on Australia Day?
What’s on your Australia Day menu? Kanga burgers? Hot Smoked Lemon Myrtle Crocodile? Barramundi with Green Ants? Wattleseed pavlova? Just kidding. But it’s odd, isn’t it, how we still shy … Continue reading
Journal
Karma, Kindness and Ottolenghi’s Food Smiles
“What is karma?” That was the question which bookended the first and last day at the recent Ubud Writers & Readers Festival in Bali. Having spent a few years immersed … Continue reading
Snail Trail En Provence
The sweet smell of freshly baked biscuits was wafting through the air as we walked along the leafy path to the Savoirs et Saveurs de Montagne market near Gap, capital … Continue reading
Lost in Japan
I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I agreed to accompany my sister Justy and her partner on a recent trip to Japan. She was keen … Continue reading
Dad Takes The Cake
What Dad doesn’t dote on cake? And what Dad doesn’t dote on a cake made specially for him by one of his children, even if it is a little lumpy? … Continue reading
Wild about Schnapps
It’s 2pm on an overcast Thursday and the Wild Brumby is packed. Rain and wind on the alpine peaks mean poor ski conditions and many skiers have fled the slopes … Continue reading
Surprising Tashkent: the old and the new
It’s a warm sunny Spring morning in the thriving metropolis of Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan, Central Asia. As we drive along one of the many busy multi-lane boulevards in the … Continue reading
Osteria Francescana: Everything Old is New Again
I’m re-publishing this article after Osteria Francescana won world’s best restaurant in the San Pellegrino awards again this year: Congratulations to Massimo Bottura and his team! It would be easy to walk … Continue reading
Ningaloo Reef: Swimming with the Whale Sharks
It’s 8am and I’m sitting at an outdoor table in front of the Short Order Local food truck on Town Beach, Exmouth, near the tip of the North West Cape in … Continue reading
On the Silk Road: Divine Bukhara
It’s raining mulberries on our dinner table at the Nadir Divan-Beghi Madrasa in Bukhara, an ancient city on the Silk Road in Uzbekistan, Central Asia. They’re white mulberries, also known … Continue reading
Banana Cabana
Here’s a curious fact: the banana is actually not a fruit at all, but really a giant broad-leaved herb. Now grown throughout the world, it is believed to be one … Continue reading
Christmas in the Orchard at Bend of the River
I’m walking through the orchard, basket in hand, trying to find the jaboticaba tree. My sister Justy had asked me earlier in the day if I’d join her in picking … Continue reading
Halloween
Halloween is looming. Mischief, witchcraft and magic are brewing. The kids are carving out Jack O’Lanterns, dreaming up tricks for trick ‘n treating and donning black pointed hats and masks. Most … Continue reading
The Valley Cookbook
The sun is high in the sky by the time I arrive in Glenning Valley, a good hour’s drive north of Sydney near Tuggerah Lake on the Central Coast. I’ve … Continue reading
Meet Indian Celebrity Chef Ranveer Brar
It’s not everyday I meet a famous Indian chef or run a recipe for a kebab which requires a silk thread wrapped around it before cooking. The recipe is for … Continue reading
Winter Solstice in Hobart
Tasmania will always be the apple isle for me. No matter that these days it boasts all manner of fabulous gourmet foods: fresh truffles, wasabi, cheeses, saffron, wild abalone, rock lobsters and … Continue reading
I hold my classes in my home in a beautiful setting which spills out into the garden where the children and I have fun looking at and identifying the various herbs and vegetable I grow, weather
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