by Sheridan | Apr 1, 2020 | Journal
One-a-penny, two-a-penny… Have you ever smelt hot cross buns baking in a home oven? If you have, you won’t have forgotten for the aroma is irresistible. And if you’ve actually eaten a spicy, buttery but-oh-so-light bun, fresh from the oven,...
by Sheridan | Mar 9, 2020 | Journal
Fabulous Figs Fig tree, for such a long time I have found meaningin the way you almost completely omit your blossomsand urge your pure mystery, unproclaimed, into the early ripening fruit. Rainer Maria Rilke, from The Sixth Elegy “Ancient, mysterious and delicious,...
by Sheridan | Jan 24, 2020 | Journal
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 away from using native...
by Sheridan | Nov 10, 2019 | 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 in Tibetan Buddhism (though never...
by Sheridan | Jul 14, 2019 | Journal
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 of the Haute-Alpes department in south-eastern France. But it wasn’t until I...
by Sheridan | May 5, 2019 | Journal
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 to see more than the usual tourist sites in Tokyo and Kyoto, as was I, and to include a few days skiing in...
