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Chocolate wheaty biscuits – you had me at hello. These are my perfect biscuits – perfect for dunking in tea, for taking on picnics, for packing in lunch boxes and nibbling at your desk. So I was pretty happy to come across an excellent recipe for making them at home. Happier still to be able…
I often think that if my favourite thing to do was go jogging, do cross-fit or similar – I’d be less fearful at the thought of buying a new pair of swimmers for our upcoming September break. But actually my favourite thing to do is make sweet yeasted buns, loaves and brioche. There’s something hugely…
Anneka Manning is one of the most professional bakers I’ve ever come across. She’s also one of the most generous and lovely people going. So yes – I was rather excited when she agreed to come to Orange to co-host the latest one-day My Open Kitchen workshop at the Old Convent. This one was all…
Have you ever noticed how when you bake, the most delicious aromas seem to seem to collect and congregate in the coldest corners of the house? I just made a batch of these Swedish golden syrup biscuits from Mum’s recipe book, then headed out to do something in the garden and found that our little…
A couple of weeks ago, I found myself in Florence, sitting on the steps of the Sant’Ambrogio church waiting for Emiko Davies to meet me with daughter Mariu (above) and husband Marco so we could spend a day together shopping, cooking and eating. It was, a complete treat and joy. I was in Italy to…
Last week I was cooking for a group of art students under my Mum Annie Herron’s tutelage at the art classes she runs from the family pad at Rydal NSW. Every time we have one of these groups we take them for a picnic to do some ‘en plein air’ arting and eating. This time,…
Hello! I hope you had a wonderful Easter long weekend. I also wanted to pop in here with an Autumn favourites list, and to say that I am sorry it’s been a bit quiet and uninteresting here in Local is Lovely-land recently. The reason I haven’t been posting much is…. My Open Kitchen – that darn that…
Emiko Davies is a true Renaissance woman (fitting then that she lives in Florence hey!); she is a intuitive cook, an excellent food writer, photographer, artist and Mum. She has a background in fine arts, knows her way around Florence’s galleries and churches like nobodys business and has an infectious, thoughtful passion for sharing stories,…
I am the first to admit that I get a bit ‘adjective-y’ when fig season comes around. They are hands down my favourite fruit; just so incredibly special and delicious. And so, with their precariously short season and even shorter shelf life, when the time comes; we binge, we pick and buy in bulk and…
I’ve said it before, and will say it again and again – blackberries aren’t much fun to pick. The thorns are horrible and can dig in for days, there’s always the thought of a nest of snakes right beneath the juiciest bunch of berries and because it’s February, it’s always hot and dusty. But…and it’s…
UPDATE – THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW SOLD OUT. Well this is exciting – our first workshop for 2017! Guest teacher Emiko Davies is in Australia next month and more specifically for the purposes of this post – coming to Orange to co-host a one day food photography and styling workshop with me, at the Old…
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