Recipes & Resources
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…
Good morning! Yes it’s Monday but that’s ok, because below are more than enough distractions and inspirations to get you through to lunch. And also, because it’s citrus (and just weeks away from blood orange) season again, there’s the recipe for this tart too. And just quickly, before you get reading – just a quick…
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…
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…
Happy new year everyone! We celebrated the first day of 2017 with a quiet day at home on the farm; a few jobs to do, a monopoly game, naps and now, a movie and these roasted apricot and white chocolate ice creams. The perfect thing to be eating and writing about at this time of…
Happy Christmas! Before we all go into festive lock down, I just wanted to swing by and say thanks so much for hanging out with me here on Local is Lovely this year. I also wanted to share a little mixed bag of things I’ve read, cooked, seen, done and loved this past month or…
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