Recipes & Resources
This column first appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald’s Domain magazine. Remember Baby Boom, that 1987 rom-com with Diane Keaton and Sam Shepard? It is, I think, the best tree change story ever. Here’s my snap synopsis – a Manhattan-based workaholic adopts a baby, gives up the city life and buys a picture perfect yellow…
Quince chutney;This column first appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald’s Domain magazine. A small country show is the best of country life packaged up into one weekend. From the working bees that ensure their show ground pavilions are always spick and span, to the army of dining hall cooks producing hundreds of hot meals with…
This column first appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald’s Domain magazine. Generosity and hospitality are common themes in country cooking. And maybe its because I didn’t grow up in this environment, but I’m always amazed by the speed with which food is produced as soon as someone looks hungry in a country kitchen. A sandwich,…
The days between Christmas and New Years are always good ones. We fall into a funny kind of lazy limbo when you know the date but not the day of the week, you get to sleep in then stay in bed with tea and new Christmas books, a trip to the town pool is the…
It’s been a little quiet here lately – and I just wanted to jump in and explain why. Some of you may have heard that I’m writing a new cookbook (yay!). It will be published in 2019 by Murdoch Books and I’m in absolute heaven writing, recipe testing and shooting my socks off to meet…
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…
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…
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…
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