Wow, love this girl… what a voice. I remember stumbling on a link on You Tube long before Lana Del Rey had really hit the airways. It was a song from her Kill Kill EP which had been recorded under her then stage name of Lizzy Grant, and I thought wow, I want to hear [...]
This is a beautiful fresh crisp salad that is ideal for serving with duck featured in our Midsummer Day's Feats story. Green paw paws and bamboo shoots can often be found at the farmers’ markets and Asian grocery stores when in season. Ingredients 500g green pawpaw 500g fresh bamboo shoot Dressing: 4 garlic [...]
If you have possession of a bunch of red clay crays, you will no doubt find yourself also in possession of the shells. It is a shame to waste them when you can make this delicious bisque as Peter Wolfe has done which he served so rustically in bamboo vessels in our Midsummer Day's Feast. [...]
Coffee is a magical brew to many. Made from the roasted beans of the coffee plant, coffee, and the various flavours of it, would appear to be inspiring enough for Anthony Capella to write an amorous account of just that, in a way that has had me rethinking my own coffee vices to a point [...]
Cooking rice in bamboo pots is quite common in Asia and quite the novelty although it tastes just as great if simmered in a small saucepan if you don’t have easy access to bamboo. Ingredients 250g black rice soaked overnight in twice its volume of water. 3 tablespoons brown sugar 3 tablespoons coconut flour [...]
The combination of the cinnamon pears with the smokiness of the duck makes for strange bedfellows but is just delicious. Ingredients: 6 cooking pears 2 tablespoons cinnamon powder 1 sheet paperbark* 30cm square 4 duck breasts 4 tablespoons brown sugar 2 tablespoons sea salt 1 teaspoon coarsely ground native pepper Coriander - garnish Chilli [...]
Food plays such an important part of our lives, it is often hard to pin point at which point an individual goes from simply part taking in food, to becoming a foodie, in the sense of the appreciation of food. For some of us it is something that we acquire with time, while others it [...]
This is a recipe developed by Jamie Milverton from Jamie’s Gourmet. I think it is spectacular, reason being it has my favourite two ingredients for the moment; the locally produced STROM and salmon. [divider] Ingredients 1 Salmon fillet skin on, pin boned approx. 1.2 kg 3/4 cup of Sea Salt 1/2 cup castor sugar 1 [...]
This is a great recipe by Peter Wolfe from Cedar Creek Farm, and a great use of bunya nuts for when they are in season... love... Peter made these to go with his Red Claw Crayfish recipe. Ingredients 500g bunya nut meal after boiling and shelling* 1 medium onion 1 small carrot 2 tablespoons [...]
If you are drawn to a particular fruit or vegetable because of its magnificent colour, now there is even more of a reason to pick out the prettiest one to take centre stage in your meals. Did you realise that the colours of fruits and vegetables is more valuable than just making your salad and [...]
