Every day, I play over the blogs I intend to write in my mind. But every day I get distractedā¦ I blame the birdsā¦ I am so busy with the actual process of ādoingā that I simply run out of time to write about it. I know I could resort to ai, but this [...]
Hello! Iām back! Well, it has been a long time between drinks, I mean, blogsā¦ My last blog was back in 2019ā¦ and A LOT has happened since then! There were a few factors that influenced my blogging tardinessā¦ social media, COVID19, gardening, and just general loss of interest, but the main factor was [...]
North East Victoria has many wonderful hidden treasures, but visiting the ambrosial damask rose gardens of Samaria Farm just out of Benalla for a Rosewater Distillation Workshop, would have to be the most special of treasures and a sensational day out. Rosewater is one of those fragrant ingredients that has always had a place in [...]
A visit to Kangaroo Island goes hand in hand with visiting KI Spirits. If you visit Kangaroo Island without visiting the latter, then you really havenāt visited at all. As my readers would already know, I LOVE a good gin. And next to loving gin, I love visiting gin distilleries ā it has become a [...]
With Easter holidays just around the corner, I thought I might put forth a suggestion for some adult entertainment of the gin kindā¦ I love discovering what a region has to offer, and love even more when that discovery involves gin. I admit it. I love gin. I know I am not alone, so I [...]
I love a good food tour. I also love a good brewery tour. Combine the two and you have the Hinterland Farm to Fork Experience by Sunshine Coast Craft Beer Tours, and you really do have the best of both worlds. Happy days! While I wonāt give too much away about the actual tour ā [...]
I grew up eating sourdough, and sourdough rye. It was pretty much the only type of bread we ate in my family. In my early school years I used to squirm every time I opened my lunchbox. Other kids got sliced Tip Top white bread with vegemite or honey, maybe even with hundreds and thousands [...]
Lord Byron Distillery is one of those distillery stories I aspire toā¦ We often reflect on provenance when it comes to our food. Who grows it, the ethics of animal husbandry, organic, chemical free, the passions, etc. But when it comes to what we drink, we stop short. We might be concerned with how pure [...]
I have to say, I really enjoyed yesterdayās FAN (Food Agribusiness Network) Workshop with the wonderfully insightful Sophie Hansen at Kandanga Farm Store / Kandanga Kitchen. Sophie Hansen led a workshop on photography and food styling for social media, in specific, Instagram. Sophie is the lovely individual behind Local is Lovely and My Open Kitchen, [...]
Hops. I wonder who it was that first made the connection that resulted in this humble herbās flower becoming the primary ingredient of beer. Living on the Sunshine Coast, hops is not something that is grown readily ā it is more suited to the colder, less humid climates ā so there are not too many [...]
