Goats are such adorable creatures. I remember having a couple of goats while I was growing up. The barren Blanchet, who we were forever waiting on having to have a kid that she never had, and the mischievous Billy, who was given to me (as a 10 year old) by some ‘well meaning’ neighbours who [...]
I have always had a secret yearning for my own personal market garden and the yearning has never been so great as when I visited The Falls Farm, located not far from Mapleton. Market gardens, by definition, are smaller scale operations that tend to be an amplified version of your backyard veggie patch. They are [...]
My recent visit to The Falls Farm saw me come home with a bunch of fabulous pom pom-like red creole onion flowers. I though they would be magnificent in a vase… and then I was told that you could actually eat them, so after a call out on Instagram, Cameron Matthews, from The Long Apron, [...]
The Sunshine Coast houses many secrets, and QCamel is one that I have only just discovered… with a little excitement, I might add. QCamel are farmers of camels for their milk – not something that you imagine happening on the Sunshine Coast. Based on the outskirts of Caloundra, the QCamel dairy is most certainly one [...]
For me mushrooms conjure up memories of mushroom hunts with my mother. My mother was quite the mushroom connoisseur… she knew how to identify all of the edible mushrooms. Growing up in a war-torn Germany, seeking out edible mushrooms was a matter survival in more sense than one. I now wish I had paid more [...]
Flowers have always held a certain fascination for me, add to that the novelty of edible flowers and I am even more interested. A number of years ago I became quite obsessed with edible flowers. So much so, that I began writing a book about them. The book is still a work in progress, and [...]
As far as I am concerned the best way to have oysters is freshly shucked, natural and unadorned, however sometimes I make an exception for tempura oysters. #yesplease This is my take… Ingredients: ¼ cup rice flour ¾ cup self raising flour ½ tsp finely grated ginger 1 cup sparkling mineral water, icy cold 1 [...]
Native foods have become quite popular, especially in the way of spices. There are a number of producers on the Sunshine Coast that stock a wonderful selection of spices and condiments that are based on ‘bush foods’ and this recipe is an exciting introduction to them. This Bush Ravioli recipe is quick and easy. If you [...]
I love preparing fish in this method as the corn husks really help retain the moisture of the fish, as well as infusing the flesh with its own subtle flavour. Although prising the corn out of its husk with out damaging it is a little fiddly, it can be prepared well in advance. I have [...]
Having climbed/walked most of the prominent peaks of the Sunshine Coast, I almost overlooked the most obvious one; Mount Coolum. Not because I haven’t climbed it, but because I climb it so frequently I actually forgot that I haven’t written about it! I live on a slope just out of Bli Bli, and every morning [...]
