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Welcome to Pebbles + Pomegranate Seeds! Pebbles + Pomegranate Seeds is my food, travel and lifestyle blog. As a published author, restaurant reviewer, photographer and prolific blogger, Pebbles + Pomegranate Seeds is where I share what I have been up to. I hope you enjoy my stories of fabulous foodie finds, travel destinations, great walks, relaxing stops, farm visit, recipes and sometime just a bit of totally unrelated whimsy.
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From the buffalo to the cheese…
Buffalo are not something you expect to see roaming across the hinterland. They are majestic beasts... huge, in fact… so it seems quite surreal to find them dotted over 100 expansive acres at the Thompson [...]
Lana Del Rey – Ride
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 [...]
Green Paw Paw and Bamboo Shoot Salad
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 [...]
Red Claw Crayfish Bisque
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 [...]
The Various Flavours of Coffee
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 [...]
Black Rice in Bamboo with Dragonfruit
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. [...]
Smoked Duck Breast with Cinnamon Pears
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 [...]
The Real Foodies…
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 [...]
STROM Cured Salmon
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 [...]
The colour purple…
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 [...]
Midsummer Day’s Feast…
With a combination of good food and perfect setting, Belli Bamboo Parkland provided the ultimate backdrop for our midsummer day lunch. There is something quite magical about a bamboo grove. While they are quite common [...]
Cooking with Conscience…
Many cooking styles and trends have emerged over the years to fire up our passions in the kitchen. But for me, the one that stands out most strongly — for all the right reasons — [...]