I’ve journeyed along the coast of Croatia, Spain, Greek, Italy & of course France with friends over the cold winter months, continually requesting food pics, and then researching the restaurants, the menus and the ingredients. The traditional & simple...
You Say Potato! Ooooh, it’s potato weather! So many recipes, if I could spend the winter just cooking potatoes for dinner every night, the three months wouldn’t be enough! Mashed, roasted, chipped, hashed, layered with onions & cooked with stock, diced with...
Beanies & scarves have taken the place of sun hats & toggs and the footy is in full swing. There’s hot chocolates & porridge, chilly mornings and weekend sleep-ins. It’s hibernating time, including nourishment from slow cooked hot pots & puddings,...
Did you know that every year on Easter Monday, the townspeople of the Southern French town of Haux crack more than 4500 eggs to make a giant omelet that feeds more than 1000 people. The origin of this tradition dates back to when Napoleon and his army were traveling...
Let’s get the Fig outta here! Fresh figs, baked figs, made into a jam, in a pudding, on a pizza, in my mouth I will cram. Every day, every way, in a crumble, in a pie, go look in the shops, Play eye spy! Choose the figs that are not too soft, have a little give, but...
Lettuce Celebrate Pulling in the we should catch up card, November can be full of gatherings, and now entertaining at home is a novelty again (who knew!) it’s generous & polite to ask what to bring. To decide what to take, thinking about the time & place...
