Quiet achievers are underrated. My friend Amy is young (no more than 30 years old), energetic and quite an established entrepreneur. From setting up a few cafes in Sydney from scratch and running them successfully, Amy has now brought the Gotcha Fresh Tea concept to Sydney, with the launch of her first stores a few…
Recipe: Zucchini and lemon pasta with Barilla Chickpea Casarecce
Did you know there is a new Barilla pasta range? Do you love pasta but are concerned about eating too much carbs? I tried Barilla’s new Legume range which is a great substitute for the ordinary wheat pasta and it won’t make you feel as bloated. Their new Chickpea Casarecce is made with 100% chickpea…
Recipe: Apricot Crumb Pie using Aussie Apricot’s award winning apricot jam
Once you have the recipe for crumb pie you can virtually put anything in the middle and make a fruit crumb pie or jam crumb pie. I got this one from anitalianinmykitchen.com and it’s a good recipe that I’ve used a couple of times now. What I like about crumbed pie is that it’s easy…
It’s Pie Time in the Southern Highlands
Pie is what happens when pastry meets filling. The Oxford English Dictionary traces the first use of the word “pie” as it relates to food to 1303, noting the word was well-known and popular by 1362. My discovery of pies was much, much later than that when my father use to buy pies for my brother and…
Beer Battered Fish and Chips recipe
There is nothing like homemade fish and chips for lunch on a lazy Sunday. Sapporo beer battered fish and hand cut chips actually. Sounds fancy but it’s not that hard to make when you have fresh ingredients, particularly fresh flathead fillets which were sourced from Northside Seafood Suppliers, a supplier of seafood to the chefs…
A conversation with Italian chef, Massimo Bottura
I was curious to see how long I would have to wait if I wanted to reserve a table at the world’s No.1 restaurant, Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy according to The World’s 50 Best Restaurants rankings. I went online to check. I was 819 on the list to wait for a table booking. “That’s…
Future of Fresh Produce: grow local, think global
I grew up in the 80s during a time where one of the fruit and vegetable markets was in Haymarket. I use to tag along with my mother to the markets on a Saturday to help her carry bags of apples and oranges back home. Here I remember the sellers at the markets sold produce…
Travel diary: Malolo at Macmasters :: Connecting with loved ones on the NSW Central Coast
“Happy New Year! Did you go away?” a work colleague asked me. “Yes I did. I was up on the Central Coast, on Macmasters Beach”, I replied. “Oh yes, Macmasters Beach, I’ve been there a few times … it’s a really nice remote part of the Central Coast, away from all the crowds”. During the…
Make-a-Wish :: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory musical in Sydney
I’ve nearly forgotten about the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory story, the film and story I’ve grew up on and watched many times as a child. My memory of the film was rebooted at the Make A Wish fundraiser night in late February where we saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory musical at the Capitol…
Royal Botanical Gardens Sydney :: Longest Tomato Lunch
We indulged on everything with tomatoes over the weekend … Focaccias made with tomatoes and sea salt, Luca’s signature pasta with marinated heirloom tomatoes, tomato carpaccio, ricotta fritters with tomato jam at the Longest Tomato Lunch held at the Royal Botanical Garden in Sydney over the weekend set on the spectacular foreshore. This was a…