“I rather my customers complain about price than quality”, Mouhamad of MD Provodores tells me as we walked along A shed in Sydney Markets at 7am on a Wednesday morning. “Jenny, have you seen one of these before?” as we stopped at one of the agents in the sheds who sold a variety of tomatoes….
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Travel diaries :: Long Weekend Away: Things to See, Taste and Do on Norfolk Island
As we landed on Norfolk Island on board an Air New Zealand flight from Sydney, I saw the vastness of emerald green pastures, rugged earth, bottle green pines and surrounding turquoise bays meeting the metallic deep seas of the South Pacific Ocean and oh, a local cow, briefly looked up at the plane and then…
Weekend recipe :: Pesto Pappardelle with Chilli Tuna and Asparagus
I look at recipes all the time but I rarely follow them word for word as I like to experiment, thinking “what if I added this instead?”.Usually the change in ingredients happens in my head when I’m at the local grocer and seeing and listening to the storeowner’s view on what’s in season and available. It’s…
Slow Living Weekend Recipe :: Harissa Lamb Cutlets
My tastebuds crave spice from time to time and Harissa Lamb Cutlets is on my menu today and its very simple to make. Slow living to me is thinking about what the best and freshest ingredients I can source to enjoy the process of making a simple and delicious dish. My Saturday mornings are usually at my local grocer seeing…
Cooking From The Source with Lonely Planet
I like to cook. That hasn’t always been the case but it has been in the past few years or so. I like the process of creation as it allows you to think about your ingredients, the flavours that go together, what to get, how to prepare it, and how it should be presented, what…
Recipes :: Seafood Bouillabaisse recipe that works
The first time I thought I really love seafood bouillabaisse is when I tried it as a restaurant called Graze MCA adjacent to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney in Circular Quay. It is a venue not only to go to if you want an excellent view of Sydney Harbour and the Opera House…
Recipes :: Slow living Brussels Sprouts with Pancetta and Walnut Crumbs
Slow living … a lifestyle emphasising slower approaches to aspects of everyday life (according to Wikipedia). I always look forward to weekends because what I love the most is to slow down from a busy work week and contemplate what to cook, what ingredients to get, and where to get them from. Just simply appreciating what…
Singin’ In The Rain at the Sydney Lyric Theatre
I attended the opening night of Singin’ In The Rain last night and I thoroughly enjoyed it – the music, the dancing, singing and acting, the stage, all of it, evidenced by the whoops, the cheers and the standing ovation of a fervently appreciative audience at the end of the show. The original 1952 film,…
Easy and delicious pasta to make when you come back from travel
When I come back from a couple of days travelling and there’s nothing at home for dinner, or you just want to quickly cook up something homemade because you’ve eaten out a lot whilst on holidays, it’s easy to whip my favourite pasta dish using the usual players of olive oil, Parmesan, flaky sea salt along…
Stylediaries :: Review May Keylooks Collection & Reflections of Life as a Blogger
I was having lunch with a few bloggers the other day and we shared our experiences about blogging. What started off as a passion does become a little obsession, always capturing a moment on camera but I also try to ensure that I don’t lose sight of the ‘real life’ moment by ensuring what I…