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…
Sydney Markets
Recipe: Lebanese Fattoush Salad
I could’ve walked down to my local shop and bought Lebanese bread for $1.50 to make my fattoush salad but I chose not to and decided to make my own Lebanese bread. I recently learnt to make an Italian focaccia from scratch thanks to the teachings of Francesco Zarella who I met when he…
Market life of MD Provodores: The Farmers, the Providore and the Restaurateur and Chef
“Good morning, Jen!” Mouhamad greets me warmly at 6.30am as I approached his warehouse at Sydney Markets. It was drizzly but that didn’t get in the way of the buzz and energy I felt at the markets, with his staff, forklifts and trucks constantly on the move. “Good morning, Mouhamad! Jimena and Juan should be…
Sydney Markets Fresh Awards 2017
It was a privilege to be a part of the Sydney Market Fresh Awards 2017 as a finalist for the best blogger story on a florist. I wrote a story about my local florist, Jackie’s Floral Gallery which made it into the finals. I didn’t win this year’s awards but big congratulations to We Are…
I’ll order a salad, please … MD Provodores and Sydney Markets
“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….