Have a jar or two of Candied Quinces in your larder, some whipped cream or ice cream and you’ll have a delicious dessert on the table in an instant. Or use them, as we’ve done, in our Quince and Almond Cream Cake, or our Candied Quince and Ricotta Cake. Try replacing the rhubarb with Candied Quinces in our Rhubarb, Orange and Almond Tart ….
I make a lovely honey mousse – yes, I know I shouldn’t be saying it myself – but it has a really luscious but melting texture..
n the lead-up to a wedding in the family, (catering for a completely gluten-free reception for 40 people, but more of that later) my husband came home with some shopping, beaming, because he’d managed to score 14 punnets of beautiful strawberries for $7.50...
I’m very lucky to live near the Sydney fish markets. I try to time my shopping to avoid the weekend rush and the madness of the carpark, but in the middle of Chinese New Year...
Yesterday, at the Food and Words 2016 seminar in the atmospheric Mint complex in Macquarie Street Sydney, we were encouraged to eat more vegetables and less meat. The thread of the presentations throughout the day stitched together ideas about local food, global systems, ethical production, health and sustainability. All interesting and important stuff....
The Gang got together recently for a small cocktail party to celebrate a ‘significant’ birthday by doing what we like to do best – catch up, hear some bad jokes, have some excellent drinks and eat some fabulous food. Of course the food had to fit the occasion and Caren decided she’d like to take the helm on that count....
Radicchio, like many of us, has to be helped along to retain its vibrancy. That lovely, trademark, red colour can only be achieved by inhibiting its exposure to light. Growers often put an inverted pot over their radicchio in the latter stages of growth to inhibit chlorophyll production and promote its lovely colour. If only it were so easy for the rest of us....
