We believe that any Sunday is worthy of spending time across the table with Mum, but especially so on Mother's Day. This menu has been developed around the idea of keeping things simple; a selection of recipes that not only show Mum how special she is, but that can largely be made ahead of time to take the pressure off the day and enable everyone to spend more time together. Read the rest...
Ralph and I were pretty chuffed to win Illustrated Book of the Year at last night’s ABIA Awards. And, to have Annabel Crabb and Leigh Sales to present was the icing on the cake! Read the rest...
At times it can be difficult to know which fruit and vegetables are in season because so many of them are available in store year round. But if we were to imagine we could all just wander out into our own vegetable gardens and orchards here's what we would have to choose from, in season, in Autumn... Read the rest...
Anzac biscuits are a recipe born of love and necessity, a message from wives and mothers to their loved ones at war, little luxuries from home that would have meant so much to their men. This recipe is a twist, or an extension you could say, on the traditional recipe, and can be made ahead of time and stored in the freezer until you're ready to eat. Enjoy this delicious treat whilst remembering the enormous sacrifice made by so many at war. Read the rest...
Most fruit tastes best when eaten straight after being picked ripe from the tree. With a few exceptions, such as pears, which need to ripen once picked, fruit doesn’t ripen further after picking. Logistically this makes delivering fruit in its prime a very difficult task for the industry, especially given the distance most fruit and vegetables need to travel to get to the marketplace. Refrigerating fruit is not the best solution as it dulls flavour, removing the natural scent and thus a key indicator of ripeness. So how do we choose the best quality fruit and veg? Read the rest...
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