I have recently become a fan of the SBS show Food Safari. Exploring the cuisine of a different country in each episode, host Maeve O’Meara is invited into the homes of multi-cultural Australians where they share their family stories and recipes. One area I am into in a big way, […]
Last night, after salivating over a photo and recipe in the Good Living I was reading as I waited for my drama students to turn up, I tried my hand for the first time at gnocchi. Success! For some reason, even though I can rarely resist it when at a […]
The shy violet is an unassuming flower that has come to be a symbol of love and faithfulness. Its delicate perfume transports me to a time I never lived in. It takes me back to the Victorian era; girls in white lace dresses with posies of violets on their dressing […]
Tonight was a night of firsts. It was the first time I cooked duck and it was the first time I made pasta from scratch. A couple of weeks ago I decided it was almost a crime against humanity that I didn’t own a pasta machine. Not having the $300+ […]
Today, I discovered something full of charm and whimsy in the vegetable section of About Life in Rozelle… Rainbow Chard! What? Exactly. I had only ever known it as silverbeet, and only ever known it to be white and green. Wrong! It is also called chard and comes in rainbow […]
Stock is always a great thing to have on tap, so if you are spending an evening at home in front of the tele, why not whip up some stock too?
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