Is this not a heavenly combination? A stage full of music and fine food and drinks. The Kingston Food & Wine Festival had all the right ingredients today, including sunshine, and I got to do two of my favourite things - play music and talk about great produce.
The human brain loves order. That's why we find a vineyard so pleasing. All those rows of neatly trellised grapes rolling over hills. I found a little orderly pleasure while making dinner this evening. Having washed and dried the mushrooms, they lined themselves up neatly on the chopping board for me to admire. Sadly for
I have always maintained that mandarins and avocados should come with an insurance policy as there is absolutely no way of telling if they're going to be perfectly ripe and full of flavour or inedible. Happiness, then, is a bag of perfectly ripe avocados - soft, but not mushy, no brown spots or weird ham
I'm in the middle of peeing this afternoon when the doorbell rings. By the time I've pulled my pants up and opened the door, there's nobody there, but a lovely box on the doorstep. It's a delicious box of cheese and nibbles from Vegas & Rose, a birthday present from my lovely friend Karen. The
The season is a strange one this year on many levels. The tomatoes are late and not very prolific, but the ones I have managed to coax into existence are quite delicious. Sweet, juicy, and zingy, the little red orbs hang like jewels from the dying branches. They shout their tiny victory over the weather
You've probably gathered by now that food plays a large part in my life. This evening I had the great pleasure of dining at Wildflower in Perth. It is fine dining with a focus on Australian native ingredients and a view over the rooftops and river. What did I order? Jarrah smoked kangaroo with pepperberry,
