I love simple tartines for lunch. I also love using my "strange ingredients" to make something a bit different. Of course you can play with this recipe and make it your own by swapping with your own weird ingredients. The key of this recipe is a little bottle. It is cute but contains a fierce … Read More
Homemade ricotta & blue cheese spread
I had never thought of making my own ricotta or I had probably put the idea in the too hard basket, until very recently when I went to this amazing Food Photography pracshop organised by Sophie Hansen from the excellent blog Local is Lovely with my photographic hero Luisa Brimble and famous … Read More
Easy nibbles for apéro: quark with pickled chilli
In France, when you have friends around, you always serve drinks and nibbles before dinner, or even lunch. This is called apéritif or in short "apéro". If you have French friends you will have noticed that there is an art to apéro. The master of the house is usually in charge of the drinks and needs … Read More
Blackall Gold Washed Rind by Woombye Cheese Company
Karen and Graeme Paynter have escaped a corporate and busy life to settle in the luxurious green hills of Woombye in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. Passionate about cheese making they have been very impressed with the first batches they managed to produce in 2013 and soon after they started to sell … Read More
{Store review} Blackwattle Deli at the Fish markets in Sydney
Listening to the praising words of our dear friend Michael, we went to the fish market especially to visit Blackwattle deli. It is a wonderful store. If you are a gourmet living in Sydney or visiting, this is definitely a place you need to look at armed with a backpack or a nice wicker basket. There … Read More