New Summer Cooking Classes
Our next series of classes are now open for booking. Come join us for some Summer menu treats! The sessions run for two hours – the first hour with a ...
Our next series of classes are now open for booking. Come join us for some Summer menu treats! The sessions run for two hours – the first hour with a ...
I get very excited when summer finally arrives, and my weekly pilgrimage to the farmers market instantly becomes more appealing. The options for salads and sides increase dramatically, embracing all the glorious summer flavours and…
To me, the quintessential summer dessert has to be a fruit pie. My dream pie’s golden lattice top is filled with fruit from the local Pick Your Own farm and eaten under the beating sun,…
It’s peak watermelon season and while it hasn’t really felt much like summer of late here, I know it’s sunny somewhere. Regardless of the weather, watermelon is in abundance and incredibly satisfying in just about…
Every year it happens. School finishes for the summer, and lacking any desire to tackle early morning departures over the holidays, I take the executive decision that summer camp is ...
As we finally find ourselves drifting into the warmer months when tomatoes are at their peak addictive sweetness and cherries are falling off the trees, here’s a little inspiration to ...
It has been incredibly warm here for the past few weeks. Glorious sunshine, weeks of hot, sticky days with temperatures in the high 20's (around the 80's for all of you who may want a…
Excitement brewed in my house last week. We were all under the illusion that summer was finally on its way. The sun appeared shining its glorious rays on the garden now in its full spring…
Kohlrabi is one of those vegetables that for many years I really had no idea how to use. I knew I loved it in salads, or just thinly sliced with a little salt and lemon…
The past three months of our Monday Bake Dates together have brought extraordinary joy, inspiration, connection, comfort, purpose, laughter, sharing and heart warming friendship in ways I never imagined. Thanks to ...
Cocktail hour at my grandmother's was sacrosanct. At the stroke of 6pm, she would stop, pour herself an ice cold vodka straight up and enjoy the moment. This ritual occurred in any time zone, every…
Oven roasted tomatoes are a flavour bomb of deeply condensed intense sweetness and the secret ingredient in many of my summer grain dishes and salads. They take moments to prep, happily sit in a low…
This was a big week. I finally turned 40 on Monday. I say finally, as I have actually been celebrating for about 7 weeks now and have almost reached 40 celebrations for my 40 years of…
The beginning of frozen everything season is celebrated with the first sighting of berries in the farmers market, ready to blitz and churn into any semblance of iced delicacy. This week’s market run saw a…
It took years to overcome my anxiety about pastry. Everyone always claimed it was easy. But the prospect of fiddly, leaky, time consuming dough with a soggy base or a ...
IThese days I like to keep home cooking as simple as possible. When the opportunity arises I make double of anything I can to keep or freeze giving me a secret stash of soup, grains…