Slow Carb, No Cream Fish Pie

03:33 PM, May 6, 2014 |
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I could probably meter the adult chapter of my life in fish pies.

The first is a famed one from Sydney. So much so that it’s become somewhat of a culinary cautionary tale.It’s a stern yoke for any chef that tends the burners at The Boathouse at Blackwattle Bay. The Boathouse is a spot with a glinting side view over the harbour, sparkling oysters and a canny way with crustaceans. There are plenty of innovative things on the menu. Yet probably 50 per cent of diners will order the snapper pie. Because that’s what you do. It’s a delicate dance of a dish. Snapper is a gentle fish, which when …

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Persimmon Hazelnut Galette

02:48 PM, April 29, 2014 |
Persimmon Hazelnut Galette

 

This is partly a recipe.

But it’s really more of a postcard.

It’s a postcard from ten days of an elongated Easter. It’s a postcard from some of the prettiest places I know- the south coast of NSW, just two hours out of Sydney.

Will and I retreated to my mother’s house in Berry again for a spell. There were important things to be done.

There were coffees to be sipped at Berry Sourdough.

There was a range of sun salutes to be done at what is arguably, one of the most serene yoga studios around. The Berry Yoga Shala is a  space of timber floors and soaring ceilings, which look out over rolling green …

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The New Book – Cut the Carbs!

08:51 AM, April 16, 2014 |

It really happened. It seems like a bit of a blur, but yet, there it is, in living colour. (And soon, if you fancy, it can be yours too). The book has a cover. It’s on Amazon. And Book Depository. And it has a release date July 3 (though you can pre order it from now).

While A Suitcase and a Spatula was a dream to write and a fantasy to research, this second book is much more real. It’s the food that we eat when we’re at home.

It’s the food that helped me gain back my health after some slippery and sad years in my twenties. It’s the food …

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