Pint of Prawns

It was as clear as day. There I was, sitting on the wooden stool on the stoop of Wright Brothers at Borough Markets.

There’s an oversized oak barrel for a table in front of me and a rosy glass of pink wine to my right.

The hustle and bustle of the markets is starting to pick up. There’s some Ticklemore cheese  from Neal’s Yard Dairy in my navy canvass bag and some pork sausages from Ginger Pig nestled next to it.  To my left is a pint of prawns. It’s squat glass crammed with cold cooked shellfish. There’s a gloss of mayonnaise and some dangerously sweet soda bread and a pat of …

Fennel and Kale Pearl Barley Risotto

 

It’s been a big week. This is the sort of dish you should make at either the cusp or close of such a window in time.

It’s been a period pocked with frantic packing and unpacking. I used to be very good at packing. I’ve perhaps hurt my mother’s feelings a little in the past by stating that one reason I’m quite good at packing were the adolescent years of shuttling between her house ( Wednesday morning- Friday) and my father’s  (Monday morning- Wednesday)- with every second weekend alternating. I was well trained in thinking ahead of whether I’d need my maths textbook in three days time, or sneakers for Saturday. …

Quinoa Bircher Muesli

I have become something of a bircher muesli connoisseur lately.

There are some great ones in Sydney.

Exhibit a) The ‘Morning Jumble’ breakfast platter at Bread and Circus wholefood canteen in Alexandria has a strapping bowl of it, studded with goji berries alongside a pot of yoghurt with pomegranate seeds and fruit.

 

Exhibit b) Anyone who follows me on Instagram will know about my Sunday morning love affair with the version at Three Blue Ducks in Bronte. It was  just the thing to give me the get up and go to have my first swim of the season two weeks ago. It was so good, I almost wept. Theirs is an artful splay …