High Country Harvest – Prosecco Picnic
On the road in Victoria's High Country: I eat big and learn lots at a 'Prosecco picnic' by the King River as the MoVida chefs and sommeliers source produce for High Country Harvest
Radio Chat – She’ll Be Apples
This week's radio chat was all about apples: the which, why and how of eating, cooking and generally appreciating this wonderful and versatile fruit
Varoma Va-Va-Voom – Steaming Meat
Are you sceptical about steaming meat? I was. But once I got my head around it, I realised that the right recipes mean magical meaty meals, with the added bonus of making more use of your Thermomix's Varoma steaming attachment
Radio chat – Camping tips, tricks and ideas
I'm a keen camper and an even keener camp eater. I love cooking and eating outdoors and I also appreciate the challenges: no power, no fridges, goannas that want to eat your apples, total fire bans...you name it, we've encountered it!
Radio Chat – Chocolate
How is chocolate made, what distinguishes good chocolate from bad and are white chocolate and raw chocolate really chocolate at all? Yes, we're asking the big questions in today's radio chat
How Chocolate Is Made – A Tour From Bean to Bar
The process of turning cocoa beans into delicious chocolate is a process that's rarely seen so I was thrilled to take a tour at Ratio Cocoa Roasters to uncover the whole process
Radio chat – Jewish Passover & My Matzo Balls Recipe
Passover is a Jewish festival that commemorates the exodus of the Jews from Egypt; I chatted Passover food traditions on Jewish radio in preparation for cooking matzo balls at a Jewish food festival
Baby Corn at St Kilda Farmers’ Market
I love Farmers' Markets for the beautiful fresh produce and the direct contact with the folks who've grown the stuff. Here I am at St Kilda Farmers' Market geeking out on Jonella Farm's baby corn
Radio chat – Comeback Dishes – Food Revivals you want to eat
Apricot chicken. Vol au vents. Everything tuna. Fondue. Should retro dishes be brought back to centre stage or relegated to the menus of history?
Chatting with the Thermomix Baking Blogger
While we had a cake in the oven I grabbed the lovely Sophia from Thermomix Baking Blogger for a chat about sourdough, a topic that's close to both of our hearts, but can seem very spooky and mysterious if you've never encountered it before.
Lunar New Year
Lunar New Year (or Chinese New Year) is one of the world's great annual celebrations. How big? Well, in China people are expected to take around three billion journeys as they travel to join family for festivities. The shebang begins on Thursday February 15, with the Year of the Dog starting the following day, and celebrations continuing for 23 days. Special 'lucky' foods are eaten during this period, sometimes because of their colour (red is lucky) and often because their name is a homonym for words such as 'luck', 'prosperity', 'wealth'.
Food is Love
Valentine's Day is just one day a year but any day is a good day for romance. I've gathered together some of my favourite seductive, saucy, huggable dishes for delicious wooing and canoodling
Chatting Chillis – A Fiery Favourite
Listen to my chilli chat on the radio, learn some hot and spicy chilli facts and check out some of my favourite chilli recipes.
Beef Dishes
When I first started cooking with Thermomix, I didn't dive straight into cooking beef, or meat at all. In fact, it took me a while to ...
Stonefruit – radio chat & recipe ideas
I try to appreciate nature's bounty with every mouthful but I am especially in awe of peaches: I find it so amazing that this fuzzy fruit's seed is protected by flesh that's so evocative, sweet and juicy. Practical propagation probably doesn't need to be this delicious but YES. Enjoy my stonefruit primer and recipe suggestions.
Chatting Salads on ABC Afternoons
A good salad is superb. A sad salad is soul-destroying. Listen in to hear about the salad good and the salad bad.
Chatting Bananas on ABC Afternoons
Every two weeks I chat on ABC Melbourne radio about food. This time it was about bananas - and it was a lot of fun. For some reason, bananas provoke a lot of passion, usually positive but sometimes negative. Listen in for lesser-known banana facts and some fabulous banana suggestions from our listeners.
Chatting Vegetarian Food on ABC Afternoons
Every fortnight I head into ABC Radio Melbourne to chat food. Usually it’s with Clare Bowditch but today it was Susan Carland filling in. We chatted about being ...
Chatting Potatoes on ABC Afternoons
I love dropping into ABC Radio Melbourne to chat about food with Clare Bowditch and her lovely audience of talkback callers. This time it was to discuss ...