Autumn is here, enjoy the produce.

This is another recipe I created for Morning Copy’s lovely client Butcherman using their delicious meat!

As we edge into Autumn the weather starts to cool and a whole new range of seasonal produce becomes available; pumpkins, mushrooms, pears, pomegranates, truffles, pistachio nuts, fennel, parsnip and celeriac – just to name a few.

Meat has seasons too and normally you’d associate Spring with lamb, but there’s new season lamb around right now that’s simply wonderful.

I’ve kept this dish seasonal by using pumpkin and mushrooms. I especially love mashing other vegetables with potato, such as pumpkin or cauliflower, because it’s an easy way to increase your daily veggie intake – oh, and it tastes great too! [Read more →]

Photograph: Tim Robinson

That’s me and ‘Tets’ -  or Tetsuya Wakuda for those who haven’t met him! He’s a world-famous chef and owner of the equally world-famous restaurant Tetsuya’s in Sydney.

Last week I had the privilege of being invited to attend one of his extremely coveted Masterclasses (he only does 12 a year!). I have to immediately give a big warm thank you to Electrolux, Open Haus PR (especially Nicole) and of course, Tetsuya for inviting me. It was truly a once-in-a-lifetime, dream experience.

Guess what? You can win a chance to do it too!

Don’t rub your eyes, you read that right. Fig & Cherry and Electrolux are giving you the chance to attend an exclusive Masterclass with Tetsuya. Competition details are at the end of this post… Don’t want to wait? ENTER NOW!

For those of you who can wait, let me tell you about the evening… [Read more →]

Looking for an exclusive ‘pop up’ event? Look no further!

A friend of mine (well, actually, my brother-in-law’s fiance’s brother’s girlfriend – can you see why I just said ‘friend’? ) is travelling across the globe from Paris to Sydney for a very exciting food event.

Rachel Khook is British (but lives in Paris) and is putting on the event with her fellow British mate Frankie Unsworth (who lives in Sydney) – confused yet? – in a secret location in the Eastern suburbs for 3 nights only on the 12th, 13th and 14th of March. [Read more →]

05/03/10 UPDATE: Winners announced!

A big thank you to everyone for entering this competition, it was extremely hard to choose because there were so many good entries!

Congratulations to these creative winners:

• Lena A (I love poems!)
• Rhonda Taylor (You had me at ‘Longrain ago’, very clever.)
• Natalie (Great idea to make a little recipe from the names, love it!)

Please expect a confirmation email from me soon so I can get your address to post you the tickets. [Read more →]