Posts tagged “food

from the dirt comes autumn pleasures

Posted on April 18th, 2012

Wild mushroom and pancetta soup (with added porcini and heaps of Bruny Island Pepper) One of my favourite things in life is tackling the whole process of making a meal from scratch, especially taking joy in the sourcing of ingredients (not saucing…although that can be fun too). It’s not just a matter of going to the fridge and grabbing the required ingredients that’s a bit dull don’t you think, I like something much more fulfilling, and foraging fills that need. The most enjoyable parts are the longing for the change in season, the first hints of weather change, then the strapping on of leather boots, driving somewhere beautiful and most importantly sharing the experience with someone you love. Summer seems to be hanging on…

the last zucchini

Posted on March 27th, 2012

The inevitable season change has come and my summer veg is looking a little worse for wear. The extra moisture and cool temperature have turned my lovely looking zucchini plants into a pile of sad sack rubbish looking foliage. They’re covered in a mildew substance yet to be identified (don’t really care what and please don’t tell me if you know what it is as I like living with mystery) and the large jungle size leaves are now a pale white. I plucked the last few zucchini and made an ultra evil cheesy pasta with Philly cream, peppered peccorino, white wine, smoked eel, lemon, pine nuts and fresh basil. We’ve had a good supply of zucchini over summer, that we’ve grown in our little…

the dry summer grass

Posted on March 24th, 2012

We’ve just had a cold snap, the weather turned from late summer to winter in a matter of days. We don’t really have a long summer here and the last few seem to be shorter than usual. But thats weather, it’s always changing. With the cold weather I decided it was time to start hunting rabbits again. They breed in late winter and plenty of young rabbits skip around and grow happily feeding on the lush green grass of summer. There sure hasn’t been a lack of moisture, and that, with the sunlight of summer, has kept the food supply plentiful this season. Over summer I tend to focus on growing vegetables and fly fishing more so than spending time hunting small game. The…