mr relish and I packed up our tent, a few boxes of relish and jumped in the car for an adventure to the Wollombi Valley market during the Queens Birthday long weekend. Located at the Wollombi saleyards in the heart of the historic colonial village of Wollombi, it takes just over an hour or so from Sydney (just before Cessnock in the Hunter Valley wine region). The market is held four times a year on the Monday of each long weekend and...

I think it is time to bring out a new product line for relish this.  After many requests for a pickle I’ve decided to start playing around with them and bring a few out. A pickle is actually a relish, and is commonly a fruit / vegetable pickled in vinegar (i.e. gerkins/dill pickles, pickled onions, pickled beets etc). So what do you think  – “pickle this. It’s not just for poppas” !? teehee. I love the play...

update. glenorie growers market launch was a huge success today, BIG congrats to Vicki n co. for a fabulous start. Great response from the locals, good variety of produce and nice n cozy community feel. We will be attending each month, so if you enjoy a drive out to the serene semi-rural country side glenorie offers, we look forward to seeing you there next month!! (Sunday June 27). — Vicki Brownless is co-ordinating the brand new...

As another year drew to a close back in 2008, I wrote a post reflecting on the previous 12 months and felt it important to re-post it now, mid way through 2010, to  reinforce just how beneficial it is to take time out to reflect and look at how far you’ve grown…. original post starts here. Of course amongst the delights were also the many challenges, but I’ve realised it’s the solving of these that created the...

Many people ask me what relish is exactly or want me to explain the difference between relish, chutney and a pickle. So here are my definitions (with some help from wikipedia)… By definition, a “relish” is a cooked, pickled, chopped vegetable or fruit food item which falls into the ‘condiment’ family.  A condiment’s role is to improve or enhance the flavour of your food or meal, similar to sauce,...

The kind editors at SMH Good Living (Sydney Morning Herald’s weekly foodie type lift-out) squeezed in a fantastic blurb about relish this. and our saucy relishes last week!!! (Tuesday 28th July). It reads: Home-made flavours Relish is not for nanas according to Sarah Ladyman, who ditched her corporate marketing job for a lifestyle change and started her own business last year. The relish this range is based on her home-made relish...

3 weeks post good food & wine show ‘09 and things are officially back to normal! Well kinda. We needed a little break after the build up of the show, but mr.relish decided to take that a bit too literally and broke his leg last week!!! Eeeeeeek, so he’s officially out of action on the relish this. front (well on all fronts actually) for a long while. Arghhh! On a positive note, the exposure received from the show has been...

wahoo we did it! we survived the good food & wine show ‘09. After a lot of work and preparation, we managed to pull off a pretty successful effort at sydney’s good food & wine show over the weekend.  Of course it was a massive team effort and there’s no way it could’ve  gone so well without the fabulous relish this. crew who helped out on the stall over the 3 days. I also want to share how appreciative...