A story with heart and soil. This looks like a great educational and fundamentally important documentary showcasing the world we live in and the relationship we have with it – from the perspective of living DIRT! The trailer shows snippets of another eye opening movement (similar to Food Inc),  to help us respect the resources we have access to, the way we choose to live and how we all may need to start making some changes.  And...

I love autumn and the warmer meals (and produce) it brings with it, so for me, cooking frittata’s this time of year is a perfect mid week meal. They’re also tasty re-heated for lunch during the day too, especially when the weathers been wet n cool like here in Sydney of late. I’m surprised how easy they can be to make, yet so delicious! Working out how to spell the word ‘frittata’ correctly seemed more...

I love duck. I’ve really tried to re-assess this for the duck lovers who prefer the waddling, living versions, but I’m sorry, I just can’t do it.  I’m duck addicted. Duck is a dish I’ve always left up to the professionals to make, until recently. I cannot hold out for just eating out anymore and have just started to cook it. This is actually my second attempt at cooking a crispy skinned fillet (first was this...

I bought some duck fillets from Pepe’s Ducks while at Thornleigh Farmers market last weekend and couldn’t wait to play around with flavours, and cook ‘em up for dinner (duck is one of my favourites). I bought a pack of 4 for $20, enough for two meals for us, so I made them with organic home made plum sauce one night (from a kylie kwong recipe) and another with a sweet honey soy glaze (recipe coming soon). I watched Gordon...

My new personal brand, biz blog is finally alive! It has been a long time coming and taken a fair amount of work to get it here, so I really hope you all enjoy reading it. I hope to follow through with my promise to post regularly and get myself back into our home kitchen to cook up some new things! To be honest, I have found it a little weird creating a personally named site, and one linked to the goings on in my business and personal...

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...

CRUSH IT! Why now is the time to cash in on your passion. Gary vay ner chuk (a.k.a gary vee) is keepin it real. He is passionate, onto it and says it how it is. Better yet, he cares about people…and means it. I went and listened to him speak at the ‘connect now’ conference here in Sydney awhile ago and he rocked. His raw energy, his biz intellect and his authentic “chops” got me hooked, making such an impact...

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...