Wineries
The Ferguson Valley is fast establishing a reputation for excellent wines. Here are some of our favourite local wineries…
Category: Food & Wine
Anzac Biscuits, Poppies and Follies
ANZAC Day is looming and I’ve started to practice making my ANZAC biscuits again. Thank heaven for my Mum’s cookbook which, perhaps, some of you have read about recently? Turning to the well worn tab “A” I find the very dirty page and commence the recipe. My Mum and I have been making this recipe […]
Memories of Yesteryear
My Mum gave me a wonderful cookbook. It’s pictured here along with a couple of her favourite recipes. It is my most treasured posession. My beautiful Mum died in 1990 at the age of 53, which means I remember her as being young and wonderful forever. She didn’t have the privilege of getting old – […]
Kitchen Tips to make your life easier
I love being my kitchen. Some mornings I have plans to zip outside and do some gardening but I make the fatal error of thinking to myself that I’ll quickly whack on a loaf of bread – which I do. Then I think I’ll whip up a chocolate slice, or rather, “Dad’s” favourite slice – […]
How to make Gougere
In 2004 we lived in France for 18 months. We often visited Simon’s parents in their village called Yzeures sur Creuse – but we mainly lived in a “station” house at the bottom of the hill of a little hilltop village called Lagraulet de Gers. English friends of ours whom we had met whilst traveling […]