Last summer while housesitting for some friends in Darling Point I became aquainted with their icecream maker. Actually we were more than aquainted, we became very good friends and during my stay I was turning out sorbets, gelato, and icecreams at any opportunity. It was a sad day when the owners of the house returned and I had to leave my new found icecream friend behind but I promised myself that as soon as I got a place of my own I would invest and the doors to the world of icecream would once again be open!

So now, in the middle of a swealtering Sydney summer, I find myself the proud owner of a shiny new icecream machine. Not one of those lightweight ones that you need to keep a large container in the freezer waiting for the chance that you might feel like whipping up a batch of icy confection. No my new baby has an internal compressor which means that it can tirelessly curn out batch after batch of icecream goodness at a moments notice without taking up valuable freezer space. Needless to say, as my sister Nao observed on Christmas Day, someone is in love! Read the rest of this entry »

Four months ago I made the momentous decision to put my winemaking career on hold and to have a ‘city change’. This has meant a return to my former corporate life working in new product development for a multinational breakfast cereal company.

My reward, apart from a pay rise (why is it that fun jobs like winemaking and ski patrolling are never very lucrative???)and the opportunity to once again live in my favourite city in the world (Sydney), has been the discovery of food blogs.

 So after immersing myself in the addictive world that is food blogging I have decided to join the ranks and create my own blog.  I invite you to join me in exploring the fabulous city of sydney from the restaurants, bars, and cafes to the bakeries, butchers, fromageries, markets, and wine merchants. But most of all I invite you into my (tiny) kitchen to share the creation of what I hope will be many memorable meals!