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    IN SEASON JULY

    FRUIT apples, cumquats, grapefruit, lemons, limes, mandarins, nashi, oranges, olives, pears, persimmon, rhubarb, tamarillos, tangelos VEGETABLES asian greens, beetroot, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, celery,...

    THE GOOD OIL

    By Alison Peake There was a place in time, in living memory (read in my lifetime), that the only olive oil available in Melbourne...

    FROM BRUSSELS WITH LOVE

    By Elisa Cirene How does a French trained, Belgian pastry chef end up living on the Bellarine Peninsula and selling sourdough in Spotswood? It was...

    THE DAILY GRIND – HOW TO BE THE SHARPEST TOOL IN THE SHED!

    By Elisa Cirene A tradesman is defined by his tools. In the world of the commercial kitchen the tools of the trade that define a...

    THE EDIBLE THISTLE

    By Alison Peake You don’t have to venture far in the west to find Scotch Thistles. The thorny bushes sprouting hairy purple flowers are in...

    IN SEASON – PRODUCE

    FRUIT: Apples, cumquats, grapefruit, lemons, limes, mandarins, nashi, oranges, olives, pears, persimmon, rhubarb, tamarillos, tangelos. VEGETABLES: Asian greens, beetroot, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, celery, celeriac,...

    IN SEASON – MAY

    Fruit Apples, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, figs, feijoa, grapes, lemons, limes, honeydew melon, rockmelon, watermelon, nashi, nectarines, oranges, passionfruit, peach, pears, persimmon, plums, pomegranate, rhubarb Vegetables Asian greens,...

    ANYONE SEEN A “POMME GRENADE”?

    By Alison Peake Take a wander of the local streets at this time of year and perhaps peer over a fence or two and you...

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