Winter meals are yummy when finished with delicious desserts, like home made pudding and crumble.

Merna Taouk, Chef and Co-Founder of Homemade Fine Foods produces a range of award winning, hand-made desserts where, according to the lovely Merna, the main ingredient is homeliness. Merna's says her products are 'about keeping it real - from the quality ingredients used (such as the freshest cream from Country Valley Dairy in Picton, NSW), to the process of making the desserts through to the tantalising packaged delights'. 

Merna's Homemade Fine Foods range includes Mixed Berry Crumble, Fig and Ginger Pudding, Dark Chocolate Mousse, Raspberry Panna Cotta, Rice Pudding, Chocolate Bread & Butter Pudding, Crumble, Sticky Date Pudding and Crumble Topping. The products are available from Farmer's Markets and a range of fine food outlets. For more information about Homemade Fine Foods, visit Merna's website.

Thank you Merna for so kindly allowing me to showcase your products.
 
 
Good cooks are always discovering delicious, good things...  from exciting new ingredients to the best kitchen gadgets and cookware, and great places to shop. I would like to share these with you on these pages, and will include visits to some of the best grocery stores.

One of my favourite stores is the Campbell Friendly Grocer in the elegant suburb of Campbell in Canberra's old inner north. According to Canberra online, the location 'was originally known as Duntroon and was gazetted as Campbell in 1956. Robert Campbell, Sydney's first merchant, is said to have received a grant of land on the Limestone Plains as compensation for the loss of one of his ships on government charter. In 1825 he built a homestead, naming it Duntroon after the Campbell castle in Argyllshire, Scotland. Other buildings erected by Campbell and his family are the Church of St John the Baptist in 1845 and Blundell's farmhouse (now a pioneer museum)'. The Australian War Memorial, ANZAC Parade, Lake Burley Griffin and the National Carillon are just nearby.
 

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