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Prawns and scallops with tomato and feta a la Ottolenghi

7/6/2017

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Prawns and scallops with tomato and feta a la Ottolenghi - Liz Posmyk Good Things
Flipping through the pages of Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi's book, Jerusalem, I came across a dish that sounded most unusual and is said to be unexpectedly delicious. Indeed, the combination of garlic and tomatoes with feta and shellfish had me salivating.


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Scallops with a salad of baby oak leaf, snow pea tendrils and apple

1/4/2016

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Scallops with a salad of baby oak leaf, snow pea tendrils and apple
For Christmas, my daughter surprised Peter with a gift of two packs of snap-frozen Tasmanian sea scallops, with creamy coloured flesh and beautiful orange coral still attached. 


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Summer risotto of zucchini flowers and prawns

18/1/2016

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Risotto with zucchini flowers and prawns by Liz Posmyk, Good Things
Courgette or zucchini flowers are treated like gold at my place. I can barely wait for the season, when our plants flower, providing these delicate and exquisite blossoms.


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Fish Pie - the traditional English version

29/8/2015

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Fish Pie - the traditional English version
As we motored along the road leading to Padstow, I was in awe of the countryside – with its rolling hills, hedgerows and wildflowers galore, it was even prettier than I had imagined.


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Beer battered fish with chips

8/7/2015

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Herbed, beer-battered fish and chips
Vividly describing her arrival at the coast for a holiday, a friend excitedly scribbled onto a postcard to me "the seaside air is thin, crisp and salty, which is just how I like my chips!".


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A conversation with Lyndey Milan OAM 

6/6/2015

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Lyndey Milan, Australian home cook hero
Lyndey Milan OAM has been instrumental in changing the way Australians think about food and wine
When one of my food heroes calls to let me know they're in town and asks if I'm free for a coffee, I'm there... especially if that person happens to be the lovely Lyndey Milan OAM!

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Fishing Fair at Googong with MasterChef's Alvin Quah (events and a recipe)

4/5/2015

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MasterChef's Alvin Quah is coming to Canberra for a Fishing Fair
MasterChef's Alvin Quah will be in town for a Fishing Fair
MasterChef finalist, Alvin Quah, will be on deck to cook up some of his favourite seafood recipes at a Fishing Fair to be held on Sunday, 17 May at Googong's Beltana Park. 


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Lime and chilli baked salmon with a mango salsa - summer feasts

9/1/2015

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Lime and chilli baked salmon with a mango salsa
The festive feasting is officially finished at The Blue House. We've eaten our way through the Christmas ham, puddings, brandy custard and one or two boxes of panettone (!). Light and luscious foods now head up the agenda, along with daily cycling, swimming and post-dinner power walks. 


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Rome Secrets - A conversation with Susan Wright and recipe for spaghetti alle vongole

16/7/2014

 
Susan Wright, author of Rome Secrets
Australian-born photographer Susan Wright, author of Rome Secrets
'Falling in love with Rome came very naturally and easy to me. As an artist, photographer and a dreamer at heart, my imagination was captivated and inspired by the timeless grandeur, compelling beauty and irresistible ambience and spirit of this great city.'                                  
                                              -- Susan Wright in the introduction to her book, Rome Secrets


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On oysters, a visit to Wapengo Rocks certified organic oysters and some retro recipes

27/5/2014

 
Creamy organic oyster from Wapengo Rocks by Liz Posmyk, Good Things
Certified organic oysters from Wapengo Rocks in NSW Australia (photo by Liz Posmyk Good Things)
'Oysters are the most tender and delicate of all seafoods. They stay in bed all day and night. They never work or take exercise, are stupendous drinkers, and wait for their meals to come to them.'
                                                                        — Author Hector Bolitho in The Glorious Oyster, 1929


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