A Toasty Saturday!
July 02 2016 Maggie’s favourites
Winter is the best time for tea and toast - and that means jam takes a starring role on the breakfast table once again! Read the rest...
Maggie’s Kitchen Diary
A zest for orange
June 30 2016 Food wise
The vitality of orange makes it a very important ingredient in my cooking. I use orange juice in my everyday marinades for pheasant and put the rind into game pies. I make pasta with orange rind, as well as salads, cakes and desserts. I add orange rind to the perfect scrambled eggs or when serving kalamata or green olives tossed in extra virgin olive oil. Read the rest...
Adelaide Cabaret Festival
June 28 2016 Maggie’s favourites
On Saturday night, Colin and I were able to get to the last show of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival. We met with friends at La Buvette in Gresham Street; just around from the Festival Theatre for a glass of wine and a plate of terrine and salumi and croque monsieur. We then saw Kate Ceberano and Paul Grabowsky perform 'Long Songs'; a truly magic end to the festival -MB. Read the rest...
A Sunday well spent
June 26 2016 Maggie’s favourites
I take my weekends whenever I can these days, but Sundays are usually family days, spent with Colin and our daughters and their children. There is always food involved of course, the requests volley between Roast Barossa Chook and the simplest pasta based on what’s in our garden at the time. Everyone’s involved in the cooking process so the day is as easy as possible with very few plans needing to be put into place beforehand -MB. Read the rest...
Wind-down time
June 24 2016 Maggie’s favourites
Spending time in my garden is my favourite way to wind down. I’m not sure if it’s the fact that my time becomes completely unstructured in the garden, or my having my hands buried in the soil that has the required effect, but something definitely shifts for me when I surround myself in nature -MB. Read the rest...
