When we speak over the phone, Bronwyn and Helen
are bubbly, and they’re busy. The couple from Braidwood, southern NSW, leave for Italy tomorrow on week long eating and talking extravaganza – the largest gathering of foodies world wide, the Terra Madre biannual event by Slow Food.
An experience of Cooking Circles
by Jeanette Purkis
Today I did something which would have been impossible for me just a few years ago. I got a taxi to an address I hadn’t been to before to spend an evening cooking and connecting with other women I had never met before. I attended the Canberra Cooking Circles ‘country cooking’ evening with twelve other women.
‘Katulpa’ through the lens
Sometimes you need to let the pictures do the talking…Feast your eyes on katulpa and let your mouth begin to water… Continue reading “‘Katulpa’ through the lens”
A tiny taste of katulpa…
More of katulpa making to come, I guarantee it! These babies take quite some time to make. In the meantime, here’s a short vid of Mana Berta showing me how it’s done.
~ Heidi x
Island time: Atauro Island…
The sun has slipped over the horizon. It takes me a full minute to realise this, even though I’ve been watching the sky change colour. Now the sky is a delicate blue and pink. I’ve done nothing but swim, eat, snorkel and read historical fiction. My skin is dry with salt and my skin is browner than it was three days ago. There are tan marks on my feet from my Birkenstocks and the scalding Timorese sun.
Video diary: Sunday, 7 September 2014
Waking to talk about the day ahead, I decide to try a video post for my first Sunday in Dili. Watch it below and find more video posts on the Cooking Circle channel on YouTube.
