carni, pesce e pollame – meat, fish and poultry

Fettuccine with pippies – plans for 2015 and a visit to see family in Italy

Sharing my plans for 2015, including a trip to Italy, cooking classes and a seafood pasta classic.

Whole baked snapper with chilli and oregano

A few weeks back was mamma’s 87th birthday and as my kitchen was midway through being renovated, I took the opportunity to go to her place and cook her a seafood feast for lunch. She doesn’t get to eat that much seafood and it is something that she used to cook a lot when my […]Read Post ›

Roast chicken with fennel and orange

Spring has well and truly arrived in Melbourne. Farmers markets have a bounty of broad beans, golden beets, asparagus and baby artichokes, and tomato seedlings are ready for planting, hinting that summer is not too far away. Spring also means farewell to winter greats – oranges and fennel – which have brightened many colder winter […]Read Post ›

Slow cooked beef with carrots and borlotti beans

I received my blue Chasseur cast iron pot as a wedding gift from my mother and father. It is such a bright blue, almost like the sky on a spring day – a timeless, heavy and beautiful object that I will still be using in 20 years. I use it a lot – to make […]Read Post ›