Sauce ladle handle in fiddle and shell pattern. Photo (c) Scott Hill for Sydney Living Museums
This week John Macarthur is heading home to Sydney after eight years away. That’s means it’s time to go shopping! Continue reading
Fred from Fred's Bush Tucker with an eel for the fire. Photo (c) James Horan for Sydney Living Museums
This year’s Eel Festival at Elizabeth Farm was a great success! Continue reading
Olive sprig from Elizabeth Farm. Photo (c) Scott Hill for Sydney living Museums
We’ve chatted before about the prodigiously old olive tree at Elizabeth Farm. This past week it did something very unexpected – it bore fruit! Continue reading
Lindsay Adam from Fred's Bush Tucker showing visitors how eel is prepared for cooking at Elizabeth Farm. Photo © James Horan for Sydney Living Museums
It’s Eel Festival time! Come along to Elizabeth Farm in Parramatta this Sunday to celebrate the districts close ties with eels – including an opportunity to sample some freshly roasted eel, hot off the coals in the traditional manner. Continue reading
What is the best ever piece of table paraphernalia? Photo (c) Scott Hill for Sydney Living Museums
I may be slightly biased in this, but today I’m talking about the guaranteed, best-ever, most superb piece of dining accoutrements ever – grape scissors! Continue reading
Pickling workshop with Cornersmith at Elizabeth Farm Spring Harvest Festival Photo © James Horan for Sydney Living Museums
We’re gearing up for a fresh and tasty Spring Harvest Festival day at Elizabeth Farm this Sunday, September 25. From the basics of bread making and butter churning to planting, pickling and preserving garden produce, we draw on traditional artisan practices that filled pantries in the colony in the early 1800s. Continue reading
Vibrant stems of ruby chard at Elizabeth Farm. Photo (c) Scott Hill for Sydney Living Museums
At Elizabeth Farm we’re gearing up for the Spring Harvest festival on the 25th of September, and the chard is putting on a fine show! Continue reading
Alpinia zerumbet. Detail from teh plate in Dr Thornton's 'Temple of Flora'. Image www.archive.org
While we’re on the subject of spices, this week I’m headed down the garden path to look at the decorative qualities of this culinary icon, ginger. Continue reading
Portrait of Elizabeth Macarthur (detail). State Library of NSW collection: DG 221
This Sunday marks the 250th birthday of one of Australian history’s most famous women – Elizabeth Macarthur! Continue reading
Georgian salt cellars and pepper casters. Elizabeth Bay House Collection Sydney Living Museums Photograph © Nicholas Watt
Since we’re talking spices, this week we’re taking a seat at the table and having a seasoned look at the salt and pepper shakers – before we tuck into a delicious toast sandwich. Seriously! Continue reading