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...
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...
Since I’ve been back from Sydney where I was filming the second season of The Great Australian Bake Off, I’ve done nothing but catch up on work, but yesterday Elli was doing a big corporate event at the Function Centre with a Disney theme and I couldn't help but swing past. It was the most sophisticated Disney event you could possibly have; and I was particularly impressed with this mickey mouse head made completely out of beautiful red roses! -MB. Read the rest...
Winter is about so many things; the aromas of a slow-cooked meal permeating from the kitchen when you arrive home from work; the garden full of cabbages and kales that thrive in the cold; the citrus, the fruit I certainly couldn’t live without, that add so much to the Winter table - you need never be short of variety just because of the cooler season -MB. Read the rest...
We have a couple of new flavours in my soup range and, although an obvious bias could be claimed, they really are exactly what I reach for on a cold day when I’m short of time. The comfort factor is more than just nourishment when you wrap your hands around a bowl of piping hot soup on a blustery day, I think -MB. Read the rest...
