In Melbourne, a city full of food and obsessed by coffee, I cook, I eat, I share the good news and the bad. essjay eats

Archive for March, 2009

Abbotsford Convent Farmers’ Market

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

One of the things I really like about being fully employed again, is that I can be a bit less strict at the Farmers’ Markets. This morning really felt Autumnal, a chilly bite to the air, which made me anticipate harvest weather and fabulous, overlfowing Farmers’ Markets. Many people know of my love for the […]

Recipe: Lamb and Salted Lemon Coucous

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

We drank this with a 1998 D’Arenberg The High Trellis Cabernet Sauvingnon which was bought when I first started collecting wine with a view to drinking it later.  It was pretty scrummy. Serves 2 4 Lamb Fillets or Backstraps 1 large (or two small) lemons Coucous Tablespoon Pine Nuts Dried Mint, fresh mint Cinnamon Sweet […]

Abbotsford Convent Farmer’s Market

Friday, March 27th, 2009