Shop News – Miso Eggplant / Bee Hoon Now!
In China’s remote Yunnan Province where southern Asia, eastern Asia and the Tibetan Plateau join, three of the world’s great rivers – the Jinsha (Yangtze), Lancang (Mekong) and the Nu (Salween) come very close to meeting. For one hundred extraordinary miles they run parallel through deep gorges and high mountains creating a landscape that UNESCO […]
Filling your gumboots with goodness. Crowdsaucing more of the very latest
What is “goodness”? Is it like “attractiveness” or “tastiness” or “weirdness” – hard to define but you know it when you see it, eat it, feel it? There’s a day each year at CERES, more than any other, when you walk around and the overwhelming feeling is “goodness”. This day is CERES Harvest Festival and maybe it feels “good” because Harvest tries to reflect the […]
Quick spelt & pear muffins / Making Easter great again
Our hot cross bun tradition began with pagan Saxons honouring the goddess Eostre. The cross represented the rebirth of the world after winter, the four quarters of the moon, the four seasons and possibly how many pieces a bun could be feasibly cut, toasted, buttered and shared for afternoon tea. As paganism gave way to […]
Anything but standard honey
Last Saturday at the CERES Harvest Festival and practical beekeeper Benedict Hughes, unveiled the wonderful new Display Hive that he and the CERES Bee Group have finally finished building. Benedict and CERES CEO, Cinnamon Evans, told the story of the Display Hive listing all the people involved over the years and it reminded me of […]
Apple, fennel & radish salad-slaw / Hot cross bun regret
Rebirth, renewal & hot cross bun regret Easter with its themes of renewal and rebirth may seem as incongruous with our southern hemisphere autumn as the Sexyland Superstore that’s located near the Essendon off-ramp on the Tullamarine Freeway. But when it comes to produce this time of year there is a kind a renewal, a changing of the guard; gone are the bold stone fruits of […]
Abundance Farm Eggs / A Haiku for Crowdsaucing
When Alex from Abundance Farm stopped into the Fair Food warehouse for a chat recently I was reminded of all the times I’ve heard someone say how they’d love to get out of the city, buy some land, plant some trees, keep a few chooks and grow their own food. Alex and his partner, Kali, recently took that leap. After lots of […]
