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 […]
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 […]
Madelaine's Eggs, Joe Sgro's Fennel, Hot Cross Buns & You
When Madelaine from Madelaine’s Organic Eggs wheeled her weekly delivery into the Fair Food warehouse on Thursday she was also carrying a big pile of postcards about her Pozible crowd-funding campaign. At first glance (that’s her collecting eggs above) Madelaine looks like she’s barely old enough to drive let alone run an organic poultry farm, […]
