Kris Kringle ideas and Maggie's winning biscuits.

I’ve always admired families who do Kris Kringle (aka Secret Santa) – they’re usually the ones with 10 or more children where it’s economically and temporally impossible for everyone to get everyone else a present. With just one present each Kris Kringle seems to restore a kind of sanity back to Christmases – anyone who […]

Give the gift of hummus – deescalating Christmas.

So our lovely neighbour gave us a cellophane bag of Christmas gingerbread that she and her daughter made. I’m eating it now as I write this to help me feel better about my pre-Christmas life, which if I put into words goes something like – “After you’ve finished working call the people about delivering Mum’s […]

Finals time. All in the eye of the beer-holder.

Footy finals time – so much energy directed into fewer and fewer teams until there becomes such a burning hot focus on two groups of young men, so supremely blessed with foot skills and enviable strength through the hips, that Melbourne seems absolutely fit to burst. And then suddenly, it’s all over and the strong […]

Spiced pears in wine / Ultimate Mondays & Fridays

We’ve been doing next day/5 day deliveries for almost two months.  It’s completely changed everything (well a lot of things). When you have a schedule/lifestyle that could be generously described as agile or fluid being able to order for the next day of the week rather than a weekly cutoff is similar to gaining freedom from tyranny (ok […]

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 […]

Pear & almond crumble / Introducing five day home delivery

Introducing five day home delivery Last week we rolled out Next Day Delivery…. This week we’re introducing 5 Day Home Delivery. This means you can get a Fair Food home delivery any day from Monday to Friday. You have up until midday the day before to get your order in. This has been a very, very, […]