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- Jill Dyson,
- Southern Highlands, NSW, Australia
- Click on the link to read Jill's latest blog post. Jill has been running FoodPath in the Southern Highlands of NSW with her partner Nick since April 2010. They have grown the business to a level where they now include a range of activities including tours, workshops and collaboration with others (cooking schools, wineries, etc). During the past 10 years Jill and Nick have got to know the local producers and continue to promote and support these local small businesses. They have organised and run many food related activities including taste education workshops and producer visits. It was after they organised a successful tour for a group of chefs from some of the best restaurants in Sydney that they realised they could turn their interest into a business - and this led to the setting up of FoodPath - Culinary Tours with a Difference. Now Jill and Nick are working closely with Southern Highlands Tourism and Wingecarribee Council to help raise the profile of their area as a food destination where everyone will benefit - tourists, local consumers and the producers themselves.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Ever bought pretzels from street vendors in your travels? I remember them particularly in Greece - so we were delighted when Andrew and Sue installed a new bread oven at their great little deli in Bowral - Il Topolino and started making, amongst other things, pretzels! Nick loves them and comes home with a box of them every other day.
Andrew is also making bagels, sourdough loaves, butter croissants and a range of different loaves such as an organic Swiss, a stone baked pane di Toscana, a German grain loaf, hand crafted corn bread and more! It is hard to find bagels in the Southern Highlands so I am sure these will be especially popular.
This little deli is one of the stops on our Food Focused Walking Tour in Bowral. We now run these on demand in Bowral and we have also started one in Berrima. They are a great way to get to know the specialty food shops with local food enthusiastists!
Other good news is that Lisa Tozer and her sister Sally Terry of the Rush Roasting Co have opened a cafe in the back of the Grand Hotel arcade - and they are soooo busy!
They have been roasting coffee in Bowral for the past 15 years and describe themselves as "roasters of extraordinary coffee from extraordinary places".
Now they have a shopfront, we are keen to include Lisa and Sally on the itinerary of our walking tour and they are enthusiastic too, which is exciting. Not only will we taste their coffee but we will hear from them about their product and their plans.
Andrew is also making bagels, sourdough loaves, butter croissants and a range of different loaves such as an organic Swiss, a stone baked pane di Toscana, a German grain loaf, hand crafted corn bread and more! It is hard to find bagels in the Southern Highlands so I am sure these will be especially popular.
This little deli is one of the stops on our Food Focused Walking Tour in Bowral. We now run these on demand in Bowral and we have also started one in Berrima. They are a great way to get to know the specialty food shops with local food enthusiastists!
Other good news is that Lisa Tozer and her sister Sally Terry of the Rush Roasting Co have opened a cafe in the back of the Grand Hotel arcade - and they are soooo busy!
They have been roasting coffee in Bowral for the past 15 years and describe themselves as "roasters of extraordinary coffee from extraordinary places".
