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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.
Showing posts with label free range poultry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label free range poultry. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
We have an interesting new workshop coming up next week at Hot Canary Gourmet Meats in Bowral. This will be held on Wed 21 Nov at their shop, which is at the corner of Bowral Street and Station Street.
Cameron is going to show us how to select, prepare and cook a range of Christmas meats and Patricia will talk about glazes and show us how to carve.
Brush up your skills and wow your guests with your Christmas cooking this year!
Using all free range products the class will cover turkey, ham, goose, pork and duck.
The Hot Canary is a new award winning butcher with a range of products all free range - so you can be confident that the animals have had a good quality of life. This is a big issue these days and FoodPath is happy to support Hot Canary because of the quality of their products and their innovative ideas.
They have recently started smoking meats in house and making a range of sausages.
Visit the Hot Canary if you haven't before - you will be glad you did.
Date: Wed 21 Nov 2012
Time: 7 - 8.30pm
Cost: $65 (includes samples and product to take home)
To Book: Contact us on 0419 617 021 or email info@foodpath.com.au
Cameron is going to show us how to select, prepare and cook a range of Christmas meats and Patricia will talk about glazes and show us how to carve.
Brush up your skills and wow your guests with your Christmas cooking this year!
Using all free range products the class will cover turkey, ham, goose, pork and duck.
The Hot Canary is a new award winning butcher with a range of products all free range - so you can be confident that the animals have had a good quality of life. This is a big issue these days and FoodPath is happy to support Hot Canary because of the quality of their products and their innovative ideas.
They have recently started smoking meats in house and making a range of sausages.
Visit the Hot Canary if you haven't before - you will be glad you did.
Date: Wed 21 Nov 2012
Time: 7 - 8.30pm
Cost: $65 (includes samples and product to take home)
To Book: Contact us on 0419 617 021 or email info@foodpath.com.au
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| We love free range! |
Thursday, October 25, 2012
I have been really bogged down with paperwork for the past three weeks - don't you hate that?! I do. I would much rather be out and about in the Highlands meeting new producers and developing new products for you dear customers :)
Had a call today from another free range egg farmer at Marulan who has free range chooks too AND free range pigs. Very exciting. It is nice when people get referred to us and we can look at incorporating them into our tours and activities - and also put them on to outlets for their products. It is all about helping each other I say, then everyone benefits.
Had a call today from another free range egg farmer at Marulan who has free range chooks too AND free range pigs. Very exciting. It is nice when people get referred to us and we can look at incorporating them into our tours and activities - and also put them on to outlets for their products. It is all about helping each other I say, then everyone benefits.
Would people travel as far as Marulan though - that is the question... as it is we have made the hard decision to stop our regular Day Tours except for group bookings of 8 or more. It is not worth it for the farmers to stop and look after us for less than 8 people and often I will have less than that and I do hate having to cancel.
We can still offer our personally hosted tours for less - spend a day with a local, so all is not lost.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
What a busy week!
First we have had a group of 17 women come on a customised tour with us while their partners played golf. That was a new itinerary which was a great success and we will definitely be repeating!
We ran TWO Farmers Market Tours yesterday at Bowral Public School! One was as part of a Market to Table Tour and was followed by a cooking class with Patricia from the Blue Bowl Cooking School and a long table lunch.
Patricia bought the ingredients at the market and these included free range duck, minced free range pork, organic shallots and other vegies, blood oranges, rhubarb and prawns (up from Wollongong).
The meal had an Asian theme and the group made -
We were all given a book with the recipes and some useful information about the produce - AND we got to take the apron home!
Thanks Patricia!
I am looking forward to the next one which is on Sat 8 Oct. Contact us from the website for bookings or more info www.foodpath.com.au.
The website for Patricia at the Blue Bowl Cooking School is www.bluebowl.com.au
First we have had a group of 17 women come on a customised tour with us while their partners played golf. That was a new itinerary which was a great success and we will definitely be repeating!
We ran TWO Farmers Market Tours yesterday at Bowral Public School! One was as part of a Market to Table Tour and was followed by a cooking class with Patricia from the Blue Bowl Cooking School and a long table lunch.
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| Thirlmere Poultry has been going for over 40 years and John and Jeanie represent them at the Bowral market |
Patricia bought the ingredients at the market and these included free range duck, minced free range pork, organic shallots and other vegies, blood oranges, rhubarb and prawns (up from Wollongong).
The meal had an Asian theme and the group made -
- Steamed Prawn Dumplings with the pork and prawn, with black vinegar dressing
- Mushroom Fried Rice using the shiitake, oyster and swiss brown mushrooms from the Mittagong mushroom tunnel (we have a tour to the tunnel scheduled for Tues 25 Oct)
- Szechuan Duck which was so tender and delicious
- Blood Orange Sorbet served with rhubarb which had been cooked in the juice of the oranges.
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| Enjoying the fruits of their labour the group lingered over lunch at Fitzroy Inn. Great to see the men cooking! |
We were all given a book with the recipes and some useful information about the produce - AND we got to take the apron home!
Thanks Patricia!
I am looking forward to the next one which is on Sat 8 Oct. Contact us from the website for bookings or more info www.foodpath.com.au.
The website for Patricia at the Blue Bowl Cooking School is www.bluebowl.com.au
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Meet at the Farmers Market in Moss Vale and come with us to meet the stall holders. Enjoy some tastings and learn about the people behind the food we eat.
Move on to the Bowral Primary School Market and do the same. Enjoy a coffee under the trees.
Yes we do have two farmers markets on the same day - crazy!
Kym from Sutton Forest sells her olive oil. Went to visit her during the week and we will include a visit to her in a FoodPath tour sometime soon.
Norman and Robyn grow a huge range of potatoes and not only tell you the names but how to cook them. What a good idea!
Jo and Geoff make wonderful bread on the weekends - check out this photo!
Heritage tomatoes - look at the wonderful range of colours. These people also sell garlic from Gilles at Braidwood. Did you see the program last year on TV about Gilles Bonnin the garlic farmer?Bring your shopping bag and cash so you can buy and take home the freshest produce you could buy.
Move on to the Bowral Primary School Market and do the same. Enjoy a coffee under the trees.
Yes we do have two farmers markets on the same day - crazy!
Kym from Sutton Forest sells her olive oil. Went to visit her during the week and we will include a visit to her in a FoodPath tour sometime soon.
Norman and Robyn grow a huge range of potatoes and not only tell you the names but how to cook them. What a good idea!
Jo and Geoff make wonderful bread on the weekends - check out this photo!
Heritage tomatoes - look at the wonderful range of colours. These people also sell garlic from Gilles at Braidwood. Did you see the program last year on TV about Gilles Bonnin the garlic farmer?
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