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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 pasta making. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pasta making. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Gnocchi has
been a traditional Italian small type of dumpling that has been around since
Roman times. Subsequently the dish has been taken up in many countries across
Europe and beyond – wherever there have been Italian immigrants.
There are now
many regional varieties and gnocchi can be found made from breadcrumbs, potato
or semolina.
The use of
potato is a relatively recent innovation, occurring after the introduction of
the potato to Europe in the 16th century. They are best prepared with red potatoes.
Our FoodPath Cooking Class on Sun 1 July will take us through the steps involved to make Gnocchi using local potatoes. If you visit the market at Biota Dining next Sun 24 June you will meet the potato farmer in person!
Come to our class with Gail Wilson in her beautiful house and learn some new skills, then sit down and share lunch together. What a nice way to spend the day?
Date: Sun 1 July 2012
Time: 11am - 1.30pm
Venue: Monreale Bed and Breakfast, 10 Kyeema Close, Burradoo NSW 2576
Price: $95
Want to book? Contact us from the website www.foodpath.com.au
Monday, May 21, 2012
Our next FoodPath activities are:
- Next Sunday 27 May – Celebration Sunday at Biota where we celebrate local food. This is a regular event on the last Sunday of the month. FoodPath are collaborating with Biota and very happy to do so because, as you know, we are passionate about local food and supporting our local producers. This month we have found fresh hazelnuts from Werai, apples from the 100 year old Tennessee Orchard at Yerrinbool (the large apple you see from the Hume Highway) and a large range of potatoes at Wildes Meadow. You are welcome to come on a FoodPath Market Tour in the restaurant garden at Biota and join us for lunch at the FoodPath table. $55 per person.
- Sat 2 June – A Food Lovers Walking Tour in Bowral where we set up with about 5 specially food shops to have a talk and tasting. Includes coffee with our local coffee roasters. Price : $55
- Sun 3 June – a Pasta Making Class with Gail Wilson at her beautiful B&B in Burradoo. We will be making pumpkin ravioli with sage burnt butter sauce and will then enjoy this as part of our lunch with a glass of wine. Gail has grown the pumpkins herself and they are currently being cured in preparation for the class. Price: $95.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
As always the Family Farm Tour was good fun - see the album of photos on Facebook if you can. Search for the "FoodPath Culinary Food Tours" page. Cloe a large gentle Maremma dog took a shine to the oldest child in the group - also named Cloe and we got some good pics of them together.
Warryn did a great job demonstrating pasta making using free range eggs, Durum wheat flour and plain flour - and sent the kids on their way with a sample of fresh pasta to take home.
All kids seem to love pasta so this is always a hit.
As always Anne got the children involved in the shed washing and grading the eggs and showed us how they manage to do this for up to 2000 eggs a day!!
Anne and Warryn are now supplying eggs to three IGA supermarkets in Sydney as well as all around the Southern Highlands.
Look out for Berrima Ridge eggs - from these very contented chooks who are free to roam and scratch in the dirt to their hearts content.
Craig came home from his holiday early to take us on a tour of the dairy - thanks Craig!
After the milking there were poddy calves to feed and one father and daughter were particularly enthusiastic about this.
I always feel happy after our Family Farm Tour because you can see how much everyone gets out of it.
Brave little Molly did not seem phased by being eye to eye with 4000 chooks!
All kids seem to love pasta so this is always a hit.
Look out for Berrima Ridge eggs - from these very contented chooks who are free to roam and scratch in the dirt to their hearts content.
Parents and children alike were very interested in learning how this modern dairy works.
After the milking there were poddy calves to feed and one father and daughter were particularly enthusiastic about this.
I always feel happy after our Family Farm Tour because you can see how much everyone gets out of it.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Well our second Family Farm Tour was great fun too. Same itinerary as on 8 Jan but with the added treat of seeing the 9 tiny baby goats at one of the farms. Very cute and lots of photos taken by adults and children!
Our picnic lunch was very pleasant sitting under the trees by the lake at Eling Forest winery.
We had a birthday girl along on this trip who had chosen to come as a birthday treat. Mark at Eling Forest dressed up one of his delicious little cakes as a b'day cake which was kind.
We had a large group of little children this time (aged 3 - 6yrs) so at the free range egg farm we divided into two groups - the adults and older children in one group and the little ones in another.
Warryn's pasta demonstration was popular. This is a good way to use surplus eggs. It is only made of eggs and flour, nothing else. What child doesn't eat pasta these days - so good for them to see how it is made. They were fascinated! Each family was given a sample of pasta to take home, cut to their choice - tagliatelle, fettucine etc.
Collecting eggs rated highly too and the children learnt a lot about where their eggs come from. We even saw a hen actually lay an egg this time, which was a first! The children painted faces on some hard boiled eggs and took them home to eat.
At the dairy this time we got very close to the cows who were anxiously waiting to be milked. Craig showed us the milking apparatus and we got to feel the suction that is used to actually milk the cows. The children loved that and it caused much hilarity!
Feeding the calves was popular again especially with the bigger children (and some of the adults)!
Thanks to all our kind producers who let us visit their farms! These school holiday family farm tours have been such a success that we will repeat them next holidays. Let us know if you want to go on a waiting list?
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| The birthday girl holding a baby goat! |
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| Cute little baby Boer goats! |
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| Lunch under the trees at beautiful Eling Forest |
We had a large group of little children this time (aged 3 - 6yrs) so at the free range egg farm we divided into two groups - the adults and older children in one group and the little ones in another.
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| Inquisitive kids! |
Collecting eggs rated highly too and the children learnt a lot about where their eggs come from. We even saw a hen actually lay an egg this time, which was a first! The children painted faces on some hard boiled eggs and took them home to eat.
At the dairy this time we got very close to the cows who were anxiously waiting to be milked. Craig showed us the milking apparatus and we got to feel the suction that is used to actually milk the cows. The children loved that and it caused much hilarity!
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| Eva and Sam feeling the suction on the milking machine |
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| Zoe helping to feed the calf |
Thanks to all our kind producers who let us visit their farms! These school holiday family farm tours have been such a success that we will repeat them next holidays. Let us know if you want to go on a waiting list?
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