Category Archives: market
Strange garlic
I’m sitting overlooking a valley. From my vantage point the progression of clouds can be easily observed; cotton wool whiteness meandering aimlessly across blue sky or heavy, dark and stormy and travelling north towards me. In a matter of minutes the sun will be obscured and a downpour that seems exceedingly ferocious to an outsider [...]
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Challenge #2 – The Tower of Hanoi.
“… because I know you hate it” I don’t think there is a single word on a menu that makes me cringe more than ‘stack’. When not associated with pancakes it is undeniably superfluous and reminds me of every (early 2000s) TAFE student’s default $2 vegetarian option ‘Roasted vegetable stack’. The common sense rules of [...]
Goodbye holidays, hello Hanoi.
Market haul. I actually bought 2 kgs of tomatoes and a whole load more capsicums, limes, chillies and herbs. I won’t tell you how ridiculously cheap the whole experience was. A few days ago, thanks to the wonders of jetlag and early morning flights, I stayed up all night. I got stuck in a 3am [...]
A Discussion of Sustainability, Life on the Farm.
I grew up on an organic farm, before organic food was trendy. My dad grew Avocados, and for most of my childhood years during the season on a weekend, we would drive into town to the truck company depot and drop the carefully packed boxes of fruit. And they were gone, to Sydney or Melbourne [...]
The Lismore Rainbow Region Organic Markets, delicious!
Okra I am not a fan of markets. After a childhood of the Lismore Car Boot Market, buying trinkets and revolting snacks, markets don’t hold fond memories for me. So when visiting home I am never too excited about getting up at the crack of dawn and visiting the organic market where my Dad sells [...]
