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Recipes to get us through Jan, plus upcoming events, live chats, new live cookery classes, and a gig with Delicious
January newsletter
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Roast Cauliflower and Other Soups
How to construct a perfect soup; five mostly-veggie soups; and, a roast cauliflower and celeriac soup with kale pesto to begin with.
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A Meal for the Day you Pick the Cabbage
An exclusive recipe from my next book, Rough Patch: Braised red cabbage, puy lentils and ham hock
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December 2024

A leftovers double bill: turkey & stuffing Caesar, plus crusty, squashed sprouts
BETWIXTMAS RECIPE DOUBLE BILL: let's get down to the important work of using up the festive leftovers with these cheesy, crispy sprouts and celeriac…
Rough Patch: a Christmas reading from my new book
Watch now | Join me in the greenhouse, Jackanory style, as I read a festive extract from my new book, Rough Patch, a memoir with recipes, which is out…
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Not-Mince-Pie Pie
Honey buttered apples and pears baked in pine nut and candied peel frangipane: a big Christmas tart recipe that's just the right side of different.
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Recipes for December feasting, a long list of cookbooks I'd like, new events, and a Rough Patch update
FREE TO READ: December newsletter
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Pumpkin and sage rarebit
FREE TO READ: a warming post-leaf-sweeping snack I ate in the greenhouse.
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BBQ bugs & other stories: a bumper crop of recipes from Sydney
Balmain bugs with snow pea slaw; mango salsa; caper butter coral trout; potato and asparagus salad; plus, other seasonal deliciousness from my recent…
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November 2024

Holidays, book news & a catalogue of veg-filled Christmas recipes from the archive
FREE TO READ: November newsletter
A Recipe for Compost
Join me down by compost bins to discuss the fundamentals of good compost, the chemistry and how to make your own.
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Why red cabbage isn’t just for Christmas (or braising)
And proof in recipe form: charred red cabbage glazed with pomegranate molasses, tahini, dukkah and herby, orange fregola.
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