the lobby series 1

lobster baked in chardonnay. recipe by tobie puttock.

"you can have this lobster i caught, princess. i'll be bringing some over every week!"
"whoa thanks dad!!"

gout here we come.
the lobby series. dedicated to my dad.

going on a mushroom hunt

wild mushroom pasta

in europe, there are mushroom police checking mushroom hunter's baskets and advising them on which mushrooms are and aren't safe to eat. now there's a cute job if I've ever heard of one.

who gives a stuff?

field mushrooms stuffed with avocado and goats cheese

in the mid 1970's, most of the mushrooms available in australia came in a can. today, we eat 95% of our mushrooms fresh. 88% of people love mushrooms in a stir-fry. 83% of people love mushrooms in a salad. mushrooms are the second most valuable fresh vegetable crop grown in australia after potatoes. the ancient egyptians believed mushrooms grew by magic, because of the way they could appear overnight.

p.s. i'm going mushroom hunting this weekend.

frapan

frapanese is what i'd be if i was french & japanese. i'd be a cosy singlet dreamt up by tsumori chisato & petit bateau; or one of tetsuya's mindblowing creations; or in leafy suburban willoughby, a la facon de shimizu. the duck left me speechless. i'm a chozzie anyway so what does that matter?