The last month of autumn might seem the wrong month for thinking about tomatoes. Happy days of tomato-and-chive sandwiches with different-coloured cherry tomatoes from our garden (and importantly including some continental-style butter) are well and truly finished, and there are no more meals accompanied by this year’s favourite zucchini, tomato and basil stew. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s been an interesting week this week. Is it that I’ve had less appointments and urgent things to do, or are things getting slightly easier at home? Some telling things have happened. While my husband was at work and the kids and I were hanging out, I had a day where I managed to fit in craft plus baking with my three year old daughter. The two of us finished decorating some origami tigers, then made a batch of chocolate walnut biscuits. She was delighted. It might not sound like much, but since having a son 9 months ago, craft and baking (and blog writing, and other things …) have been on my list of things that are just about impossible to get around to, for the moment. Read the rest of this entry »
When we harvested our patch of garlic at the end of November, memories came rushing back. In early June in the same patch of earth, we dug up what felt like a million jerusalem artichokes. Our eyes bulged as tuber after tuber stacked up in a pile, the progeny of just two plants. I was deliriously happy, not just because of such a surprising gardening success, but to share some lovely moments in the garden, in the sun, with my husband and daughter. I was close to nine months pregnant and I knew everything would change soon. Read the rest of this entry »
Ten weeks ago I had my second baby. The days are flashing by so fast; the only thing that seems to differentiate one week from the next is that we notice our boy has grown a little bit bigger. During the late-night feeds I can’t tuck his feet into my cardigan any more – he’s too long. And his squinty newborn eyes have become round, clear and full of adoration for his big sister, dad and mum. He gives us gorgeous open-mouthed grins, and I love holding his face next to mine, all soft cheeks and milky breath. Read the rest of this entry »
The vegie garden is looking
decidedly bare and wintery now that I’ve finally pulled out the tomato bushes and collected the very last ripening tomatoes. It’s the end of a process of watching the garden build up and up in a frenzy over summer – the plants growing taller as the weather gets hotter – then watching things come down again piece by piece as the sun slips back in the sky and it starts getting chilly. Read the rest of this entry »
In April the Hungry Girls were invited to do a guest blog for Design Sponge, and we settled on this favourite salad. It’s a jumble of soft-roasted chunks of sweet potato and potato, caramelised onion, crunchy green beans and juicy tomatoes – plus lashings of parsley and just enough Spanish smoked paprika for an element of spice. Read the rest of this entry »
There’s a plum tree in our backyard, down on the fence next to the chicken coop. It’s a scraggly thing – nondescript with lots of thin branches and small leaves sticking up chaotically into the air. We were going to cut it down before we realised it fruited, and eventually decided that with its position right on the fence, the tree wasn’t taking up much space or doing any harm. It’s one of our only established fruit trees so we had to love it a little. Read the rest of this entry »
The Hungry Girls had a guest blog on The Design Files last week. We included a recipe from each of our books with a story, photographs by Leah, and illustrations by Katherine. Follow these links:
Monday – the story of the Hungry Girls
Tuesday – Cherry tomato, herb and chilli fish (Volume 1)
Wednesday – Chinese peanut and celery salad
Thursday – Quick Spanish dinner (Volume 2)
Friday – Yoghurt and white chocolate pannacotta (Volume 3)
The Wednesday recipe was a new one, so we include the blog here as well. Read the rest of this entry »
On the 7th December 2011, we officially launched The Hungry Girls’ Cookbook Volume 3! The venue was a shop called Melbournalia Home, located in a gorgeous old warehouse down a laneway near the Queen Victoria Market. Read the rest of this entry »
The Hungry Girls’ Cookbook Volume 3 has been sent to the printer, and we can’t wait to unveil it to you all at the end of this month.
More than three years have passed since we released Volume 2, and the three of us – Katherine Bird, Leah Holscher and Rachel Pitts – were just itching to do it again! It’s been such an exciting project; a real collaboration with each of us bringing our individual skills in food, photography, design and illustration. From the middle of the year we set to work gathering props and organising a series of photo shoots at Hungry Girls’ homes in Melbourne and Warrnambool – on front verandahs, in backyards and on kitchen tables to make the best use of natural light. Read the rest of this entry »
The Hungry Girls’ Cookbooks are more like works of art than regular recipe books. Each edition is lined with cloth and hand-sewn, and inside you’ll find exciting dishes for the home cook.
