Jo Zdybel, founder, owner and baker of Pennyroyal Bush Breads, sits in her home kitchen among the gum trees in the heart of Otway forest with a perfect view of the Deans March ridge. Passionate about baking, local produce, and seasonal foods, Jo, her husband Danny and family, have lived Continue Reading
Producing
Fields of Garlic – and lots more at Otway Fields
Driving into the Otways on the coldest day of the year so far, watching white cobweb clouds roll along the ridge, one wonders if there could be any better reason for living in a region that is blessed with four seasons. The rain then swept like a grand curtain across Continue Reading
Busy bees at Buukaar Waaruung near Camperdown
The bees over at Buukaar Waaruung Apiary, in their Manhattan of hives on the ‘middle lip’ between Lake Bullen Merri and Lake Gnotuk, were given an early Bees Day gift by nature: autumnal days of sunshine wrapped up in a wide ribbon of blue skies. Anna Carrucan, owner and apiarist, Continue Reading
Irrewarra Sourdough, a new chapter
Foods that rely on natural fermentation in their manufacture give the consumer a kiss of regional flavour. Out of a melange of lactobacilli bacteria and wild yeasts that live in the air where the food is made comes a unique regional souvenir. Sourdough bread is one such food Continue Reading