Newcastle

Extremely brief sightseeing (Hunter Region Botanic Gardens, Newcastle Breakwall and the Newcastle Ocean Baths) during a stopover in Newcastle.

Milly Dent at Provider Store

The exquisite, sparkling ceramics of Milly Dent at her Provider Store artist residency.

Illawarra Plums

A bit of a forage. Juicy, native, shoe-staining and just 4km from home are these Illawarra Plums growing in Sydney’s inner-west. Spicy jam-spam incoming.

A bit of Bali

In 2016 I had the wonderful opportunity to travel to Bali for Smudge Eats. In 2016 in Bali my first bite of food gave me immediate food poisoning and I spent the next two weeks on location struggling. I’d purged this trip from my memory but I shouldn’t have (scrolling through my set I have little memory of visiting the places I visited, an Alana world first). Here are some re-worked photos I took while swaying on my feet, including the famous Into the Sawah at Ubud’s Locavore.

Squash and Quince and Lime

Recent Home Cooking

A mighty muffaletta and fragrant preserved lemons from my papou’s tree. A passionfruit soufflé with custard poured from my teta’s jug and brownies resulting in an entirely smashed phone as I reached for an ancient recipe online. Cinnamon rolls which almost set my home alight (dodgy oven, not a dodgy chef) and Old El Paso to pacify nostalgia. A cursed pineapple, baby’s first octopus (I’m the baby), ribs pressure cooked into a mess and plated with a powerful apathy. Soft and oily smelly eggplant served on a gaudy, iridescent glass fish, mystery-citrus madeleines and the bunged up delight that is an unfathomably good Basque cheesecake.

HELP

Flying Fish

During the last couple of week of Flying Fish’s trade at Jones Bay Wharf I was asked to produce some ~arty~ black and white photos of the space before their big move to the new location The Star. Dreamy stuff.

Continental Deli, Newtown

Big tin things. Continental Deli shot for Imbibe Magazine, who were also kind enough to publish an interview with me here. Thank you, Imbibe!

Hobart and Bruny Island

There’s a reality I’ve had to come to terms with regarding my existence on the internet: I once had a food blog (that’s how I began taking photos of food, documenting the nice things I made at home), as such I am often compelled from my pigeon hole to share the food-related things of my life. This is no exception! Here are holiday food-related snaps of Hobart. For the more photos of this trip please visit this gallery of an accidental piece of personal work.

Verandah Bar

Strictly interior photo shoots aren’t part of my usual repertoire but these Verandah Bar images turned out super happy and green.

Henry Wilson x Aesop for Habitus

Habitus issue #42 is here with a great piece by editor Holly Cunneen about Henry Wilson’s collaboration with Aesop.

Nick and Nora's

If I were more timely on the internet, this would have made an appropriate New Year’s Eve-ish post: Sydney’s newest and most opulent rooftop bar, Nick and Nora’s.

Studio OneThirty

Paintings turned into textiles and into furniture. Terrazzo tables and limited edition prints. The studio and new home of Sarah Kalidis’ Studio OneThirty.

Aeropress Championships Menu for Single O

Isaan sausage, Nahm Jim-Jaew inspired grilled long eggplant, smoked bonito dogs. A blessed yellow brief for Single O to showcase the menu of their Aeropress Championships event with food by Rising Sun Workshop and Boon Cafe. Also below are the hands of Palisa Anderson.

Jim Wild's Oysters

Fancy feast / brine time – an on-a-whim drive down to Jim Wild’s oysters this weekend. You can find a portrait of the man himself here.

International Traveller Tips

I was kindly asked for some travel tips for International Traveller’s latest Top 100 issue. Tasmania! Public drinking abroad! Pick up a copy this month, it’s so good and a fantastic read with so many excellent contributors.

Mjølner

Mjølner is a place which doesn’t do things by halves. For example, if a cocktail is inspired by Nordic fjords, they will set the scene accordingly. Whole birds at the table, beer served in horns. I took some photos when Mjølner first opened so I was very happy to be invited back knowing it would be a fun time – food by Joachim Borenius and cocktails but Alissa Gabriel.