Jasmine Synnott (10)
21.08.2011
Columns: A girl from Oz finding her feet with cordon bleu culture
In what I took at first as a huge compliment, and evidence of having successfully fooled everyone into believing I am a proper grown up, I was bequeathed my delinquent 16-year old sister for the summer. Her failing grades and daily threats that she would quit school before graduation were severe enough to panic our father and convince him to put her on a flight to Europe. As I write this she is currently MIA, having ‘runaway’.Read more … This month: Generations of socca and sisterhood
17.06.2011
Columns: A girl from Oz finding her feet with cordon bleu culture
In my first year living on the Riviera, strapped for cash and linguistically challenged, I worked a season in an ostentatious privately owned villa. By the second week it was hard to see the sun rising through tears of exhaustion. Read more … This month: all that glitters
28.03.2011
Columns: A girl from Oz finding her feet with cordon bleu culture
Theo Randall, former head chef at London’s famous River Café has been heavily influenced by his holidays as a child in Italy and his frequent visits to the French Riviera. Read more … This month: interview with a Mediterranean maestro
27.02.2011
Columns: A girl from Oz finding her feet with cordon bleu culture
If you get up early enough, while the more rational part of your brain is still asleep, you can make your way down the deserted streets to the sea and dive in.Read more … This month: Creature comforts for cold times
23.01.2011
Columns: A girl from Oz finding her feet with cordon bleu culture
In the hustle and bustle of a family kitchen pre-Christmas, I taught an eager relative Tarte Tatin. As the aromas filled the house I told her the story of the sisters Tatin who created the dessert, quite by mistake, in an attempt to save some caramelized apples from burning.Read more … This month: loving the spread
19.12.2010
Columns: A girl from Oz finding her feet with cordon bleu culture
You want to take your knife and slice the flesh around the neck, then get it's head in your hand, twist and pull."
Whilst the idea of tearing an animal apart with my bare hands has always been rather appealing, I was discovering, on coming face-to-face with a rabbit corpse, the reality was almost enough to drive me to vegetarianism.Read more … This month: Getting to know a rabbit's molecular
14.11.2010
Columns: A girl from Oz finding her feet with cordon bleu culture
Hands down the best meal I had last month was in a small, family-run restaurant in Porte de la Chapelle at the end of the metro line, on the border of Paris and its suburbs. Read more … This month: hearty onion soup for the soul
24.10.2010
Columns: A girl from Oz finding her feet with cordon bleu culture
One summer, long ago, I worked for my aunt's catering company and it was here, that I first discovered the joys of cooking. To a soundtrack of power ballads, the women worked on autopilot - laughing, crying, solving the problems of the world - while working with the synchronicity of birds in flight. Read more … This month: A pinch of spice with everything
19.09.2010
Gourmet: A French Fancy: A girl from Oz finding her feet with cordon bleu culture
Hey Rico, how are you?" "Hi gorgeous, just delicious." (Cue blushing and giggling). Read more … This month: Dinner and a show
05.08.2010
Column: A French Fancy: A girl from Oz finding her feet with cordon bleu culture
“C'est pas tes oignons”, meaning “none of your business”, is what I thought when I started looking into the art of the Mediterranean fish stew, bouillabaisse.Read more … The impossible art of fish stew
