Our First Guest Chef is Patrizia Simone from Simones in Bright, NE Victoria. Simone's was recently awarded 2 hats in the 2006 Age Good Food Guide and with her husband George doing a great job front of house and her son Anthony as sous chef it is truely a family business. Eating ... Read more
Guest Chef – Maggie Beer
I first met Maggie Beer when I was Executive Officer for the chestnut association. We spent an hour on the phone talking chestnuts and this resulted in me being quoted in her book "Maggie's Orchard". Over the years we have become friends and spend a few days together each year ... Read more
Guest Chef – Stefano Manfredi
The guest chef for this month is Stefano Manfredi. I first met Stefano (Steve) in October 2000 when he was a guest judge at the cooking competition at the Oven Valley International Festival. I remember the date as I entered the “Best Traditional Sweet Dish” with my Monte Bianco ... Read more
Traditional Christmas Fare
The approaching of Christmas brings to mind images of precious time spent with family and friends, snowmen and sleigh rides, glittering boxes and bows, the shining faces of children on Christmas morning, and the smell of sumptuous Christmas foods wafting in the air. For those in ... Read more
Farmstand Shutdown for Selling ‘Poisonous’ Chestnuts
Officials: West Barnstable Farm Stand Shut Down for ‘Poison’ Chestnuts (Horse chestnuts / konkers) October 10, 2014 BARNSTABLE – The Town of Barnstable Board of Health has shut down a farmstand on Route 149/Meetinghouse Way in West Barnstable because of evidence it was ... Read more
Christmas 2014 Media Release
Here is our latest Media Release for Christmas 2014. Last year Brian and I were watching the Christmas cooking shows of mainly UK celebrity chefs on television in the week before Christmas. It was incredible - Nigella Lawson saying "You can't have Christmas without ... Read more
Marrons Glaces
We are proud to announce that freshly iced marrons glaces are now available for all marrons glace lovers. We agree that Christmas is just not Christmas without the sweet creamy texture of a perfect, freshly iced marrons glaces. In 2008 we visited the famous marrons glace maker ... Read more
Chestnut Tour to Hungary and France
Jane & Brian are leading a group of 15 chestnut industry leaders to the II European Chestnut Congress in Debrecen, Hungary and then onto the Ardeche region of France for a week to experience the Castagnades - a month long festival celebrating chestnuts. The group will be ... Read more
My Umbrian Kitchen by Patrizia Simone
My Umbrian Kitchen by Patrizia Simone Last October our good friend and chestnut supporter Patrizia Simone launched her beautiful book "My Umbrian Kitchen". Patrizia is the powerhouse behind Simone's Restaurant in Bright and her book features many of her favourite dishes. When ... Read more
Chestnuts and the Paleo Diet
Did you know chestnuts are fine to include as part of a Paleo Diet? Mark Sisson author of "The Primal Connection" has assessed chestnuts and determined they can form part of a Primal eating program. See the link to his blog click here. Whether you want to go all the way eating ... Read more
