Dodi Fayed

A feather-light white sponge is an elegant treat, but the less refined version is ultimately more rewarding, writes Paulette Whitney.

Growing chillies in Tasmania is about extremes, writes Paulette Whitney, braving the cold in pursuit of heat.

The life of a farmer revolves around the seasons. Come winter, a certain thriftiness is needed in the kitchen to make the most of meagre produce, writes Paulette Whitney.

When it comes to ever-changing food fads, the trick for farmers is to winnow the wheat from the chaff, according to Paulette Whitney.

Leaving her native Tasmania to break bread with fellow growers in the Blue Mountains is, writes Paulette Whitney, the best kind of busman’s holiday.

A quick grower with a pleasing flavour, the red beard onion truly delivers – in both name and nature, writes Mat Pember.

With meetings of like minds and fellow farmers at her fingertips, Paulette Whitney finds insta gratification.

This Tasmanian harvester hand-picks vitamin-filled seaweed, sustainably removing non-native species from the ecosystem.

It’s the International Year of Pulses – what better time to applaud the magic of beans, asks Paulette Whitney.

When it comes to the pick of the patch, Mat Pember goes weak at the peas. To harvest or not to harvest is the question.

How do you manage the trade-off between freshness and convenience when you’re shopping for Christmas lunch?

The beans are planted, the peach trees are laden with fruit and the hydrangeas are abuzz with bees in Stephanie Alexander’s garden.

The Lorraine Lee rose has climbed beyond the trellis and the Gertrude Jekyll is rambling over the house, and although the carrots and silverbeet continue to flourish, Stephanie Alexander names the broad beans her star crop this month.

Spring has sprung in Stephanie Alexander’s garden...

This month, Stephanie Alexander cuts back the capsicum bushes and cooks the cumquats down to jam.

If your knife skills are such that you can slice red chilli in your sleep you might as well stop reading now...

In Stephanie Alexander’s winter garden the oakleaf is self-seeding, the rhubarb thriving, broad beans are flowering and the cumquats are ripe for the marmalade pot.

Stephanie Alexander braves the chilly winds to tend her herbs and admire the camellias’ generous blooms.

A new website hopes to bring chefs and local producers closer together.

As the days become short and the evenings turn cold, Stephanie Alexander monitors the progress of the brassicas and prepares to plant garlic.

Stephanie Alexander’s garden has kept her busy this month – shelling almonds, picking climbing beans and competing with possums for her Jonathan apples.

The pomegranate tree is in flower and the sweet peas have been sown, but while Stephanie Alexander enjoyed a pear crop, the parrots enjoyed the crabapples.

A pesky possum has managed to outsmart Stephanie Alexander yet again, but thankfully the doughnut peaches and tomatoes have escaped damage.

As Stephanie Alexander heads off on holiday with hungry kids in tow, she’s hoping her vegetable garden survives the heat and pests.

Stephanie Alexander takes the Kitchen Garden Foundation story to Turin, receives princely praise and juggles bountiful summer crops.

Stephanie Alexander has hauled her Christmas tree in from the garden and is busy protecting her stone fruit from possums and birds.