If I wanted to compare the seasons. It would be hard pressed to beat a windless sunny day with clear blues skies and the countryside showing its striking blanket of hot orange, burnt brown and deep reds. The colours of a faultless Central Otago Autumn day in the region with old deciduous trees – tall [...]
Winter Newsletter 2012
I leave this Saturday 12th May for my tour to Malta, Sicily, Sardinia, Cinque Terre and Venice. It’s a 21 day tour and ends in Venice – 3 nights to explore the canals, galleries, narrow streets, take in the enormous history and experience life without cars surrounded by loads of tourists Philip is going to [...]
Team Event with Chinese Travel Agents
Our sunday night changed from having the usual family dinner to cooking for a group of Chinese Travel Agents, who wanted to experience a meal in a New Zealand family home. I showed the 12 travel agents around the garden before sitting down to a demonstration. I prepared a butterflied leg of lamb- marinated with [...]
My Latest Radio Programme with Chanel O’Brian
Each Season I get to talk with Chanel O’Brian from Otago Access Radio (105.4 FM) on her programme ‘Swtiched On’. Click here to download the podcast. We have no difficulty talking for an hour about seasonal foods, where to buy the best and what to do with them. Summer has a bounty of stone fruit [...]
Recipes for Quince Jelly and Quince Paste
Quince Jelly 1 kg quinces 4 cups water Caster sugar 2 teaspoons lemon juice ———————- Remove the fuzz, peel, and core and slice quinces into a large saucepan. Add water. Bring to the boil and simmer for an hour and the flesh is very tender. Using a fine sieve or a colander lined with muslin [...]
Autumn 2012 Newsletter
I am excited to be coming into one of my favourite Seasons. We were dealt a pretty bad deal of unstable weather conditions in the past 6 weeks. It would be lovely to have those sunny warm days I know Autumn can deliver. My first Dunedin backyard tour was a huge success and eveyone that joined the inaugeral trip had [...]
St Clair Surf Club Fundraiser – 8th March at Kings High School
ST CLAIR SURF CLUB FUNDRAISER Tickets available from me | St Clair Foursquare | Leckies Butchery E mail judith@judith-cullen.com and Pick your tickets up at the Door Love your support – It’s always hard to get 40 kids up to Gisbourne and I have to cook for them for 5 days!!!! Thanks, Judith
Team Event Familiarisation with Tourism Dunedin– 27.02.12
So what is a Team Event and how do you get the new team at Tourism Dunedin to come along for a famil? This was a great chance for me to show the people in the business how you can enjoy 2 hours of fun after work, and they proved to be eager participants. Starting [...]
Summer Seasonal Backyard Day Trip: From Dunedin to Oamaru – 24.02.12
Dunedin has the pleasure of not only sitting on the coast of a magnificent harbour, but is also within an easy drive north, south and west to the unique countryside and climate of Central Otago. Each season, to stand along side my seasonal cooking classes, I am taking a day trip from Dunedin to explore [...]
ODT Article 17/02/12: “Judith Cullen Cooking Up 2012 Treats”
The following is an article written by Jude Hathaway that was published in the Otago Daily Times on Friday 17th February. It discusses the exciting things I will be doing this year, including my Dunedin Back Yard Day Trips, the re-introduction of Team Cuisine Events, and my Italian tour in May. ——————————————————————————————————————————————– JUDITH CULLEN COOKING [...]
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