Mikey cooking
Mikey is my husband. By day Mikey works as a psychologist, and he likes to kick back watching sci-fi TV with his friends. He’s into cars and computers too.
He likes to cook barbecue and pasta. Mikey is learning about cooking, and he does some things pretty well. His favourite foods are barbecues, roasts, pasta and really good antipasto plate. He loves meat and cheese, but can’t stand raw tomatoes.
Rosemary in her kitchen
Rosemary is an inspirational home cook, and she’s also my mother. Walk in the door of her home, and you see the kitchen straight in front of you. You might be greeted by the delicious smells of a baking cake, or a roasting leg of lamb in the oven.
A busy mother with a highly successful career and strong commitment to community involvement, Rosemary’s kitchen techniques are quick and deliberate. She can put together a family meal in under 20 minutes, but is also well known for her ability to put together a feast for large numbers of family and friends. She loves to experiment with ingredients and methods, but some of her versions of traditional recipes are the best.
Her favourite foods to cook and eat are Middle Eastern and Mediterranean foods. My ideas of a what a joyful kitchen is come directly from living with Rosemary and her cooking at the centre of my life.
Gina is my sister-in-law, and she’s pretty handy homecook. We often chat about recipes and our favourite cookbooks. Gina lives around the Haberfield area in Sydney, which has a very strong Italian community, so she knows her way around an Italian deli and bakery. If I need a canoli or tiramusu to impress, I ask Gina where she gets hers from. Gina and her husband Chris are also very good at hosting intimate lunches and dinner parties.
Gina spent her early childhood in Cyprus, and, like most good cooks, gets some of her best recipes from her mother. Gina likes using fresh ingredients in her cooking, particularly vegetables and herbs, and recently went to a slow cooking festival, which has inspired her to try new things. She describes her cooking style as “traditional”; I would describe it as Cypriot/Greek with some modern influences.
Away from her own kitchen, Gina loves Thai food.
Hello, my name is Joy. This is my blog. By day I work at a museum managing a national online project. I live with my husband in Western Sydney.
I have a passion for good, tasty, homecooking. I love hearing about people’s kitchen adventures and learning to cook new things from family and friends. I like cooking using fresh ingredients, herbs and spices and I love trying new things. You’ll see my recipes and techniques in this blog. In Sydney we have people from all over the world, and we are able to get a great variety fresh produce at good prices. We’re very lucky. I love shopping in small corner stores and markets.
My cooking hero is my Mum, who has an amazing way of doing things in the kitchen “quickly”. Hopefully I’ll capture some of her best work for this blog.
I like to eat Middle Eastern food, Japanese food, barbecues and soups.
