Andrew Dwyer - The Cast Iron Cook

Jamieson in its Autumnal Splendour

The past few days at home have been delightful. Warm golden days and cold nights. As dawn breaks a light frost lies across the fields. There is no wind. The deciduous trees are shedding their leaves, putting on a spectacular … Continue reading →

White Anchovy, Cannellini Bean, fennel and Preserved Lemon Salad

Looking for something to do with my preserved lemons, which have been nicely maturing under the stairs, I made the following salad, a variation on the traditional spanish fennel and preserved lemon salad Recipe: White Anchovy, Cannellini Bean, Fennel and … Continue reading →

Red Pepper, Tomato and Chilli Salad

This salad shows off the essence of the capsicum, combining roasted red peppers, chill and paprika with juicy ripe summer tomatoes. Recipe: Red Pepper Tomato and Chilli Salad Summary: This salad shows off the essence of the capsicum, combining roasted … Continue reading →

Sating the Umami craving

The summer rolls on. The house tank is now under a third full, we haven’t had any rain in Jamieson since before Christmas. The sun has burned the grass to a straw colour. The temperature has been sitting in the … Continue reading →

Overloaded Lemon Tree? – Preserve some!

“I fear you’ll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree.” Peter Paul and Mary. The lemon tree in the front of my garden has been nurtured for ten years. For the first few winters I lovingly covered it … Continue reading →

Panoramas of the Outback

Hi Folks, Was uploading some panoramas I took in the outback to the diamantina-tour.com.au website yesterday and thought I would share them with you here as well. This image was taken at sunset at the Breaden Hills, which are … Continue reading →

The Transit of Venus on the Canning Stock Route

The claypan, punctuated with white ghost gums glows a metallic grey in the pre-dawn starlight generated from a gazillion stars in the milky way. The starlight is so much brighter here, unimpeded by the crystal clear dry desert air, and … Continue reading →

Under the watchfull eye of the Perentie

I am sitting on a camp stool beneath Mt. Woodruffe, the highest mountain in South Australia, which at 4000’ towers above. This is day six of an expedition I am leading into Pitjantjatjara Lands in the far north west of … Continue reading →

If there was a restaurant in my heaven it would be Fino!

If there were a restaurant in my heaven it would be Fino. I have been fortunate to have eaten well all my days. A Cantonese step mother ensured my juvenile palate became adventurous early, and teenage holidays spent working in … Continue reading →

A fishery in the desert – Strange and unusual!

It is my first trip for the year, and I’m leading an expedition up into Cooper Country to see the floods that have resulted from continuing rainfall events in Queensland. It is the first time in history the Cooper has … Continue reading →