http://ontheridge.com.au/blog Tue, 10 Aug 2010 06:28:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi Tonya - Loved the cooking class on Saturday. You have a fabulous set up & the Hinterland view to the sea just sensational ! ... Best wishes for your France trip.  Kind regards Margot. http://ontheridge.com.au/blog/?p=94 Dear Tonya, Just wanted to reiterate how much I enjoyed the course yesterday...beautifully put together and executed on your part and we novices I think did well also! I hope your forthcoming sojourn in France is as a resounding success as yesterday! Kind Regards Molly Kelly http://ontheridge.com.au/blog/?p=91 This last weekend at On the Ridge we enjoyed persenting two wonderful French Odyssey cooking classes with some lovely people.  There was much fun and laughter and many good photos taken.....here are a few comments on the days' cooking.... 'Hello Tonya, thank you for a wonderful day.  Ron & I thoroughly enjoyed ourselves ... http://ontheridge.com.au/blog/?p=87 Dear Tonya Just thought I would let you know that the recipe for your Mudcake works a treat as Cupcakes - cooking time approx 25 minutes.....yum!! Hope all is going well up on the ridge! Regards Lisa http://ontheridge.com.au/blog/?p=84 It is always so lovely to receive feedback after a class and we do receive many emails thanking us for a good day....this one we received recently after the Italianicious - Cooking with Passion class was especially nice.... 'Good Morning Tonya....Just wanted to tell you that we had friends over for ... http://ontheridge.com.au/blog/?p=77 When in France in 2008, one of the many fabulous things I did with my friend, Cathy, was to attend the food photography course of Roger Stowell.  Roger, a former London photographer, set up his businesss with his wife Jenny, in the southern Vendée countryside, between coastal La Rochelle and Poitiers,  in western France.  ... http://ontheridge.com.au/blog/?p=71   After classes at On the Ridge, I receive some lovely emails from the participants.  I thought it might be nice to pass on some of their comments.  Here are a couple from last Saturday: 'Thanks Tonya. Really enjoyed the day. Am now being booked up by family to show off what I learnt....' ... http://ontheridge.com.au/blog/?p=66 Christmas Hams – have a look at this flyer for details on the delicious and succulent Schinkentec smoked and cured legs of Australian pork….for the most divine ham.  I have attached the stocklist also so you can easily procure your Christmas Ham.  These hams are injected with Schinkentec brine, made ... http://ontheridge.com.au/blog/?p=52 Tonight on the ABC 7.30 report there was a feature on the Slow Food Movement and Carlo Petrini, the founder of the movement. Carlo spoke about food giving pleasure and happiness as well as the sustainability aspects that are important to us...the report also included coverage of the school kitchen gardens ... http://ontheridge.com.au/blog/?p=46 I recently attended a wonderful morning at Chevallum State School to celebrate the launch of their Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Project.  They have been working on their kitchen garden for 12 years now and so the next step was the building and fitting out of a kitchen to enable the ... http://ontheridge.com.au/blog/?p=43