21.8 C
Los Angeles
Thursday, October 3, 2024

The Heartbreakingly Beautiful Flowers Of Soho Rose Farm – The Design Files | Australia's most popular design blog.

Roses hold a sort of miraculous quality. There is perhaps no flower more imbued with the symbolism of love, beauty and devotion.

Soho Rose Farm in Victoria has a bit of a love story of its own. When more than 8000 rose bushes were set to be destroyed on a retired flower farm in Drysdale, florist Kristy Tippett and her husband Brock stepped in to save them. The couple corralled a team of people, who worked tirelessly to uproot and relocate  each individual rose bush, to be replanted on Kristy and Brock’s own farm, 2.5 hours away. Despite no experience with commercial growing, Kristy has spent the last three years tending to the roses, and cultivating the most glorious flower farm.

We talked to Kristy to find out a little more about the journey of Soho Rose Farm, and the magic of the humble garden rose.

Liquorice, Cherries and Sea Salt – The Design Files | Australia's most popular design blog.

Today Stockholm-based Australian photographer Simon Bajada shares with us his final recipe – a sweet and salty dessert which brings together three robust and unexpected flavours – liquorice, sea salt and sweet cherries.

Huge thanks to Simon for sharing so many inspired Scandinavian recipes with us this month!  We thoroughly recommend his beautiful new book, The New Nordic, published by Hardie Grant which available in all good bookshops now!

A Magical Alistair Knox-Designed Rental In Eltham!

We can’t get enough of Eltham’s incredible mid-century houses, which consistently rate among the most popular home stories on The Design Files!

Lucienne and Sebastian Van Sebille thought the glowing reviews of this suburb (located 20 kilometres north-east of Melbourne’s CBD) must be exaggerated, but after moving here in mid 2020, they can confirm it’s truly as magical as they say! 

The couple’s rental property is an Alistair Knox-designed 1970s house that remains as solid and beautiful as the day it was built. 

After 10 years living in Thornbury and Coburg, the True North chef and trade manager at Pop and Scott are relishing their new life among the trees, while getting to know the longstanding locals (alpacas, horses, donkeys and kookaburras among them!).

Meatless Monday: the Breakfast Dinner

FOODMeatless Monday: the Breakfast Dinner

Meatless Monday: the Breakfast Dinner

This Meatless Monday, take back the breakfast dinner and enjoy this meat-free meal with all the morning fixings!

For me, few things rival the breakfast dinner—that is, breakfast foods eaten for dinner. Perhaps it’s a nostalgia thing; breakfast dinners are a favourite childhood memory of mine. Or maybe it’s one of those “so wrong it’s right” things—I mean, breakfast for dinner? If that doesn’t say rebel, I don’t know what does. For whatever reason, breakfast foods taste slightly more delicious when eaten in the evening.

Unfortunately, however, the traditional breakfast dinner is often rooted in saturated fat-laden bacon and sausage, making breakfast dinner a total artery clogger (bummer!).

This Meatless Monday, take back the breakfast dinner and enjoy this meat-free meal with all the morning fixings!

Jeera Alu (Potatoes Fried in Cumin): a modern take on the traditional hash browns. Cook them in a cast iron skillet for extra flavour and crispiness.

Vegetarian Molasses Baked Beans: just add the ingredients to your slow cooker and forget about them. Easy and delicious!

Quinoa and Avocado Scram Slam: vegans can skip the egg and Parmesan and instead use firm tofu crumbled and fried with salt, pepper, paprika, and nutritional yeast.

Tempeh “Chorizo”: an excellent substitute for sausage and bacon. Make ahead and freeze for an easy thaw-and-reheat addition to your breakfast dinner.

Banana Spelt Pancakes: spelt flour is packed with a broad array of vital nutrients including selenium, zinc, niacin, iron, magnesium, and phosphorus.

Acai Smoothie: wash it all down with this antioxidant-rich smoothie.

Check out our other content

Check out other tags:

Most Popular Articles