Our favourite Sag in the whole wide world loves having "CH" evenings. All of her favourite foods start with those two little letters.  

High on her wish list are: Champers (our bubbly is called Chirac), chicken, chips, Chardonnay, cheeses and chocolate, to name a few.

With this in mind the Sagitarrian dinner party menu was created to celebrate Sagittarians, Christmas (another blessed “CH” word), and the most charming of foods and wines that start with the letters "CH", all in the one meal.

Featuring Christmassy coloured elements of red, green and white throughout, this is a fun and festive dinner party menu,  hatched in order to entertain our tireless, born entertainer herself, our wonderfully funny, curious, adventurous, mischievous, fiercely independent and selfless Sagittarian friend.

Cheers 'Rene. Cha cha cha!

Both of our Pisces' friends favourite flavours are - you guessed it! - coffee, hazelnut and chocolate. 

This is the cake I enjoyed tasting when we ex-Presidents and voluntary members were invited to the launch of the 25th Anniversary of Food Of Orange District (F.O.O.D.). 

On a side note: The 25th Anniversary of Food of Orange District runs from Friday 8th to Sunday 17th April and you would be well-advised and wise to attend if you can.

Also, in honour of F.O.O.D 's 25th Anniversary Week, Bloodwood Wines is offering preview tastings of the 2013 Pinot Noir (95/100). 

But back to important things: this cake was absolutely fabulous: moist, light, hazelnutty and very more-ish, and, most importantly, made almost totally out of local ingredients. 

http://orangefoodweek.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Hazelnut-Olive-oil-and-Fig-cake-with-Salted-Caramel.pdf

What follows is slightly adapted from Sophie Hansen's excellent recipe (http://local-lovely.com/)  ~ and it's easy!