September 28th, 2024Virginia Trioli & Annie Smithers in discussion at the Phee

ABC presenter and journalist Virginia Trioli and Australian food legend Annie Smithers will be talking about their books at the Phee Broadway Theatre in Castlemaine.          

 The Northern Books event will be held on October 2 from 7.30pm.           

Annie (pictured above) and Virginia (pictured below) have both written books showcasing their love of great produce, their passion for sharing food and the idea that the memory bank for  delicious meals in fabulous places is deeply connected to a sense of nostalgia and sentimentality.

Virginia Trioli is a journalist, broadcaster and author. She is a two-time Walkley Award-winner and lives in Melbourne with her husband and son. Her book is titled A Bit on the Side.          

Annie Smithers is one of Australia’s most highly regarded chefs and one of the first chefs to truly epitomise the paddock-to-plate ethos.           

At her restaurant, du Fermier in Trentham, Annie does all the cooking, starting  with baking her own baguettes each morning and offers a menu du jour that features vegetables picked that day from her kitchen garden and meats and poultry from the surrounding area.

She carefully sources all products to ensure their environmental and animal husbandry credentials. Her first book was Recipes for a Kinder Life with Kitchen Sentimental the perfect companion.