We get the lowdown on what floats the boats of the husband-and-wife team behind Sydney's home-craft food haven, Cornersmith - a cafe, picklery and cooking school.
Top tipple?
At 5pm we love meeting for a whisky sour at Earl’s Juke Joint in Newtown. We sit at the bar with no one around!
Local you can’t live without?
When James is flying solo, he heads straight to Hartsyard in Newtown for oyster po’boys and a Negroni.
Best meal off the beaten track?
Is oysters and beers at Woy Woy Fisherman’s Wharf on NSW’s Central Coast.
Favourite kitchen gadget?
Our favourite kitchen gadget? We love the slow cooker. Alex calls it our ’wife’ because dinner is ready when we get home.
Music to cook to?
Our kids have formed their own music tastes, but when we’re cooking alone, I listen to This American Life podcasts, or James plays his vinyl collection really loud – anything by Dirty Three, Nick Cave, Bob Dylan and The Velvet Underground.
Latest food discovery?
The last restaurant we ate at was Billy Kwong in Potts Point. Kylie Kwong’s support of Australian producers is inspiring.
Guilty pleasure?
Friday lunch is hot chip butty day at the Picklery: white rolls, heaps of butter and hot chips…
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