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After a little break in January, Frank, Food & Me will be back in action at Farmers’ Markets in February.
We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year period.
We will continue to bake for online orders in January.
Also, post any feedback you have on our Christmas Puddings here, when you have a spare moment, to receive a free cake at the next market (upon proof it was you!)
please note, obviously it is too late to get mail in the Aussie Post system!
So please nominate the “pick-up” option online – see you Abbotsford Convent Market on Saturday for final pudds, brownie gift boxes, and shortbread boxes!
Just wanted to let you know that we had your pudding for dinner on Saturday night when some friends came round and my god, not just saying this because I don’t actually like Christmas pudding, it well and truly lived up to the hype – it was amazing!!! I thought I may like it when I read the description with all the extra nuts etc and YES I DID! Served with vanilla bean custard, ice cream and raspberries… divine.
Claire Evans, Tasmania
We have re-stocked on 400g pudds, but sold out of 800g.
3 markets left before Christmas…
Shortbread dough – bake your own
Brownie gift boxes
puddings
and brandy custard!!
See you there! x
What a shocker the weather was last saturday at Abbotsford Convent Slow Food market.
But the Christmas spirit was high over the weekend!
We have now sold out of 800g, 400g, and 100g pudds, leaving only the 1.5kg!
and some wheat free options!
So if you want us to make more pudds cos you missed out, then like us on Facebook, and if we get enough likes we will make more pudds!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Frank-Food-Me/143651458987434
Those brownies were on a different level – you have a gift 
Tony
Visit Caroline at the delightful new “Little Grocer” in Armadale if you would like a spectacular Christmas Hamper with all the local Victorian trimmings – including FFM pudds!
We are very excited to announce that after our pudding rating number ONE last year, we have been popular enough to be asked to stock a few key stores around Melbourne…
So if you haven’t go time to head to the markets this Christmas, check out your local store, and if you live in Brunswick, your super IGA has us on a stand like this:
(sorry for fuzzy image!!)
Inspired by the change of seasons, we invited a very lovely couple to dinner on saturday night.
The Menu:
we started with a farmers’ market favourites platter, featuring gribiche & pork terrine, lemon and garlic olives, happy fruit almonds and dried fruit, sourdough baguette, smoked barra dip and Verde Providores almond skordalia…
then for mains, duck cassoulet with puy lentils, and heritage carrots, organic mesculin…
forgot to take any more photos – we were having too much fun!!!
but we finished with Tam’s amazing Bruni ma “something” (ugly but yummy) italian biccies, and a creme patissiere strawberry tart, recipe courtesy of Victoria Tea Rooms…
Thankyou for loyal support of Frank, Food & Me.
It has been a massive year, with the birth of my little boy Art, and the dropping back with wholesale production to focus on our boutique production for the farmers’ markets.
Ironically, just when I thought things would get more difficult with a child in tow, I really feel that we have re-focussed the vision of Frank, Food & Me, and got back to the roots a bit!
Whilst I haven’t been at all the markets, while I was getting used to being a mum, I wanted to thank you for your continued support, and I hope I’ll see you in the lead up to Christmas.
It might seem too early to be even considering Christmas again, but I have to let you in on a secret!
Due to the floods this year, it was one of the skinniest harvests on record for the Mildura fruit growing region, a third of what they usually harvest.
Not only very disappointing for our dear ol’ farmers, but also for Frank, Food & Me. We love making our puddings, and we love that last year you loved them! But given that there is no way we will use overseas imports… I wanted to let you know that the orders are coming in thick and fast, and I don’t want you to miss out.
We managed to get our hands on as much fruit as we could from our local family farmers, and have been soaking it for weeks now!
… we have tweaked our recipe, and we reckon that this year’s pudd is even better than last years!
Place your order online now:
Make your pudding choice a sustainable and conscious one this year, and support your local food producers.
• Awarded Melbourne’s best Christmas Pudding, Herald Sun 2010.
• Available in 100, 400, 800g, 1.5kg puddings to serving 1 – 15 people.
• Available in wheat free
• Made with local sun ripened, sun dried fruit family grown fruit. No inferior overseas imports, guaranteed.
• Using local butter, 50% more almonds, free-range eggs, organic flour, and homemade marmalade.
• Serve warm with brandy custard or cream. Add another nip of brandy on serving for a bit of extra headiness!
Frank, Food and Me is a culmination of Frank (my late grandfather), me, & the people that have shared their culture, recipes and lives with us. We celebrate Australian food heritage, heirloom produce varieties and recipes, using produce from sustainable practice farmers.
Kath, Founding Mother
