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TOM’s FOOD FIGHT PATRINA JONES, In my radio work, I come across all sorts GOLD 104.3 FM of interesting people. But I was particularly BREAKFAST NEWS excited to meet one recent studio PRESENTER visitor – Tom Parker Bowles: food writer, food critic and all-round FB: How would you rate your food lover who just happens to be cooking skills? the son of Prince Charles’ wife, PJ: I get by, but if I’m truthful, my husband wears the Camilla Parker Bowles. I just had chef’s hat in our house. to get a photo for the column! FB: What is your signature dish? Tom’s back in Australia to host PJ: I love to make a batch of scones on a Sunday with my little the latest reality show offering girl. We use lemonade in the dough and once cooked, serve that’s about to start on Channel with my mother’s homemade raspberry jam and whipped Nine, Family Food Fight. cream and get the family around. I use all my best china, It was after filmingThe Hotplate some handed down through the generations. It’s a nice here a couple of years ago way to slow down before another busy week. And the dog that Tom admitted in a Fairfax patiently waits to lick the beaters! interview to being obsessed FB: If you could only have one more meal, what would it be? with Australia after eating his PJ: My Nanna’s pea soup and beef stew, mopped-up with way around the country. lashings of homemade bread and butter. My Pa was a shearer and she often catered for teams of hungry men. And as you can see by this She was a basic cook, but somehow summonsed enormous week’s food quote, Tom hates flavour in her food. food snobbery. FB: What is your favourite TV food show and who is your favourite TV food person? PJ: Nigella Lawson. Let’s face it, she makes pigging into the fridge look sexy. But Marco Pierre White can serve me breaky in bed any day. FB: What is your favourite food? PJ: Hands down, Yum-Cha. It takes years to master. We love the As always, if you have any As always, if you have any ginger and scallop dumplings and the calamari goes alright recipes, tips or other as well. But forget Chinatown in the city, you have to venture info you’d like to share, email me at sarah@ out to the suburbs to find the best. Gold Leaf Sunshine is howdypartnersmedia.com.au our favourite go-to. FB: What is your favourite drink? PJ: Jansz Vintage Rose’ is my indulgence. My husband and I paid $100 for a bottle at Matt Moran’s Aria in Sydney. Mind you, we could’ve ducked into the local bottle-o and paid only $20! And mojito’s always go down a treat, especially with extra mint. FB: Which five people (alive or dead) would you most like to invite to dinner? “I’m equally excited by a really good pie PJ: Richard Branson, Michael Hutchence, Meryl Streep, Dame or Chicken Twisties as I am by the stuff Food Bytes As always, if you have any Elisabeth Murdoch and Jacqueline Kennedy. at Vue de monde” – Tom Parker Bowles proudly sponsored FB: Do recipes,you have a tipskitchen or tip other for us? PJ: Keepinfo it simple you’d and like fresh. to Andshare, cook with love. by Westpoint Ford email me at sarah@ howdypartnersmedia.com.au Howden Design Library

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