Articles by Jennifer Jenner

About JJ

JJ is editor and co-founder of Seasonal Sunday Lunch. She is a recipe developer, photographer, stylist, marketing consultant, freelance writer and creator of the popular food blog 84th & 3rd. JJ believes food should be fun, healthy does not mean boring and if all else fails pie makes everything better. You can also find her on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Pinterest and Instagram.

Pick-Your-Own: It’s apple season in Blipin!

Looking for a new way to celebrate this Australia Day? An afternoon spent picking new season apples and pears in the heart of country New South Wales sounds pretty good to us. This Australia Day weekend marks the start of the 2014 Australian apple season and Pine Crest Orchard in […]

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On our plates: Aussie Stonefruit – Plus 12 gorgeous stonefruit recipes

The Australian Stonefruit season is in full swing with peaches, nectarines, apricots and plums being harvested across NSW, QLD, VIC and WA. It’s great news for our fruit bowls, but earlier this year local fruit had to work harder for space on shelves and tables. For the first time in […]

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Sydney Green Villages Seed to Plate Workshops

Looking to grow your own produce this year? Whether it’s in a backyard, on a balcony or even over a windowsill there is free Sydney workshop to help you on your way. Green Villages is an initiative by the City of Sydney to grow a more sustainable Sydney. The website […]

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National Can-it-Forward Day, 17 August 2013

Relegated for years into the ‘something only grandmothers do’ category of culinary skills, preserving or canning is back in vogue, big time. Whether it has been driven by farmers markets and the increased awareness of the seasonality of foods, a reaction to isles and isles of over-processed packaged goods, or […]

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Like minded individuals and a growing community

All towns are small towns at their soul. Even when I lived in NYC, a city of over 1.6 million people all squeezed into less than 23 square miles (60 square kms), it was remarkable how often you’d bump into the same person again and again. Whether is was rounding […]

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Oxfam GROW: Cook Smart Challenge

If I said that when you stand and stare into the fridge you are contributing to global hunger you’d tell me I was crazy. Heck, I think I’m a bit crazy even writing it, but each time we use power in our kitchens – from boiling water to simply opening […]

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Roasted Peppers & Marinated Olives

The beauty of these two recipes are the speed with which they are ready to serve, and the pleasure everyone gets from eating them. Make sure to invest in quality olives and a great loaf of sourdough or French baguette to soak up all the juices. Roasted Peppers & Marinated […]

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Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Leeks

Photo Credit: Jennifer Jenner Almost melted leeks provide the perfect base for tender sweet potato dumplings in a dish that fully celebrates autumn. Recognise the photo? This was one of the dishes from our first lunch feast in April. A wonderful recipe to serve to a large group, simply layer […]

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Rediscover Australian Pears Cookbook

With a season running from late summer through to winter, eight distinctly unique varieties of Australian pears are a true sign of autumn. They grace our tables in everything from salads to cakes to slow cooked roasts and soups, and this year Australian Pears has created a collection of pear […]

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Contributor Melissa Darr is a Best Home Chef finalist!

We’re so excited to wish Melissa Darr of The Whimsical Wife the best of luck as she competes to become the winner of Australia’s Best Home Chef competition tomorrow night! Melissa has been a Seasonal Sunday Lunch supporter and site contributor since we launched, and we’re constantly impressed with everything […]

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