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The winter truffle, and the dogs that find it
Under the oak trees of the north-east, in the coldest weeks of the year, a rare crop is being lifted from the ground. The winter truffle, and the dogs that find it.
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Chiltern Journal
Field notes from our kitchen
Recipes, craft notes, and behind-the-counter stories from Chiltern Bakery & Cafe.
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Christmas in July: a mid-winter feast, and where it came from
In the cold middle of the year, a good part of the country sits down to a second Christmas. Where the mid-winter feast came from, and why it makes sense in July.
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Winter school holidays in Chiltern: small adventures for cold days
Sixteen days of winter holiday, a small town in the high country, and children who want something to do. A guide to the cold weeks in Chiltern with kids: birds to find, a museum to thaw out in, and a morning at the bakery.
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The Australian meat pie: a short history of a winter habit
The Australian meat pie came out with the British, fed the goldfields, and never left. A short history of a cold-weather habit, and the plain pie at our door.
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The King's two birthdays: a short history of the long weekend
Why Australia toasts a November-born King in June, why the date is a Monday and not a birthday at all, and how a habit older than the country became the long weekend at our door.
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A slow weekend in Chiltern
Winter in the high country: short days, low warm light, and the kind of small town that asks to be walked slowly. A weekend guide to Chiltern for the months when the cafe windows fog and the streets quiet down by five.
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What cyclists pack leaving Chiltern
A quiet reflection on what a loaf of bread means on a long ride through country Victoria, and why a bakery at the edge of rail trail country matters to a small town.
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Chiltern Bakery in Cafe Reporter: A Small-Town Write-Up
Chiltern Bakery was featured in Cafe Reporter this week: a short profile of Daniel and Lisa, five years at the bench, and a bun dough called special.
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A Morning at Chiltern Bakery: Four A.M. to First Loaf
Four in the morning at Chiltern Bakery: what the first hours before sunrise look, sound, and smell like, from the deck oven to the coffee grinder.
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