Comments on: Good Food Affare, Castle Hill http://www.notquitenigella.com/2008/11/24/good-food-affare-castle-hill/ The slightly eccentric eating, cooking and travel adventures of a Sydney girl who loves cakes, cooking, Nigella Lawson and eating. She eats, breathes and dreams food and indeed will never get cable TV as she'd quit working and watch the Food Channel all day long. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:19:19 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Taste of Sydney Festival, Centennial Park review @ Not Quite Nigella http://www.notquitenigella.com/2008/11/24/good-food-affare-castle-hill/#comment-23763 Taste of Sydney Festival, Centennial Park review @ Not Quite Nigella Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:11:35 +0000 http://www.notquitenigella.com/?p=7936#comment-23763 [...] food we’d be having. Held at Centennial Park it was billed as a bit of a food market a la Castle Hill’s Food Affare and a bit of a food festival a la the SMH Good Food Fair. We were being joined by Christie and her [...] [...] food we’d be having. Held at Centennial Park it was billed as a bit of a food market a la Castle Hill’s Food Affare and a bit of a food festival a la the SMH Good Food Fair. We were being joined by Christie and her [...]

]]> By: Not Quite Nigella http://www.notquitenigella.com/2008/11/24/good-food-affare-castle-hill/#comment-15831 Not Quite Nigella Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:45:28 +0000 http://www.notquitenigella.com/?p=7936#comment-15831 Hi Y-Me too, I wanted it so much! I had to remove myself from there! Hi Y-Me too, I wanted it so much! I had to remove myself from there!

]]> By: Y http://www.notquitenigella.com/2008/11/24/good-food-affare-castle-hill/#comment-15750 Y Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:09:06 +0000 http://www.notquitenigella.com/?p=7936#comment-15750 ooh I love that cake stand :) ooh I love that cake stand :)

]]> By: Not Quite Nigella http://www.notquitenigella.com/2008/11/24/good-food-affare-castle-hill/#comment-15740 Not Quite Nigella Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:12:32 +0000 http://www.notquitenigella.com/?p=7936#comment-15740 Hi Cakelaw-It was fun and the weather should have behaved itself, after all we are in the last Spring week before Summer! :) Hi chocolatesuze-glad I came, I wish I had remembered to buy the shortbread. Cold and hungry=silly behaviour :( Hi the projectivist-That would be great if it was there every week! Hi Sally-I would've been really disappointed if I had gotten there at 10 to find that everything had sold out. I think some major underplanning must have happened! Even when we got there at 3pm on the Saturday heaps of places had sold out and they still had Sunday to go. Hopefully next year's projections will be more accurate now that they know what kind of crowd to expect. And I totally agree about your barbecue idea! :) Hi Cakelaw-It was fun and the weather should have behaved itself, after all we are in the last Spring week before Summer! :)

Hi chocolatesuze-glad I came, I wish I had remembered to buy the shortbread. Cold and hungry=silly behaviour :(

Hi the projectivist-That would be great if it was there every week!

Hi Sally-I would’ve been really disappointed if I had gotten there at 10 to find that everything had sold out. I think some major underplanning must have happened! Even when we got there at 3pm on the Saturday heaps of places had sold out and they still had Sunday to go. Hopefully next year’s projections will be more accurate now that they know what kind of crowd to expect. And I totally agree about your barbecue idea! :)

]]> By: Sally http://www.notquitenigella.com/2008/11/24/good-food-affare-castle-hill/#comment-15688 Sally Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:41:43 +0000 http://www.notquitenigella.com/?p=7936#comment-15688 Hi there, loved the blog, but must say I didn't love the day.Skye's cafe looked heavenly, but the lack of food and coffee made the day a bit of bummer. As they had organised Rotary to do the car park, and I hope keep the proceeds, they should have asked the Lions to set up heaps of barbeques. We arrived at 10 on Friday morning, after and hour and a half drive, and many stallholders had sold out, some hadn't even fronted.We left an hour later to find some lunch. So I was generally disappointed and think that your local growers market is probably more worth while. Hi there, loved the blog, but must say I didn’t love the day.Skye’s cafe looked heavenly, but the lack of food and coffee made the day a bit of bummer. As they had organised Rotary to do the car park, and I hope keep the proceeds, they should have asked the Lions to set up heaps of barbeques. We arrived at 10 on Friday morning, after and hour and a half drive, and many stallholders had sold out, some hadn’t even fronted.We left an hour later to find some lunch. So I was generally disappointed and think that your local growers market is probably more worth while.

]]> By: the projectivist http://www.notquitenigella.com/2008/11/24/good-food-affare-castle-hill/#comment-15674 the projectivist Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:56:48 +0000 http://www.notquitenigella.com/?p=7936#comment-15674 fabulous! ahhhhh - i wish this were my local saturday market. fabulous!
ahhhhh – i wish this were my local saturday market.

]]> By: chocolatesuze http://www.notquitenigella.com/2008/11/24/good-food-affare-castle-hill/#comment-15669 chocolatesuze Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:49:54 +0000 http://www.notquitenigella.com/?p=7936#comment-15669 lol at ffichiban hehe spreading the love :) thanks for coming dude! it did get pretty horrible towards the end of the day i had to wear so many jumpers! lol at ffichiban hehe spreading the love :) thanks for coming dude! it did get pretty horrible towards the end of the day i had to wear so many jumpers!

]]> By: Cakelaw http://www.notquitenigella.com/2008/11/24/good-food-affare-castle-hill/#comment-15666 Cakelaw Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:53:07 +0000 http://www.notquitenigella.com/?p=7936#comment-15666 Gorgeous photos! This looks like it was a fun event, despite the chilly weather. All this food is mkaing me hungry, even if it is bedtime! Gorgeous photos! This looks like it was a fun event, despite the chilly weather. All this food is mkaing me hungry, even if it is bedtime!

]]> By: Not Quite Nigella http://www.notquitenigella.com/2008/11/24/good-food-affare-castle-hill/#comment-15664 Not Quite Nigella Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:46:08 +0000 http://www.notquitenigella.com/?p=7936#comment-15664 Hi Maria-Yes it was a very well merchandised event! Some items were very expensive indeed-like nectarines for $24.99/kg! I don't remember seeing the price of the flowers, quite a few things didn't have prices on them and I dislike having to ask for prices (it makes me feel obliged to buy). Hi Christie-Haha well you could've been here! :P Hi belle-Haha well I got the feeling it was perhaps what city people think of country ;) Hi Bean Sprout-You're welcome! :) It was far away and perhaps we wouldn't have gone if we weren't going to my friend's house nearby afterwards. Hi Tina-It kind of crept up on me too! :) You're welcome! Hi sandra-Yes they were all great stalls, I've blogged on <a href="http://www.notquitenigella.com/2008/06/27/sonoma-bakery-cafe-at-glebe/" rel="nofollow">Sonoma bakery before</a> and the olive bread is one of my favourite breads ever. There were lots of good things to buy indeed. Hi Lilia-There was plenty of me wanty! Pretty much everything in the pictures :lol: Hi Cass-You went at a good time I think as the weather was better. I think that the turnout surprised everyone! :o Hi Karen-We were running really, really late and only got there at 3pm. Pity we missed you! Hi Miss Honey-Aww no :( But did you go anywhere interesting? Hi FFichiban-I know, I was really cold and those huge gusts of dust were not great :( She'll have taken over the blogs! I agree, we came hungry and there wasn't much to eat at all by then as everything had sold out-although it was 3pm, they were still "open" for 3 hours. That's why were we glad for the samples that we could find (the Bega cheese triangles were fantastic!). Hi Maria-Yes it was a very well merchandised event! Some items were very expensive indeed-like nectarines for $24.99/kg! I don’t remember seeing the price of the flowers, quite a few things didn’t have prices on them and I dislike having to ask for prices (it makes me feel obliged to buy).

Hi Christie-Haha well you could’ve been here! :P

Hi belle-Haha well I got the feeling it was perhaps what city people think of country ;)

Hi Bean Sprout-You’re welcome! :) It was far away and perhaps we wouldn’t have gone if we weren’t going to my friend’s house nearby afterwards.

Hi Tina-It kind of crept up on me too! :) You’re welcome!

Hi sandra-Yes they were all great stalls, I’ve blogged on Sonoma bakery before and the olive bread is one of my favourite breads ever. There were lots of good things to buy indeed.

Hi Lilia-There was plenty of me wanty! Pretty much everything in the pictures :lol:

Hi Cass-You went at a good time I think as the weather was better. I think that the turnout surprised everyone! :o

Hi Karen-We were running really, really late and only got there at 3pm. Pity we missed you!

Hi Miss Honey-Aww no :( But did you go anywhere interesting?

Hi FFichiban-I know, I was really cold and those huge gusts of dust were not great :( She’ll have taken over the blogs! I agree, we came hungry and there wasn’t much to eat at all by then as everything had sold out-although it was 3pm, they were still “open” for 3 hours. That’s why were we glad for the samples that we could find (the Bega cheese triangles were fantastic!).

]]> By: FFichiban http://www.notquitenigella.com/2008/11/24/good-food-affare-castle-hill/#comment-15657 FFichiban Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:58:34 +0000 http://www.notquitenigella.com/?p=7936#comment-15657 Oohh you went Sat too? Must have just missed each other? It was soooo winddyyy and dusty >_< Hee hee Suze's face will be on sooo many blogs these next few days :P I think we were slightly disappointed there were no food food stalls as we didn't have lunch before we went. But those riibbsss, we missed out on them :( and too bad the meat guy was rude. Great photos though! Oohh you went Sat too? Must have just missed each other? It was soooo winddyyy and dusty >_<

Hee hee Suze’s face will be on sooo many blogs these next few days :P

I think we were slightly disappointed there were no food food stalls as we didn’t have lunch before we went. But those riibbsss, we missed out on them :( and too bad the meat guy was rude.

Great photos though!

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