Since launching in early 2016, Melbourne-based social enterprise Free To Feed has hosted 1,405 unique events and food experiences. The organisation has created a place of community and enterprise for refugees and people seeking asylum in Australia, while in turn sharing their rich culture, cooking and knowledge with a local audience. Up until this point, this has been somewhat limited to Victorians. But that’s about to change!

Their latest project, All Together Now, is an intimate series of at-home cooking videos + recipe kits that brings the passion and expertise of favourite Free To Feed cooks into the comfort of your own home!

Winter is coming, in more ways than one. It sure feels ominous out there in the midst of a public health crisis, but – as always – Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s recipes are here to warm our hearts, and remind us to slow down.

With a brand new baby on deck (!), Julia is still whipping up autumnal recipes in a frenzy of new season excitement. Laced with cinnamon, sugar and tart cooked apples, this buttery tea cake is the perfect rustic confection to usher in the cooler months.

Beatrix Bakes is the Beyonce of baked goods. The teeny tiny North Melbourne cake shop opened in 2011, and has since grown exponentially – not in size, but in crazed fans! Every weekend (and some weekdays!) Nat Paull’s sweet little shop has rockstar-level crowds, lines wrapping around the side of the store and down the street waiting to catch a glimpse of the famous cake stand housing the selection of treats for the day. Prices and descriptions are written on doilies, and daisy chains of cake beaters hang cheerfully from the ceiling. It looks like a cute country bakery, but its fans are hardcore!

FINALLY, after much anticipation, Beatrix’s fearless founder Nat Paull has released THE definitive cookbook and bakers companion, imbued with as much love as one of her epic coconut shag cakes. Ahead of its release this Sunday, here’s a sneak peek of the goodness inside!

Julia Busuttil Nishimura is the queen of using simple, minimal ingredients for maximum flavour. And this rustic roasted tomato soup is the perfect example!

Also, in case you haven’t heard, Julia’s NEW cookbook A Year Of Simple Family Food is only a couple of months away! Julia’s first cookbook Ostro was an instant classic, and has become a beloved cooking companion for people all over the world. We could not be more excited for book number two and of course, will be revealing more as the time comes closer. Watch this space!