Notes and recaps
From the house
Short notes from the kitchen, the long room and the front door: new dishes, tournament recaps and small stories about the people who keep Tallowwood House running.
· People
Faces from around the valley
Dairy farmers, shift workers, families from the coast: who comes through the door of Tallowwood House and what they order first.
Guests · Manning Valley · Neighbours
· House
How we look after the felt
Brushed every evening, rotated every week and replaced when it tires: Claire Stevens describes how the tables, cards and chips are cared for.
Tables · Felt · Care
· People
Sunday with the regulars
On Sunday the roast arrives early, Five Card Draw takes the first poker table and the regulars settle in. A look at the most settled evening of the week.
Sunday · Regulars · Five Card Draw
· Evenings
Friday's Hold'em, table by table
Twenty-three players, three tables and a final that ended a quarter of an hour early. A recap of last Friday's Texas Hold'em tournament.
Tournament · Hold'em · Recap
· Kitchen
Three new dishes from Lucy's kitchen
Lucy Barrett adds barramundi on creamed corn, a vegetable pie and school prawns to the short menu. Here's how each dish came about.
Menu · Seafood · Pies
· House
The verandah heaters are back
The heaters are lit, the soup has moved to the top of the board and the long room has its warmer lamps. A note on the cooler months.
Season · Verandah · Soup