Feather and Bone Providore in Sydney, Australia | Speciality food shop

Feather and Bone Providore

Locality: Sydney, Australia

Phone: +61 2 9818 2717

Address: Unit 8, 10-14 Lilian Fowler Place, Marrickville 2204 Sydney, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.featherandbone.com.au

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20.01.2022 Team effort. When the chef does justice to all the work that goes into delivering the produce - our work, the farmer’s work and the life of the pig. Thank you to the @nearriverproduce Berkshire pig that arrived whole at our place and from which this leg was taken to cure for this ham. Thank you to Farmers Andrew and Therese Hearn who, along with the other visionary NSW pig farmers we work with, choose to prioritise animal, environment and human welfare above all else and man...age their farms as regenerative, holistic ecosystems. Thanks to @bgreeno for getting it and doing such a ripper job of glazing and presenting this ham and honouring the whole cycle. Now it’s your turn! This ham trolley will be strolling seductively through the @hotelcentennial Or if you want your own lovely pasture-raised ham, our Xmas orders close on 14December. #pastureraised #regenerativeagriculture #walkingthetalk #ham #christmas #pasturedpigs #heritagebreed #diversity #feast #celebration #community

19.01.2022 This would be a great job for the right person.

18.01.2022 In case you missed last weekend's Landline episode (the last for this year), it was a fascinating look at the concept of social licence in agriculture. We were in it briefly (at 23 minutes in) as an example of a retail business with an actively engaged customer base who make the connection between agricultural production practices and animal, human and environmental welfare. Customers who understand their capacity for agency in the consumption cycle and that every dollar they spend on food is a vote for the system that produced it. Customers who want to vote for systems that will protect the security and welfare of their descendants on this planet. https://iview.abc.net.au/video/RF1904Q042S00

16.01.2022 CHRISTMAS IS BETTER WITH COMMUNITY: brought to you by Feather and Bone and the 2020 Sky Screamer Rollercoaster Ride. Yes, it's hard to believe, but this is not fake news. This screaming, stomach-lurching, sphincter-clenching, white-knuckle 2020 rollercoaster has turned a sharp corner and is now hurtling irrevocably towards the 25th December. When it arrives, it will stop briefly to give all trembling occupants a chance to breathe, rearrange clothing, wipe down the seats and s...Continue reading

16.01.2022 Late last month we paid a visit to Clara and Klas at Clara's regeneratively-managed South Hill Farm near Bowral, NSW. This photo of them tells you everything you need to know about why South Hill Rose Angus veal is so good and why we've been buying it for 10 years. Not many cattle farmers have such a calm and trusting relationship with their animals, let alone a bull, and it speaks volumes about the way that Clara manages her cattle and the genetics of the animals she selects.... Also, Clara, a former journalist, is smart and articulate and Klas's breeder, Ingrid Orfali of The Pines Pastoral, named him after her favourite Belgian English Professor, so Clara and Klas' common love of words means they were destined to have an affinity. (In fact, in this photo, Klas is probably partly so calm because he's distractedly thinking about the final edit of his latest essay, 'The Language of the Australian Regenerative Agriculture Movement and what it tells us about the human condition'.) But then, all Clara's animals are relaxed and calm so it's probably more to do with the 23 years that Clara's spent turning what was a 'blasted heath' into an oasis of regenerative fertility and the care with which she manages her animals. All of which translates into more a fertile, resilient landscape and excellent veal for us. Pasture-raised, rose veal from five to eight month old calves is grass and milk-fed so still tender, but mature enough to be satisfyingly flavoursome. Marinate and slow roast a shoulder or neck with rosemary and garlic (and the secret ingredient of a few anchovies) for five or six hours, brown a succulent cutlet or T-bone and season with nothing more than salt and pepper, braise brisket or osso buco with white wine and garlic or tuck into veal schnitzel with lashings of mayonnaise. South Hill Rose Veal is about the best you can find.

15.01.2022 SO EXCITED to finally have this gorgeous book in our hot little hands! @daniellemariealvarez first book is full of characteristic wit, wisdom, charm, inspiration and easy-to-follow recipes for her elegant, delicious, honest food. We’re so proud of everything she’s achieved and so grateful for her support and friendship because she’s the real deal - someone who walks the talk. It’s sort of awful and wonderful to know that, very soon, these lovely pages will be splattered and stained but we reckon Danielle’s book will wear every smear and splatter with pride because this is one book that will be in high kitchen rotation and won’t be sitting, untouched, on the shelf. Congratulations @daniellemariealvarez and thank you for being one of the ‘good people’.

13.01.2022 Do you value virtue? How important is the idea of a social licence in food production, distribution and retailing? Is big really better? Watch Sean Murphy's investigation into these questions and more on ABC Landline this Sunday.

12.01.2022 Top turnip table decoration, @seansbondi . @seanmoran64 proving he still has the biggest turnips in town.

08.01.2022 Had one of those lovely, serendipitous moments of connection last night at the second Mud Australia 'Mud Talks'. Shelley Simpson and the Mud team have collaborated with APY Art Centre Collective to produce a spectacular collection of porcelain pieces and last night @jennybrockie steered Shelley and visiting APY artists Inawintji, Nyunmiti and Sally through a fascinating conversation about the process and the stories the artists painted on the Mud pieces. 1st connection - She...lley and I were close school friends and have rekindled our friendship in recent years, bonding through a mutual respect and appreciation of each other's businesses and the many other things we have in common including running and growing businesses with our life partners without killing each other. So there I was last night oohing and aahing over the beautiful work and beaming with pride for my clever friend when I discovered the 2nd connection. Inawintji and Njunmiti are both from Ernabella, which is where Grant's aunt, Deaconess Winifred Hilliard (Awalari) OBE OAM, set up the first Australian Aboriginal Art Centre in the 1950s and where she was buried in 2012. I introduced myself and explained the connection and it was very moving to see these powerful women artists light up and grab my hands (sanitised, of course) and talk with such affection about their memories of Winifred. Congratulations to Mud Australia and APY Art Centre Collective on a successful collaboration that’s fostering so many connections. It's these sorts of initiatives that build community. (Shout out to Sailors Grave Brewing who are making beer with Bruce Pascoe using native grains.) See more

08.01.2022 United we stand, divided we fall. Few things lovelier than the rainbow of diversity expressed in a super fresh dozen, mixed breed @mussettholdings eggs. Vive la différence! Only available in the shop today, don’t miss out...

08.01.2022 CHRISTMAS ORDERS ARE OPEN - ORDER ONLINE! Pastured produce with traceable provenance ~ hams, turkeys, Sommerlad heritage chooks, stuffing and sauces, porchetta, traditional mince pies and more! ~ Order before 1st December to help us share the love! We're donating $5.00 from every Christmas order placed before 1st December to the Two Good Quaama Community Christmas Feast. ... ~ Win prizes and share more love! Enter the 2020 Two Good Quaama Community Xmas raffle to win prizes and help put on a slap-up, joyful feast for a fire and covid-ravaged rural community. ~ Orders close on Monday 14th December. https://featherandbone.com.au/ See more

07.01.2022 STYROFOAM BOXES ARE OUT AND ECO-FRIENDLY WOOL INSULATED BOXES ARE IN! From next Wednesday, we're ditching our recycled styrofoam boxes and changing to cardboard boxes lined with wool felt insulation made by the clever folks at @PlanetProtectorPackaging. These compostable, biodegradable wool felt liners are made out of waste products from the Australian and New Zealand wool industry and, apart from providing excellent box insulation, they have a multitude of interesting second...ary uses ranging from garden weed mats and pipe lagging to carpet underlay. You could probably make your own doona or fashion a fetching felt frock out of it if you're a proper little homemaker. Never let it be said that we don't have your domestic interests at heart... As is often the case with these initiatives, the up-front cost for these wool lined boxes is much greater than what we currently pay for recycled styrofoam boxes. (Of course, it's a no-brainer because these boxes can be successfully absorbed back into the cycle of life, reducing the long-term cost.) So while we care deeply about the beautification of your home and garden, what we really want is for you to return them to us so we can use them again. But whatever you choose to do with your box and liner - re-purpose or re-use or chuck in the recycling bin - we'll feel a warm glow in the knowledge that, with each order, together we're responsible for one less indestructible styrofoam box clogging up the planet. That warm glow will be amplified when we fill your box with meats packed in compostable @groundedpackaging plastic bags or wrapped in vegetable-based, fully compostable butcher's paper (most butcher or deli paper has a thin, plastic membrane that can't be recycled or composted). Bit by bit, we're doing what we can to improve our footprint. So buy a box of goodies from Feather and Bone, support regenerative farmers and ecosystem health and we'll chuck in some free carpet underlay as well! Watch out Bunnings, we're coming for you.