Julia Busuttil Nishimura is a Melbourne-based cook, working with seasonal produce to create amazing family meals. Her cooking is influenced by her Maltese upbringing and the time she has spent in Tuscany. As a writer her creations have made their way into thousands of homes in Australia and around the world, via the magazines she contributes to and her recently released cookbook A Year of Simple Family Food. Her latest cookbook, Ostro, has been praised by Nigella Lawson as “life-enhancing”.

Olivia and Julia meet at the cook's stunning North Fitzroy home in Melbourne to discuss gathering around food, and celebrating the simple pleasures of life through creating recipes that make basic, seasonal produce sing.

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