Almond and Hazelnut Slice

Working as an agricultural researcher in Melbourne hasn’t stopped Carmel Ryan getting back to the family farm in the Goulburn Valley most weekends, and it certainly hasn’t stopped her playing an active part in her local show.

Carmel comes from the small but vibrant rural community of Dookie in northern Victoria, well known for its agricultural college, now a campus of the University of Melbourne. She studied there after leavin