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Three Questions: Cho Cho San, Apollo and Longrain restaurateur, Sam Christie

For a restaurateur with a string of popular restaurants in Melbourne, Sydney and Tokyo, you'd think Sam Christie would be a) older and b)...

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Feel like Thai fish cakes?

Thai fish cakes are always my favourite. And yet, they can be disappointing in a restaurant: some places add flour which makes them taste...

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Three Questions: Prickle Hill Produce's James Duffell

Returning to the family farm in Coleambally, after a career in the hospitality industry, James is the cheery face of Prickle Hill Produce...

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Date and walnut loaf

I looked on the pantry shelves to see what might make into a cake/biscuit/sweet treat and came across two packets of pitted dates. I was...

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Three Questions: chef Mark Best

Mark Best, is one of Australia's most creative and skillful chefs, enjoying an expansive career worldwide. With hatted restaurants,...

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El Indio: Bondi Beach Sydney

Reviewed for Trip Advisor 5 December 2019 Friendly vibe served up with great food. The team at El Indio have got it down. Smart...

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Three Questions: chef Hun Loong

Hun Loong holds the awe inspiring position of head chef at Mr. Wong. The babyfaced maestro is down-to-earth, ready with a laugh and...

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Finders Keepers: Broccoli & Dill Pasta

Husband Michael printed this recipe off from New York Times Cooking and it sat on the kitchen bench for a few days until he had the time...

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Ever Green

The phase of slow cooking. We’re home, with time on our hands enabling us to make complicated things that take days…. like bread, or a...

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Three Questions: chef Mitch Orr

Mitch Orr came to my attention when five years ago I accidentally stumbled upon his fabulous, smart and quirky restaurant ACME which he'd...

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Three Questions: chef Junda Khoo

I've been keeping in touch with friends in hospitality, worried about how they are keeping afloat in these difficult times. It must be...

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Finders Keepers: Salad Dressing

Samin Nosrat of the famed Salt Fat Acid Heat cookbook and tv show wrote with joyful enthusiasm in the New York Times Cooking column about...

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Finders Keepers: Neil Perry's Penne with Chickpeas and Tomato

Husband tore this recipe out of a week-end paper recently and in this current state of 'what's in the cupboard' rather than who's going...

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Review: SONORA MEXICAN

Image taken from Sonora Mexican's Instagram In a front courtyard of a busy intersection in Potts Point in Sydney, the owners of this...

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Three Questions: Tina Gomes Brand

(1) Secret naughty food obsession? Pork crackling (2) What was a memorable thing you ate most recently ? A ‘traditional style’ hot cross...

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Bukkake: chilled Japanese udon with scallions and furikake

The perfect excuse to cook Japanese Recently Jen in St. Louis sent the message out to resurrect our ten year old Toronto Supper Club we...

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Shortbread Sunday

Originally posted February 15, 2015 I thought I’d stay on board the whole food processor easy biscuits thing, and add a recipe on the...

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Coconut Biscuits And Remembering Our Darling Alice

Originally posted on March 1, 2015 Darling Alice- you left us on a beautiful summer day this week-end. It was so special that Izzy and...

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Egg Curry and Sydney Dinner With The Barrs Family

Originally posted on March 30, 2015 This was a very quiet week-end in comparison to last! There were three young boys in the house last...

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Can Do Breakfast Galette

We make ourselves eat breakfast because we know that it’s so important as our fuel for a busy day. But we’re all leaping up in the...

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Garlic and Chilli Pasta: Speedy Quick!

Originally posted on July 30, 2016 Everyone’s always got a plastic container in the fridge at some time with languishing left over...

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Barley & mushroom risotto with miso and walnuts

Originally posted August 16, 2016 I made this when we got home from a road trip on the week-end. Whiling away the long hours in the...

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Spiced rice and beans: a quick version of Mujadara

Originally posted on July 25, 2017 I made this last night, second time in quick succession because I woke up this morning to find this...

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Parmesan Biscuits for Nibbling

Originally posted on February 12, 2015 I’ve really welcomed this quiet long week-end. We’ve all been so occupied with lots of ‘family...

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