With a combination of good food and perfect setting, Belli Bamboo Parkland provided the ultimate backdrop for our midsummer day lunch. There is something quite magical about a bamboo grove. While they are quite common land feature throughout Asia, Australia doesn’t afford many opportunities to experience this natural delight making a trip to Bamboo Australia [...]
Many cooking styles and trends have emerged over the years to fire up our passions in the kitchen. But for me, the one that stands out most strongly — for all the right reasons — is the concept of nose-to-tail cooking. Like the name suggests, this method involves using every part of the beast, from [...]
Once upon a time cooking schools were something of a serious discipline. They were either the precursor to a career in the food industry or the introduction to dinner party etiquette and dining basics for the would-be bride that found it a challenge to boil an egg let alone whip up a meal that would [...]
I met Tonya Jennings a number of years ago when she was first setting up her cooking school ‘On the Ridge’ in Dulong. There is something about people involved in the food industry, they are also so passionate… about food. They are passionate about other things as well, but the passion for food seems to [...]
I recently went on a road trip from Melbourne to Phillip Island. It was more of an excuse to catch up with my bestie, but whenever we catch up it always involves lots of laughter, crazy fun and fabulous food. The plan was to see the penguins at sunset (which we never did see – [...]
I love Japan, it a land of unsurpassable beauty. Everywhere you go, streets and laneways are lined with antique trees. Blossoming arches extend over entrances, courtyards are filled with solitary specimens gnarled and knotted by the elements, parks and gardens boast endless varieties, the prize of which may be showcased under a theatrical light display [...]
What’s in a name? Roses, rosés; how a little slip of the pen above the ‘e’ can make so much of a difference in both pronunciation and meaning, yet while roses are intoxicatingly fragrant, rosés can be just plain intoxicating. I had a play with a few friends and constructed a delicious menu around the [...]
There is something about food in literature that we seem to devour with as much gusto as what we would an actual meal. We digest descriptive passages with passion and ardour and we greedily consume every ingredient, every sugar coated phrase and heavenly scented scene, living, as it would seem, through our stomachs, even if [...]
Have you ever wondered how childhood passions become adult indulgences? I have, and this is what I have come up with... It is no secret I love food. And no one who knows me would be surprised by that statement. I love to cook it, eat it, grow it and learn about it. It’s almost [...]
