Back in the 30s the gangsters of Kings Cross used to slash each others body parts with cut throat razors until Roslyn street run with blood, or so the legend goes. Later it was known as the home of ‘Baron’s’, an infamous dive where you could go for that final night-cap long after everywhere else …
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Our experience of Hobart’s hottest new wine bar/restaurant was so overwhelmingly wonderful earlier this year that we put it at the top of our ‘to-do’ list when we ventured south last week. We were devastated to discover, however, that the incomparable Garagistes is closed for annual holidays until October 11! Pining for it has prompted …
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One of my all time favourite destinations for degustation is Lochiel House at Kurrajong Heights west of Sydney. Housed in a low-ceilinged historic cottage, this two hatted restaurant is a treasure trove of taste treats. Owners Tony and Monique serve up meals using ingredients sourced either from their own garden or from the local Hawkesbury …
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Just clocked up 155,555 kms in the quest for delicious taste treats and am feeling well and truly quinced. And having produced a quintet of quality pantry items from my quince tree this year including quince paste (stirred for hours on a wood-fired stove!), quince pickle, quince jelly, pot-roasted quinces and quince vodka, I am …
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A bunch of us asked ourselves if we could concoct our own restaurant quality degustation and our questioning led us to the Thermomix. Trust the Germans to come up with an electrical kitchen appliance that makes at least 30 others redundant! The Thermomix is a gadget invented back in the 60s that performs a mind …
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Maggie Alderston has been writing of a group of dashing dames she dubs “foldies” – fabulous oldies. And no-one that I know fits the bill as succinctly as Marion von Adlerstein. MVA mentored me in her role as Travel Director at Vogue Australia, dispatching me to such far flung destinations as the Arctic and Antarctica. …
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After stints at Aria and Bennelong and one with Heston Blumenthal at The Fat Duck outside London, Tomislav Martinovic has scooped what has to be one of Sydney’s best venues for his own “food laboratory”. Located on the prow of number 13 Kirketon Road, Darlinghurst overlooking the city with the Harbor Bridge in the distance …
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