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There is a part of me that would love to run away and live in a plush hotel like Eloise as I'm all for king sized beds, dream duvets, elegant furnishings, deep, sunken baths, room service and movies on demand. Well last weekend I got to be El (read full article)
One of the things I enjoy most about cooking is that it can be all at once both ordered and precise yet at the same time fluid and creative. Hence, if you were to follow a given recipe correctly you can be quietly confident that in no time at all you (read full article)
Sitting quietly towards the Parliament end of Bourke Street, Pellegrini’s Espresso Bar’s reputation is tantamount to that of a Melbourne institution – serving its faithful customers great coffee and unpretentious home-styled authentic Italian f (read full article)
Besides The Venetian, The City of Dreams (COD) is the other ambitious project at the new Cotai Strip of Macau – a purpose-built casino area between Coloane and Taipa Island (these 3 areas have more or less merged to form a big island). This is anot (read full article)
Several weeks ago my dear friend Corrie called to let me know that she may be able to wrangle a spare ticket to the Antonio Carluccio luncheon at ANZ Pavillion at the Arts Centre. I was absolutely thrilled because Antonio is one of my all time food h (read full article)
As we edge closer towards winter here in Melbourne the last thing you'd expect would be an ice-cream recipe. Some of you may even think that I'm stark raving mad to be thinking about ice cream, let alone even considering making it. But hey, I've neve (read full article)
For those who reside out of Australia, this may be the first time you’ve heard of Frank Camorra, chef/owner of the popular Spanish restaurant MoVida in Melbourne. The first cookbook he penned won a string of awards in his adopted homeland (he& (read full article)
Xiaolongbao - Shrimp Dumplings This year I have had the amazing fortune to do an incredible amount of travel to some truly amazing places. In January, I spent 10 days in China. Craig and I visited The Great Wall, The Forbidden Ci (read full article)
If Willy Wonka has his amazing chocolate factory, then Baker Daniel Chirico has his very own psychedelic wonderland bakery.For those who don’t know, Baker D. Chirico (that’s also happens to be the name of the bakery) brings a chunk of his talent (read full article)
Last Friday in between meetings and school pick up I made a mad dash over to Fitzroy to visit one of my favourite delis in Melbourne - Casa Iberico. I usually walk out of that particular deli with a dozen or so Portuguese tarts, but I'm happy to decl (read full article)