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Kerry Packer calls me from beyond the grave.
“Son,” he says. “I need your help. This is embarrassing because there are as many people who want your dodgy home made stout as want to go on a photoshoot with Gourmet Traveller.”
Now Kerry was a gambling man, a very good one at that. With four tickets sold [...]
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Acclaimed local chef George Biron has started a blog for his soon to be reopened Sunnybrae restaurant, vegetable gardens and cooking school. The best thing about the blog is the enticing content and pictures and I know I want to be there when he next presses his olives.
What George has understood is that [...]
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Hurry and buy tickets here now. There are only two days left to buy tickets for Menu of Hope, which ends on December 21.
There are some amazing prizes and here are some of the ones I’m thinking of buying tickets for aside from my own prizes which include a review with Stephen Downes (prize code AP15), a stunning [...]
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According to the viewers of the Lifestyle Channel, who voted online for their favourite restaurants, these are the best in Melbourne:1 Taco Bill Mexican/Latin American2 Rockpool Bar and Grill Modern Australian3 Ambrosia Cafe and Bar Modern Australian4 MoVida Bar De Tapas Spanish5 Taco Bill Mexican/Latin American6 Taco Bill Mexican/Latin American7 Taco Bill Mexican/Latin American8 Taco [...]
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This is an additional prize for menu of Hope: A Tuesday night Chef’s table degustation dinner for two, including wine, to the value of $200 at Attica.The first time I visited Attica it was for the Tuesday night Chef’s Table dinner and I was stunned by the quality and innovation and the value of this chef’s table dinner [...]
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Additional prize!!!!!! Prize code AP27. A Tuesday night Chef’s table degustation dinner for two, including wine, to the value of $200 at Attica.The first time I visited Attica it was for the Tuesday night Chef’s Table dinner and I was stunned by the quality and innovation and the value of this chef’s table dinner [...]
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Sure these anchovies don’t have the fancy packaging of Ortiz.
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It’s that time of year again for Chez Pim’s
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Text message:
“Fingers crossed customs will b nice! Will u b in the city tom afternoon/eveni?”
Hmmm. The number wasn’t in my phone but I texted that I would anyway.Another text from another mystery number:
“I will b at hairdresser in melb central from now …if you are able to pick up macs…should have them today if [...]
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I have to draw a line and call for an amnesty. The number of ideas and unwritten posts are bankrupting me and I have to wipe them out and start afresh. If you haven’t posted for sometime, why don’t you declare bankruptcy or an amnesty and start again.
This means I won’t be telling you about:
The [...]
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Yes, Michael Blamey from St Kilda Today shot John Lethlean face on and possible Matt Preston in the back of the head (while Don Neil from At My Table looks on). I bought to an end of a very bloggy week of two events where food bloggers met. This second event was a media [...]
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