Recently, I was asked to talk to journalists in Melbourne and Sydney about Melbourne food trends in 2012. I’ve yet again been so bloody busy that I haven’t had a chance to blog it but here is a video shot of the Melbourne day.
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WHAT: In the spirit of Wallis and Ed, we are hosting a very special night of exotic aromatics and botanicals showcasing locally made gin and tonic syrups against the colonies. When: 6.00 for 6.30pm until 8.30/9.00pm Monday 23 April Venue: Here, Wallis & Ed, 1 Bourke St, Melbourne, Vic 3000 THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD [...]
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As the Christmas and new year break recedes and Australia Day approaches, once more the open wound of the hospitality game one again resurfaces: surcharges. This time though it has hit the headlines big time thanks to the perfect storm of a silly season slow news cycle and Masterchef judge and serial restaurateur George Calombaris [...]
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What: Dinner featuring a new Creole-styled menu When: Tuesday 17 January, 2012 – 7pm Where: My Mexican Cousin. Melbourne Recital Centre, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank. How much: $67.00 a person (plus 30 cents booking fee) including cocktail on arrival. Further drinks are available at bar prices. Booking: Sorry! We’ve sold out. Bookings (via TryBooking) Happy New Year everyone and welcome [...]
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When I arrived in my flat nearly a year ago, I brought only half a kitchen with me and had many essentials missing. I’ve been limping along with a cheffy frying pan that needs replacing and no griddle. But the early arrival of zucchinis at my plot in the Mater St Community Garden meant that [...]
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What: Seasonal and local 4 course meal, plus canapes, with matched wines Chef: Matt Wilkinson When: Thursday 1st December Where: Pope Joan, 77-79 Nicholson Street, East Brunswick (96 Tram – stop 24 cnr Glenlyon Road) How much: $115.00 a person (plus 30 cents booking fee) including wine. Booking: Bookings (via TryBooking) We will be featuring forced rhubarb in two courses, one savoury [...]
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There are only two main species of Oysters that we find ourselves gobbling in Australia, the flat and the cup-shaped. This week at the Oysters and sake event I organised with Andre from Kumo and Adriane Strampp as part of the Fringe Food Festival we had 13 varieties including from (Tasmania) Blackmans Bay, Saint Helens, [...]
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We don’t see much innovation in cookbooks nowadays but The Family Meal: Home Cooking with Ferran Adria is as you’d expect from one of the world’s most innovative chefs. What most people don’t realise is that most book publishers don’t test their recipes properly. Yes, the chefs and celebrities that write them actually cook the [...]
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Consult a financial adviser before drinking from a Riedel. Dishwasher tablets erode your glasses and crockery. Use liquid instead. Decant heavier reds at least 8 hours before drinking. If you want to drink champagne (usually a blend of chardonnay pinot pinot meunier and pinot noir) rather than sip it, use a pinot noir glass. I’ve [...]
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Check out on Youtube how the cutaways were made. Finally, $484.60 9including postage) and after a three month wait Modernist Cuisine has arrived. I’ve bought it so you don’t have to but also to add to my collection of books by Peter Barham, Herve This and Harold McGee that examine the science of cooking, as [...]
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There are plenty of reasons to buy Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking. The trouble is that all Australian retailers rip us off so I would, when it becomes available, buy it online If you are unfamiliar with the book, it is the brainchild of former Microsoft chief technology officer Nathan Myhrvold who [...]
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Cibi: try the green tea muffins Cibi is a cafe that thinks it’s a gallery. Actually, it is a gallery and regularly holds openings to launch the various (mainly kitchen) products it imports (mainly) from Japan. Housed in a modern warehouse building on Keele St, the Cibi space features a large open kitchen and grunge [...]
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