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Kids take over the kitchen

August 31, 2010

Tiny pencil-width fingers press into the floury pizza dough and brothers Tom, 7, and Henry, 9, jokingly jostle as to who gets to tear up the salami. Their older sister, Charlie, 11, watches patiently, letting the boys complete this simple task – the other night she cooked Greek-style roast chicken by herself. Children in the [...]

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Tragedy to triumph: Good Living

July 6, 2010

In the right hands, a culinary accident can become the next big dish or technique, writes Kate Gibbs. Frank Epperson sat on his back porch mixing powdered soda and water with a stick. Aged 11, he was experimenting, as children do, in a bid to make a soft drink. Distracted, he wandered off, leaving the [...]

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It takes allsorts

June 22, 2010

Article published in The Sydney Morning Herald’s Good Living today… It takes allsorts It’s been giving children purple tongues for years but now liquorice is the new black, writes Kate Gibbs. ShareTweet

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Lost art of cooking?

May 26, 2010

From frozen pastry to Gravox and ready-to-go pouring custard, the modern Aussie woman may have returned to the kitchen, but is certainly not cooking like mum used to. Cooking like mum is lost art: Article featured in the Sunday Telegraph. Me and the wonderful MF, cooking up some things in her kitchen. ShareTweet

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When in Venice

May 25, 2010

Venice has a reputation of being smelly, with bad food and lengthy queues. In 24 hours, visitors don’t have time to waste on such things. Instead, they need to follow a carefully and strategically planned tour of the city, which takes into account the necessary getting-lost-in-the-back-alleys drama. Kate Gibbs sets a 24-hour itinerary When in [...]

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Gourmet Traveller

March 17, 2010

Working on the subbing desk at Gourmet Traveller this week and last. Reading through recipes and travel stories all day is hardly a terrible thing to do with your day really. But also it’s inspired me to get more stories and recipes up here. Even though I’ve been subbing the Italian tip-on for an upcoming [...]

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The Thrifty Kitchen

December 6, 2009

The Thrifty Kitchen, my cookbook with Penguin, is now on the shelves (horray!). Written with my mother Suzanne Gibbs, the book is an offering to those who want to be more economical in the kitchen, but still eat supremely well.

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Books, actually shelved

November 7, 2009

Much done since I last wrote. A book, The Thrifty Kitchen, was published and has been on the shelves for two weeks. Exciting and wonderful, and strange to see in the actual shops. I was in the Mornington Peninsula, south of Melbourne, today and saw it there, stacked up and surrounded by the likes of [...]

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ABC Radio: media interview

February 9, 2009

Following ‘Trash to some, treasure to others’ in The Sydney Morning Herald, ABC radio (702) asked me to come in to their studios to speak with presenter Andrew Daddo on the issue of recycling online. The interview was live and we spoke for 30 mins or so. ShareTweet

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SMH: Environment

February 4, 2009

Feature article published in The Sydney Morning Herald today, ‘Trash to some, treasure to others’: Kate Gibbs reports on the recycling network where everything is free. “It’s like a scene from an old western. A lone, dusty shape stands by the side of the road, ignored by passers-by. Its fate is decided as a carriage pulls [...]

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Gourmet Traveller subbing

January 27, 2009

Two articles published in Gourmet Traveller in the February 09 issue. Worked as a freelance sub editor and writer for several weeks in the Gourmet offices. Love it there – all foodie and inspiring people, plus every now and then a plate of something will be brought in from the kitchen for us all to [...]

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SMH: Money is no object

December 4, 2008

Article published in The Sydney Morning Herald today: “More people are inventing ways to get what they want without spending a cent.” Words Kate Gibbs. ShareTweet

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Last-minute luxury: Gourmet Traveller

December 1, 2008

Article published in the December issue of Australian Gourmet Traveller: ”Feel like getting away but have nothing booked? We’ve found some great Australian and New Zealand deals for an impromptu break.” Reporting by Kate Gibbs ShareTweet

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SMH commissions

November 23, 2008

Two commissions from The Sydney Morning Herald. One for Essential magazine (Thursdays), and the other for Eco, in the main newspaper (Wednesdays). ShareTweet

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