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Gastronaut

January 3, 2011

Belatedly discovered Stefan Gates, a British food writer. His culinary adventures are as fascinating as they are revolting. ShareTweet

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The first decade

December 17, 2010

Incredible installation at the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) in Brisbane. Real finches flock in a hanging knotted scramble of metal coat hangers. The exhibition, 21st Century: Art in the First Decade, opens tomorrow and lasts until 26th April next year. The ambitious exhibition will occupy the entire Gallery of Modern Art and focus exclusively [...]

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Fish, Penneshaw

December 10, 2010

Kangaroo Island is not just about kangaroo and other cuddly things, a new culinary world is burgeoning as enterprising islanders take on pursuits other than the traditional wool farming. Abalone and marron farming, samphire pickling, rare breed farming and Ligurian beekeeping are bringing travellers across from the mainland as epicurean adventurists. First stop off the [...]

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Like pumpkin pie

November 3, 2010

Photography by Andrew B Myers. Love these “High West” pictures of dramatic landscapes and rugged jaws, perfectly suited to a day testing a pumpkin pie- inspired rice pudding, all very cinnamon spiced and cream laden, like one I had in New York this year. Will keep you posted. ShareTweet

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Jellied eels and the English seaside

October 16, 2010

Ahh …. The English seaside in the late 1960s … fairgrounds and pebbled beaches, long piers that have since burned to ashes, and stalls selling pots of shrimp and jellied eel from tiny cups. This picture is of my mum Suzanne Gibbs, also a food writer (we wrote The Thrifty Kitchen together). I love her [...]

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Inopia and Gwyneth

October 14, 2010

Next year I’m going to Spain. Sometimes you need to write these things down. Spain is not just paella, as the very talented foodie Gwyneth Paltrow, whose blog Goop I adore, has pointed out. “There are tons of A-MAZING foods there. And when it’s done properly it’s the best food in the entire world. There [...]

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The Boatshed, Waiheke

August 27, 2010

There is this excellent invention our New Zealand counterparts call The Bach, pronounced The Batch. It’s a small little dinky thing that you traipse to for weekends from Auckland and Wellington and wherever else you live. But then your Bach is your showpiece, as well. City-dwellers take great pride in the Bach, and it’s often [...]

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Boatshed sneakers

August 24, 2010

Am absolutely crashy tired so no energy to give full worth to the discoveries I made over the weekend, but then wouldn’t sleep very well without offering a sneak, at least, of this little boutique hotel on Waiheke Island, on New Zealand’s North Island. The Boatshed, as crisp as a New Zealand sauvignon blanc and [...]

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Cool Britannia

August 1, 2010

This rustic, sort-of English, sort-of French bistro cum industrial restaurant is as creative as Sydney restaurants get. Arras, in Walsh Bay just up from the Sydney Theatre, had our party reeling. I’ve posted already with some gushing about the desserts and petit four, so won’t harp on, but I promised something on the mains tout [...]

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Lake Garda

July 19, 2010

Where to stay: Hotel Villa Arcadio, on Lake Garda. ShareTweet

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Villa Augustus

July 16, 2010

… A sweet place in the Netherlands with a hotel, kitchen garden, restaurant and market all in one. The hotel rooms are modern and minimalist, while the whole place still has an amazing rustic charm. Check it out here. ShareTweet

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Strawberry & apple jam

July 7, 2010

One of my favourite people is leaving Sydney for Norway today. Kristin Hove, who I’ve spent the last 6 months exploring Sydney, talking recipes, talking publishing, and generally hanging out with, is heading home to Oslo with her darling chap Arnie. Oh sigh. Some people just inspire you to do things, reminding you to try [...]

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Diner (sic) plates

June 24, 2010

These diner-inspired pics sit on dinner plates with a quirky result. You can get the same images on paper table mats, a tray and coasters and other things here. Bob’s Your Uncle is a Boston, Massachusetts-based paper goods company founded by Martin and Michele Yeeles nearly a decade ago. Originally from England, they moved to [...]

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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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