When you’re hosting a party, you’re always looking for things you can do beforehand. Peeling veges, setting tables, chopping herbs, cooking dishes that can be re-heated, chilling drinks, mixing and storing dressings in the fridge – anything you can do to minimise cooking and time away from guests. There are some shortcuts that I long… Read more
April 2014
After watching the very excellent The Grand Budapest Hotel at Garden City, Anthony suggested on the spur of the moment that we head to Darra for some Vietnamese as we were over that side of town anyway. This presented a dilemma for me as my phone was just about out of power so there was… Read more
You know how it is. You spend the morning rubbing shoulders with ten famous chefs and then in the afternoon you are forced to get up close and personal with another five talented and generous chefs. How does a blogger cope? Such was the delicious dilemma for TIFFIN when I was invited to the ‘Plate… Read more
Fiona was invited to Phoenix Bar at the Bracken Ridge Tavern but she was delayed in our nation’s capital so Mr Tiffin took her place. So, this is a ‘Guest post by Mr Tiffin’*. I grew up in Brisbane’s northern suburbs and I remember the Bracken Ridge Tavern being a ‘no go zone’ for a… Read more
There has been an ongoing discussion in the food blogging world for a while now about ethical blogging and in particular, the subject of disclosure. It was debated with fervour at the Eat.Drink.Blog. Conference I attended in 2013 and since then I have seen many blog posts, opinion pieces and some fairly strong debates in… Read more
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I don’t know what you were doing last Wednesday morning but I spent mine in the company of three inquisitive dogs and ten remarkable chefs. After recently naming a stellar lineup of 10 nationally acclaimed chefs for the 2014 Variety of Chefs Ball in Brisbane, Variety – the Children’s Charity of Queensland held an event to announce… Read more
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*** THIS VENUE HAS NOW CLOSED *** Birthdays arrive with alarming regularity these days. There are a handful that I recall very well whilst others are lost in the mists of time. On my 8th I received my first watch, on my 13th I received Michael Jackson’s ‘Off The Wall’ and on my 40th, I… Read more
In my April kitchen… …are Birthday goodies. I celebrated my birthday last month and got quite a haul. Highlights included a paella pan and jam funnel from my mum, a delicious bottle of Blood Orange, Guava and Mango White Balsamic from my friend Sam and a Lonely Planet book on the Great Cuisines of the… Read more
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Norfolk Island is neat as a pin. Wandering cattle keep much of the grass in check as do the local community who seem to be constantly weeding, trimming and manicuring their island paradise. Try as they might though, the locals just can’t tame everything. With balmy temperatures and help from the parrots and roaming wild… Read more
