Kate Bracks was 15 minutes late for our interview. Ok, ok, Kate Bracks was 15 minutes late for our interview because fans kept coming up to her as she walked through the grounds of the Noosa International Food & Wine festival, and she didn't want to be dismissive so she stopped to chat, just a bit, to each of them, then apologised profusely to me once she arrived. Yeah, she really is that nice. A while back I was sent a copy of 2011 MasterChef Australia Winner Kate Brack's first … [Read more...]
Noosa International Food & Wine 2012 – Part 2 of 3
I know, I know, Part 1 was a bit of a tease... some travel, a few treats but not too much of the food from the Noosa International Food & Wine Festival - so very unfair of me! Well then, lets get to it with some of the notable dishes from the Food & Wine Kiosks and a few of the Demos. So much tasting happened on Saturday in The Grand Marquee we didn't partake in too many of the plates on offer at the Kiosks - and the meaty ones RJ ate escaped my camera lens - but these are the ones … [Read more...]
*Exclusive* Taste of Sydney Part 1: Best in Taste Award
Last Thursday evening was to be the launch of Taste of Sydney 2012 - Australia's definitive pop-up restaurant festival. However, on Thursday in Sydney the weather was not particularly good, it rained. That is probably one of the biggest understatements I've ever made on this blog, let me try again. From Wednesday evening in Sydney the weather was atrocious. Tropical depression, monsoon-esque, atrocious. It started with thunderstorms which overnight turned to torrential downpours and driving … [Read more...]
Not your ordinary Gingerbread… and oh, I’m famous…
Oooh, what a mysterious title. Not really all that mysterious, but it's late and so, you know, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. Also, ~famous~ is entirely relative in its use here, but we'll get to that shortly. There are many things about this Gingerbread that do indeed make it extra-ordinary however. For starters it has Pomegranate seeds on it - how festive are those little buggers?! And then there is the piping - Eggnog Royal Icing. Yep, you read right, Eggnog.Royal.Icing. A … [Read more...]
You would think the Queen were here
More security than for the Prime Minister [obvs] more hype than for the President [you know the most powerful man in the world, yadda yadda]. On second thought, she probably has more $ than the Queen, and most definitely more influence! Oprah has taken over Sydney and is climbing the Harbour Bridge today - after accomplishing the required other [visit to Uluru/holding a Koala/Great Barrier Reef/etc] quintessential media activities. There is even a big red 'O' on the side of said Bridge. The … [Read more...]
