Necia Wilden
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Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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LONGREAD: Aus hospitality has a drinking problem
Brestaurant, anyone? Nights out are becoming more about the drinks as the restaurant sector adapts to changing conditions. → Read More
Hot tips for the best and freshest fish and chips
Fish and chips? They’re the lottery of the food world. The odds of winning are greatly outweighed by the likelihood that promising little seaside spot will turn out to be just another limp-chip joint selling frozen crap from Asia. But still we persevere, trying to crack the code. → Read More
Health foods: Dad’s Oats, Africola, Saigon Sally, Karma Cola
Health foods: Dad’s Oats, Africola, Saigon Sally, Karma Cola Dad's Oats: Porridge perfection, regardless of season. We are deadset converts to the Church of Freshly and Divinely Rolled Oats here at The Australian. This is the path to next-level porridge, not to mention bircher muesli. And to roll an oat at home, a la minute, so to speak, you must find yourself a groat. Or hulled whole oat.… → Read More
Begin the cuisine with confidence through culinary school
Begin the cuisine with confidence through culinary school * The Australian * January 24, 2016 3:14PM * GOLDEN PIG FOOD AND WINE Newstead, Brisbane Foodies in the know reckon this is the best cooking school in Brisbane. It helps that teacher Katrina Ryan is an ex-Rockpool head chef and husband and co-owner Mark is a former chef and restaurateur-turned-noted designer of green and pleasant spaces —… → Read More
Sydney Fish Markets, Prahran, Claringbold’s and others reveal the tips and tails of seafood
A man walks into a fish shop and asks for some Spencer Gulf prawns. As the bag is handed over the counter he has reason to doubt, so he checks with the assistant. → Read More
Merivale, Noma and D’Maurizio spearhead Sydney’s firing restaurant scene
Major events? Forget the Grand Prix, the Melbourne Cup or the tennis. The biggest major event in Australia right now is restaurants, and the winner is … sorry Melbourne, but it’s Sydney. → Read More
Induction cooktops are all about ‘making life simpler’
WHOEVER said the watched pot never boils never had an induction stovetop. Two minutes is all it takes to boil a litre of water using the latest induction technology, or so its inductees are promising. That’s at least five minutes less than for gas, apparently. → Read More
How Neil Perry helped Simon Johnson kickstart his provedore business
SIMON Johnson started supplying restaurants with luxury ingredients from his Pyrmont, Sydney, warehouse 25 years ago. → Read More
Four reasons to love Colin Fassnidge, of Four in Hand and 4Fourteen in Sydney
I THINK I’m in love with Colin Fassnidge, news that may be received dimly by his wife. Then again, she’s probably used to fending off fans. → Read More
From king of the Castle to nation’s best
A QUIETLY spoken winemaker from a small family company “a long way from anywhere” last night won the inaugural James Halliday Winemaker of the Year award. → Read More
The six foods Pete Evans never stocks at home
HOW many hats does Pete Evans have? One thing’s for sure, it’s a lot more than three. Chef, telly star, restaurateur, health coach, paleo ambassador, author, father, outspoken critic of the Dietitians Association of Australia … yes, we’re losing count, too. → Read More
Nine reasons to eat more fish
SO a man walks up to a coastline, looks out at the sea cages of a pioneering aquaculture project, and gripes to his guide that it doesn’t seem natural. “And we were standing next to a field of wheat.” The irony was not lost on that guide, Peter Horvat of Australia’s Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, retelling the story with some relish. “I pointed out there was a time when land farming… → Read More
A festival of feasts for the senses
FESTIVALS, festivals and more, er, festivals. There are now so many food festivals in Australia — big and small, country and city, folksy and glitzy — we reckon someone should attempt the foodie-event version of Julie & Julia, eating, drinking and blogging their way through the complete annual festival calendar, week by week, bite by bite. You could call it The Replete Games, perhaps. → Read More