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Cafe, Sydney

Game Over

I took a stroll around The Star the other day. The row of dingy, foot-courtesque eateries and the dodgy old Irish pub are but a distant nightmare compared to what’s now in their place: world class restaurants with the likes of Momofuku and Black, the high-end designer shops like Chanel […]

Cake, Desserts, Recipes

Basbousa

I have recently become a fan of the SBS show Food Safari. Exploring the cuisine of a different country in each episode, host Maeve O’Meara is invited into the homes of multi-cultural Australians where they share their family stories and recipes. One area I am into in a big way, […]

Recipes, Vegetables

Gnocchi gnocchi, who’s there?

Last night, after salivating over a photo and recipe in the Good Living I was reading as I waited for my drama students to turn up, I tried my hand for the first time at gnocchi. Success! For some reason, even though I can rarely resist it when at a […]

Desserts, Recipes

Violet Meringues

The shy violet is an unassuming flower that has come to be a symbol of love and faithfulness. Its delicate perfume transports me to a time I never lived in. It takes me back to the Victorian era; girls in white lace dresses with posies of violets on their dressing […]

Cafe, Sydney

Cafe Giulia

I love Sunday brunch. There is just something different about a brunch on Sunday; it’s informal, sacred, unfettered, real. It was real today. It was muggy in the packed-out corner cafe, that smells of sizzling bacon and big Saturday nights. Cafe Giulia on Abercrombie St in Chippendale, is great. It […]