From winemaker, journalist, bon viveur and raconteur Len Evans, described by his biographer as having “a golden tongue, a great palate and a genius of a liver” to scholarly, austere Brian Croser, referred to as ‘God’ by generations of his students at the famed Roseworthy agricultural college, the Australian wine industry has thrown up a ...
Wine & Drink“She was an American Girl, raised on promises” sang Tom Petty as we entered the tiny dining area. Not tonight she wasn’t. I couldn’t promise anything, for the first time I had heard of Juniors was that morning. Alerted to the presence of a new eating establishment close to home by a poster on my ...
Restaurant ReviewsIt’s mid July and we are in the throes of what I’ve come to call ‘The Award Season’. Jacob’s Creek’s have come and gone. Food & Wine’s are almost upon us. These, for the restaurant industry, are the biggies; the best organised, the most ballyhooed, probably the fairest judged and certainly the most prestigious. In ...
Restaurant ReviewsThe inspiration for this dish came from a recent holiday in Trapani, Sicily. While I’ve used preserved lemons for some years -with chicken, quail, pork, rabbit, salads, couscous etc – I’d never before seen them in combination with fish. The white, red and yellow, flecked with green dill makes for a very pretty dish It’s ...
RecipesA wet Tuesday in Hanover Square is not the most riveting place to dine. The pavements, washed clinically clean by the deluge, were deserted. The seagulls long since departed for wherever seagulls go when it’s pissing down. But hey, we were in a new (ish) restaurant, one that’s already attracted favourable reviews and we were ...
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