Tips &Tricks

Dieting

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Artery clogging hamburger

There’s a pithy cartoon by Cathy Guisewite which captures the current whirlpool of confusion around dieting. Reading through a menu with her friend at a restaurant, they proffer their advice.

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Anzac Biscuits

How was the original Anzac biscuit made? The biscuit, that is, not the soldier!

Casseroles

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I bet your family will devour this rich, more-ish casserole.

Christmas Cocktails

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Mango Daiquiri

Tweet Welcome to the silly season! The time for entertaining friends and returning favours. So how will you entertain guests this summer? Barbecues are great because the men do the cooking. And they’re such a casual affair which can start at 12 noon around the pool and go through a long hot afternoon. They’re easy [...]

My sister’s homestay dinner

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Tweet Recently I was invited to dinner at my sister’s “homestay” in one of Sydney’s northern suburbs. It proved to be a sense-and-thought-provoking evening. A wonderful smell hit me the moment I stepped out of the car – a warm inviting aroma wafting through the dark night air. Stumbling over the slippery wet roots of [...]

Ferran Adria cooking demo

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Tweet I ‘ve just returned from the most extraordinary cooking demonstration – probably the most mind-boggling of my life! Given by two Spanish three-Michelin-star chefs at the Adelaide Hilton during Tasting Australia (a bi-annual international foodie event), it opened my mind not just to the ways in which dishes evolve but also to a number [...]