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  • Discovering Queensland’s Food Producers at South Bank’s Regional Flavours Festival

    Some of my favourite food producers at South Bank’s recent Regional Flavours Festival in Brisbane

  • Sea and Vines Festival, McLaren Vale

    We visit McLaren Vale for the Sea & Vines Festival, one of Australia’s oldest food and wine festivals.

  • The Hungry Australian turns 2!

    Celebrating The Hungry Australian’s second birthday with reflections and some of my favourite photographs from the past year.

  • Steak with Asian Dressing

    I visit the gym and live to tell the tale. I then reward myself with this low-fat, protein-packed dish inspired by Press* Food & Wine.

  • Pho (Beef Noodle Soup)

    Feeling under the weather? This quick and easy Pho recipe is healthy, warming and deeply nourishing.

  • Arabian Nights cooking class, Chapel Hill winery

    A trip to the McLaren Vale, one of SA’s great wine regions, for a fantastic cooking class at Chapel Hill winery

  • North

    Mouth-watering Wagyu beef, seared snapper with an exceptional romesco sauce and sticky rice with lemongrass ice cream and salted coconut crumb impress at North

  • Chinese Sausage Stir Fry

    A simple but delicious stir fry by my ex husband. Perfect for those nights you can’t be bothered thinking about cooking.

  • Top 5 meals I wish I’d never eaten

    We love to reminisce about the amazing meals we’ve enjoyed but what about the meals that we wish we’d never eaten?

  • Moscato Stewed Quinces

    A sun shower, a funeral and a gathering of old friends

  • Braised Pork and Beans inspired by Mrs Andersen

    A recipe inspired by the woman who taught my mother how to cook

  • A Lovely Afternoon Tea

    Taking time out to enjoy a celebratory afternoon tea with friends

  • The business of food styling: a Denise Vivaldo workshop + 12 tips for new, emerging and aspiring food stylists

    A memorable food styling workshop with American super-stylist Denise Vivaldo and helpful food styling tips and resources

  • Recipe: Rhubarb Apple Yoghurt Pots

    A gorgeous, multi-tasking dessert in a glass that works equally well as breakfast, a snack or morning or afternoon tea.

  • Meet a Food Lover: Amanda James-Pritchard, the Adelaide Food and Wine Festival

    Meet Amanda, director of the new Adelaide Food and Wine Festival

  • Recipe: Thai Prawn Salad

    Old photos of young lovers on a beach are the inspiration for a colourful Thai prawn salad

  • Recipe: Bellini Sorbet

    Peaches and Prosecco make for such a pretty sorbet but be warned – it packs quite a punch!

  • Recipe: Fried Wontons

    Golden, deep-fried bundles of joy that you will not be able to stop eating. Serve them with a dipping sauce made of Chinkiang vinegar, ginger, soy sauce and chilli.

  • Meet a Food Lover: Photographer Grant Nowell

    Can’t you almost smell the orange in that photograph above? That gorgeous image was taken by Grant Nowell, a multi award-winning professional photographer based in Adelaide. I first met Grant when he was a presenter at the 3rd Australian Food Bloggers Conference. Afterwards Grant was kind enough to give me a few pointers and over […]

  • Strawberry Granita

    The weather has been crazy hot in Adelaide for three days now. Now I love hot weather but when it’s hot I want to be eating hawker noodles in Asia, swimming at the beach or lazing by a hotel pool, cocktail in hand. When I’m trying to shoot ice cream, working on a client project […]

  • Family Wedding at Gardens House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne

    Did you ever read The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett? I’ve always been enchanted by the idea of a secret space hidden from regular passer bys, just waiting to be discovered. The Gardens House is such a space. Situated in the middle of the magnificent Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne, The Gardens House is hidden behind a […]

  • High Tea at Raffles Dubai & The Pavilion Downtown Dubai

    Last year I visited Dubai as a guest of Emirates and Dubai Tourism. This is the third post in my continuing Dubai series – you can also check out Dubai by Instagram and Dinner Under the Stars: Dubai Desert Safari. High Tea at Raffles Hotel, Dubai When life gets too busy, you need to stop […]

  • Impossible Pie

    I’ve had one of those weeks. You know, when nothing goes quite to plan and everything feels simply impossible. While not rocking backwards and forwards in the fetal position, this is what I’ve been thinking: NO ONE UNDERSTANDS ME. I CAN’T DO THIS ANYMORE. WHERE DID ALL THE CHOCOLATE GO? All these cheery thoughts have […]

  • Lobster Noodle Stir Fry

    In my family, my dad is the Noodle King. Born in Penang, home to the mighty Asam Laksa, my dad came out to Australia in the 60s as a high school student. Back then, there was only one or two Asian restaurants in Adelaide and both were Chinese. So if dad wanted to eat the hawker dishes […]

  • Foraging: cockling at Goolwa Beach + 4 cockle recipes

    Happy New Year everyone! We spent the last day of 2012 cockling at Goolwa Beach and it reminded me of this story I wrote three years ago about my childhood cockling trips. So I thought I’d share it with you today. I hope you like it and I’d love to hear about your favourite childhood food memories […]

  • Last-minute gift ideas for food lovers

    It’s three days until Christmas and I have not sent a single Christmas card or bought one present. GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! OK. I feel better now. It’s not that I’m disorganised – it’s just that I’ve been preoccupied with work and life. Actually, maybe that means I am disorganised. So here’s my last-minute shopping list for Christmas […]

  • Fig, Raspberry & Ginger Ice Cream Cake (Sweets for Santa)

    Can you believe it’s only one week until Christmas? Nope, I can’t believe it, either. This year has flo-o-o-wn by. I love this time of year. It’s a time to remember what’s important and to spend time with those we care about. It’s a time to give thanks. It’s a time to reflect on the ups […]

  • Beef Stir Fry

    It’s funny how you always want what you don’t have. When I was growing up in Australia, I wanted to be Oliva Newton-John in Grease. I practised singing like her in front of the mirror, my t-shirt hoiked down over my shoulders to create an off-the-shoulder top like she wore when she sang ‘You’re the […]

  • Sweets for Santa (bloghop kicks off 17th December)

    I love feeding people. Maybe it’s the Chinese mother in me but I often express my affections through food. So if you’re in my good books, I’m going to want to feed you. So every year when Christmas rolls around, my daughter and I make an edible Christmas present for our special friends. Last year […]

  • Bruschetta with Quail Egg, Truffle & Asparagus

    Sometimes food is swoon-worthy. You know what I mean. Your teeth sink into a dish and the minute the food reaches your tastebuds you see shooting stars. Your pulse quickens, and you forget your name. The conversation fades away, the lights dim and the world is reduced to the food in your mouth. Every sense […]