food and wine

HOT: Lost & Found Hotel Room, Little Collins Hotel, 27 Lt Collins St, Melbourne

June 1, 2010 ⋅ 9 comments

I live and breathe Melbourne almost every day of the year and this blog is my way of sharing a bit of Melbourne with my local, interstate and international readers. However, I think possibly an even better way to share the best of the city is to create an experience which is all about Melbourne. [...]

Ask the Doctor: Alkaline diet and raw food

May 29, 2010 ⋅ 9 comments

Help me Doctor!: As me and my man are trying to eat drink and live as healthy as possible after years of ABS FAB nightlife (and daylife) we are eating as much alkaline food as possible. Can you tell me where I can find places that serve alkaline diet food or sell it? If you [...]

HOT Chat: Sarah Butler of Organic Angels

May 23, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Fitting in the time to shop for good quality, healthy food is one of the challenges of my busy life. It’s too easy just to grab takeaway or fast food when you’re on the go, but I value my health and my wallet too much to do that regularly. So what to do? Organic Angels [...]

HOT: Cocoro Japanese Pottery & Cafe, 117 Smith St, Fitzroy

May 20, 2010 ⋅ 6 comments

Japanese. Jazz. Tea. Pottery. Who would have thought all those elements could work together so successfully in one place. Cocoro is first and foremost a lovely restaurant which serves high quality Japanese food. The prime position is the leather couch by the bay window, but if you’re dining it’s probably better to sit upright in [...]

HOT: Metlink Edible Garden, Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, City Square, Swanston St, Melbourne

March 17, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

I wish the Metlink Edible Garden was a permanent fixture in Melbourne’s CBD. Just for the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival (which is being held between 12-23 March), City Square has been transformed into a living, breathing biosystem. Australia’s largest gardening club The Digger’s Club have been responsible for planting 60 heirloom varieties in the [...]

How to make ants climbing trees – Gourmet Chick post

March 13, 2010 ⋅ 5 comments

In the last of my guest post series at Gourmet Chick, today you can check out my recipe for my old family favourite, ants climbing trees. A great name for a tasty and easy dish. You can also check out my previous guests posts with my recipes for won tons and lor mai gai (steamed [...]

HOT: NGV Artbus to the Yarra Valley (Part 2) – TarraWarra Estate

March 9, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Click here for the first stop of the NGV Artbus Tour of the Yarra Valley, Yering Station. Our second stop was the winery TarraWarra Estate, with its famous TarraWarra Museum of Art – the first significant privately funded, public art gallery in Australia. We started off with more wine tasting on the lawn, looking out [...]

HOT: NGV Artbus to the Yarra Valley (Part 1) – Yering Station

March 8, 2010 ⋅ 6 comments

The National Gallery of Victoria regularly runs arty bus tours for its members and non-members. Usually they’re conducted during the week and aimed at an older crowd, but for the first time in February they held the tour on a Saturday and encouraged NGV Artbeat members (the under 40s branch of NGV Members) to sign [...]

HOT: Marvellous March in Melbourne

March 7, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

I’m all for comfort food, opaque tights and scarves (I think it’s a reaction to growing up in sunny Queensland) – yay for Marvellous March! Marvellous March is also the name of a handy little booklet produced by That’s Melbourne with details of the big events around Melbourne that will make you love autumn. This [...]

How to make lor mai gai – Gourmet Chick post

March 4, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

In the second of my three guest posts for my good friend Gourmet Chick (who’s away from her computer on holiday at the moment) today I’m going to direct you to my guest post with my recipe for lor mai gai or steamed glutinous rice in lotus leaves, a too-tired-to-cook freezer staple in our household. [...]