Midpoint. Week three of my six week journey into French cuisine was redemption round as I successfully negotiated my way through two recipes; Rouget a la Suzanne (Baked Snapper in Tomato Sauce) from the Cote d’Azur region on the Mediterranean…
In week two of my French cooking course, we palate journeyed through the Germanic Alsace region of northwest France. This week our recipes included Tartlettes Alsaciennes (Alsatian Leeks and Onion Tartlets) and Baked Eggs with Herbs. We learned how to…
Last weekend, the Cuban Salsa Congress held a once a year dance festival; taking us through a Cuban salsa experience at Mannings Bar in Sydney University, transforming into a space of elegance and movement. A festival for salsa. Greetings at the front reception,…
Flawlessly combining my love of art, music, prosecco and jaw dropping panoramic views, ARTBAR is one of the most unique and delightful events of Sydney’s social calendar. On the last Friday of every month ARTBAR warps and transforms the Museum…
Whilst Roald Dahl took us on a mouth watering adventure through Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory, introduced us to a Big yet Friendly Giant, created a hide away home for James within an enormous sized Peach, The Griffin theatre brought another…
Brought to you by director Peta Downes is this adaption of Mike Bartlett’s ‘13’, which will be showing next month. I was lucky enough to sit in on the launch party, where the team behind the production talked about the…
Last night, T2 Tea took us to India with their Chai Project. The space above their Newtown store was transformed into a magical and vibrant Festival of Chai. I was greeted at the door with a cup of Spicy Rose…
As one of the few remaining family-run distilleries in Scotland, originating from a farming family in the 1800, The Balvenie’s beautiful single malt scotch whiskys (five generations in) are the exceptional result of long-standing traditions and excellent craftsmanship, as demonstrated…
The start of the journey – Week 1 When we Australians think about French cuisine, we are either overwhelmed or romanticized by delicate culinary sophistications, expensive French wine and bow-tied waiters. We usually gush about eating French food but groan…
Last Saturday night a couple of friends and I meet up in Newtown to attend the launch party of Collide Magazine’s latest issue. Collide Magazine is a quarterly arts and culture briefing, centring on an array of artists and musicians…