Australia celebrated National Agriculture Day 2021. This year Syngenta and National Farmers’ Federation, hosted a special virtual event celebrating National Agriculture Day: From Soil to City, where we joined a panel of farmers across Australia to learn about and celebrate the journey it takes to get food from soil to city. This year, given the…
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glass brasserie alfresco dining space
One of Sydney’s institutions glass brasserie at the Hilton Sydney celebrates Sydney’s reopening with a new alfresco dining space on George Street. There is no better way to celebrate my first ‘outing’ after being in a pandemic lockdown for four months. I nearly forgot how liberating it is to dine out. All food and drinks…
Recipe: Baked Seafood Risotto Pouch with Val Verde
My favourite comfort food for a chilly Winter – a baked seafood pouches (Frutti di Mare al Cartoccio) which you can make in one large pouch to share or to be COVID safe, prepare them in individual servings. This is an easy to make, all in one meal where the rice soaks up the flavours…
Flavours By The Sea hosted by Central Coast Council
To me the Central Coast has always been a culinary trip on the coast that’s ‘doable’ over a weekend. Being just under two hours drive from Sydney and people phased out by the the uncertainty of sudden border closures if they move across interstate borders due to COVID, travel and exploring places to see, taste…
Travel diary: Trip to Berry to support regional NSW
What a wonderful feeling to be able to get out of the house after 3 months of lockdown and on the road again to the South Coast of NSW. I’m grateful to be living in Australia. I was excited and relieved and was really itching to get out and about. The last time I was…
Eat Box Now: Dine in with Korean BBQ experience
Lockdown has resulted in the creation of some of the best dine-in experiences I’ve ever had. Some of the best meals I’ve had are the ones you can share with families and friend around the table where you cook the ingredients yourself. A Korean BBQ is one of them and now you can enjoy a…
Classic hot cross buns recipe
It is Easter and the world has changed remarkably since I last put up my blog post. With the current lockdowns and social distancing measures in place as Australia and the world battles with the spread of coronavirus, many people are now spending so much more time at home and wondering what to do. For…
Chatswood Year of the Rat Festival presented by Willoughby City Council
Traditionally, I spend Lunar New Year with my family and mum usually creates nine traditional Cantonese style dishes for the festive period. This year was extra special too because my family from Canada joined us in Sydney to celebrate. There are also plenty tasty reasons to head to Chatswood for the Lunar New Year Festivities…
Illawarra Fly Treetops Adventure
With a fear of heights, you basically freak out and just go for it. If you’re looking for something to do entertain your kids, nieces, nephews, cousins and other family members Illawarra Fly Treetops Adventure Tour is a unique outdoor experience in Knights Hill, down the South Coast NSW which thankfully was not affected by…
A trip to the new Sydney Zoo in Bungarribee
“It looks like a zoo but doesn’t smell like a zoo” as my family observantly noted. “It feels like the National Zoo in Canberra”, another one said. Sydney Zoo is the newest and major zoo to open in the heart of Western Sydney in the suburb of Bungarribee, near Blacktown in NSW. Currently, Sydney Zoo…