I don’t cook as much as I should. When I saw Stephanie Alexander’s The Cook’s Companion collecting dust on my shelf after it was given to me as a gift about a year ago I thought I should put it to good use. Seems like everyone is telling me that book is their ‘cooking bible’. I can…
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4 tips on being successful on TV camera | NIDA
I just completed an 8 week TV presenting course at NIDA. If the truth be told, I didn’t have TV presenting on my radar as a course to must do. I enrolled in Musical Theatre originally as I felt like taking dance lessons to the next level but as the course was rescheduled, I was…
Learning never stops – TEDxSydney announces 2015 speaker program
Curiosity starts with the itch to explore. And I have that itch. A friend once said to me you have this childlike curiosity that some people lose when they become adults (probably because they get bogged down with the day to day). I read somewhere that when it comes to learning, there’s a powerful “rich…
Burnt Orange | Mosman
If you have a couple of leisurely hours to spare on a weekend or weekday with a few close friends and a big appetite, then dine at Burnt Orange in Sydney’s lucrative and beautiful suburb of Mosman. I say ‘a few hours’ as you will need time to appreciate their delicious homemade style food, which…
Creating Connections: Food Photography with Sydney Chefs
“Dario meet Kumar from Aki’s Restaurant.” “Kumar meet Dario from Milano Torino.” I spent the half day with Kumar and Dario in a private food photography session run by Chef, Owner and keen Food Photographer, Dario Milano at his restaurant, Milano Torino in Rosebery. Before today’s meeting Dario and Kumar had not met before and I was only too…
Chuck Close: Print, Process and Collaboration Exhibition
The Chuck Close ‘Print, Process and Collaboration’ exhibition now showing at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia is incredible and a real treat for Sydneysiders. Chuck Close is an artist based in New York who is noted for his highly inventive techniques used to depict the human face, best known for his large scale photo…
Cocoon Floatation: Why you should float
When I first heard about ‘Cocoon Floatation’, images flashed before me of my childhood memories of the 1985 Oscar winning fantasy film ‘Cocoon’ directed by Ron Howard and starring the memorable Policy Academy’s Steven Guttenberg. For those of you not familiar with the plot, the story in ‘Cocoon’ is about residents of a retirement home…
3 tips I learned on food photography from Milano Torino
“Too many good restaurants put up bad photos”, Dario Milano, our instructor, food stylist and photographer says to us at a food photography class I attended on Saturday morning at his newly opened restaurant, Milano Torino in Rosebery, NSW. That’s true. I know when I’ve done ‘not too bad a job’ at my food photography…
See.Taste.Do collaboration with Fragrant Flame Soy Candles on Signature Fragrance
I am pleased to announce the launch of See.Taste.Do Blog’s new signature candle fragrance ‘White Wave’ developed in collaboration with Australian handmade artisan and small business owner, Lisa Zois of Fragrant Flame Soy Candles. I support local artisans across Australia through my Blog who have unique ideas and have created some incredible things that standout…
Ready to have intelligent conversations? TEDxMelbourne | 10 October 2014
TED events have always been about discovering groundbreaking ways to interpret our environments while employing open ideas and themes. Melbourne welcomes the 5th annual TEDxMelbourne to the stage. TEDxMelbourne is known for its carefully selected speakers and strategically curated environments. The event’s theme Off the Grid means unrecorded, untraceable through normal means. On October 10, TEDxMelbourne…