Latest health statistics show our lucky country is not so lucky when it comes to rates of obesity, with Australia now ranking number four in the world for the highest rates of adult obesity¹. With … [Read more...]
5 Australian Cooking Legends
You're really know you've made it when they immortalise your face on a postage stamp. Just ask the five legends of Australian cooking, who this week were honoured as the recipients of the 2014 … [Read more...]
Two Delicious Recipes from Head Chef Simon Ward
Simon Ward (pictured) is the head-chef and part-owner of Fitzroy's newest food institution, Hammer & Tong. As the culinary mastermind at some of Melbourne's finest restaurants including Vue de Monde … [Read more...]
Recipe for Lamb Ribs
Ingredients: Two racks of lamb ribs 2 tblsp dried rosemary 2 clove garlic crushed ½ cup (125ml) extra virgin olive oil 1 bunch of mint Salad: 1 cup (250g) of ricotta cheese 1 preserved lemon 1 large … [Read more...]
3 Simple Tips for Healthy Home Cooking
Australia’s peak nutrition body, the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA), is about to launch its annual Australia’s Healthy Weight Week campaign (17-23 February), which focuses, this year, on … [Read more...]
Cookbook by 94 year old Nana revives traditional family recipes
A new cookbook edited by Ita Buttrose and written by a 94 year old, one-legged grandmother, is set to bring back childhood memories of 'real' home cooking and raise money for Alzheimer’s … [Read more...]
Banker makes career change to launch website and recipe book
Tanya Bartolini always knew she loved to cook, but it wasn’t until she took maternity leave from a high-stress career in finance and gave birth to her son that she realised she wanted to do it for a … [Read more...]
Salmonella could be lurking in your spice rack
We may be spicing our food with salmonella, according to a new report. About seven percent of spices tested by the US Food and Drug Administration were found to be contaminated with the deadly bug. … [Read more...]
Cookbook: Grow Harvest Cook
Based on the blog of the same name, Grow Harvest Cook is for anyone looking to grow, harvest, and cook their own produce. Written by Meredith Kirton and Mandy Sinclair, with photography by Sue Stubbs … [Read more...]
3 Simple Low Calorie Recipes for Entertaining at Home
With these three simple recipes created by Five Star Personal Trainers, having a few friends over for dinner means you and your guests won't to spend hours in the gym the next day to work off … [Read more...]
Recipe: Fresh Fruit Cake
Looking for a fun and healthy alternative to a birthday cake? Then look no further, check out this great tutorial from Ebony Malcolm, author of Neat 2 Eat - Everyday Lunchbox Recipes & Fun with Food, … [Read more...]
What’s next for My Kitchen Rules winner Jennifer Evans
Jennifer Evans has been keeping herself busy since winning the 2012 season of My Kitchen Rules with her friend Leigh Sexton. In addition to becoming a mum to three-month-old Harlow, Jennifer has set … [Read more...]
A Recipe for Fresh Fig and Walnut Tart from the French Kitchen
When figs are in season—or if you are lucky enough to have a tree, this is the way to use some up. Akin to the rose-patterned strawberry tart in the placing of the figs, the result is spectacular, … [Read more...]
A Recipe for Cheese Souffle from the French Kitchen
This recipe for Cheese Souffle is an extract from A lifetime of cooking, teaching and writing from The French Kitchen by Diane Holuigue. Much more than a recipe book, the best-selling author of The … [Read more...]
Spooky Cocktail Recipes for Halloween
While outside ghosts and ghouls frolic freely, these fresh fruity flavours are the perfect potions for dressing up Halloween cocktails with a sinfully sophisticated twist. This selection of creepy … [Read more...]
Good Cook Bad Cook: 20 Rules for the Kitchen 80 Essential Recipes
Victoria Heywood came across many weird, supposedly edible, things in 17 years travelling the world as a journalist, but none so strange as some of the dishes she encountered back home in Australia … [Read more...]
Taste Cook Travel
Australian Chef Pauline Leonard (pictured), best known for the cooking classes she runs at the Queen Victoria Market in Melbourne, has been conducting gourmet food & wine weekend tours for small … [Read more...]
Cookbook: The Australian Women’s Weekly Cooking for Kids with Allergies
The Australian Women's Weekly Cooking for Kids with Allergies offers delicious recipes for children with food allergies that the whole family will love. Food allergies in children are becoming … [Read more...]
Cookbook: The Australian Women’s Weekly Decorating Cakes
The Australian Women's Weekly Decorating Cakes is full of gorgeous and lavishly decorated cakes for weddings, christenings, birthdays, anniversaries and for any other occasion that calls for a … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: The Sweet Life by Kate Bracks
[rating: 4] Being the consummate sweet tooth, it didn't take much to convince me to dive into Kate Bracks' new book - The Sweet Life - a collection of divine temptations from Australia's 2011 … [Read more...]
10 Delicious Desserts that won’t ruin your diet
Cookbook Review: Supercharged Food by Lee Holmes
Supercharged Food: Eat your way to good health by Lee Holmes is a new cookbook aimed at reversing the damage of modern day convenience and aiding you in optimizing your diet. Whether you suffer from … [Read more...]
Jamie Oliver’s Mobile Kitchen offers free cooking classes in Queensland
Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food Mobile Kitchen will travel throughout Queensland teaching basic cooking classes. The purpose built kitchen classroom on wheels will commence its 2012 Program starting … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: A Cook’s Guide by Donna Hay
[rating: 4.5] It's easy to recognise a Donna Hay cookbook. The queen of gorgeous styling and branding knows the power of both familiarity and consistent best quality, and A Cook's Guide - a … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: The Art of French Baking by Ginette Mathiot
[rating: 5] Oh yes, it's an art all right. Like sushi chefs, French pâtissières spend many years studying and perfecting their craft. Ginette Mathiot (1907 - 1998) taught three generations of French … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: 4 Ingredients Christmas by Kim McCosker
[rating: 4.5] Prepare to be tempted by the latest in the 4 ingredients series, 4 Ingredients Christmas by Kim McCosker. Packed with delights for the holidays and treats for family and friends all … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: The Cook’s Garden by Sheridan Rogers
[rating: 5] I don’t know. Maybe it’s because I’m getting older and can truly appreciate those little underrated treasures in life, but there’s not much more satisfying than plucking home-grown produce … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: Sicilian Seafood Cooking by Marisa Raniolo Wilkins
[rating: 4] The wonderful thing about modern day cookbooks is their reliance on more than fabulous recipes. It's their reliance on travel, on culture, on a way of living . . . a reliance on heart, … [Read more...]
Book Review: Popsicle by Alison Thompson
[rating: 4] Summer is busting out all over and this icy book is just the sweet ticket to an oasis of cool (even if only for the tongue). Best be careful where you shelve this brand new tome of … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: Planet Cake Celebrate by Paris Cutler
[rating: 3] Having a long-time obsession with fondant, sprinkles, cupcake liners and ganache, it was with much anticipation that I carefully inked in the Lifestyle Food Channel-arrival of the … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: Around the World with Little Kitchen by Sabrina Parrini
[rating: 4] Since the advent of Junior Masterchef, cookbooks for children have never been hotter – and indeed, they’ve been popping off the hotplate and onto the bookstore serving shelves like those … [Read more...]
Recipe: Egg, Smoked Salmon and Cucumber Double Decker Sandwiches
A high-tea favourite, the Egg, Smoked Salmon and Cucumber Double Decker is a scrumptious light option that is effortless to create. Three simple ingredients - hearty egg, indulgent smoked salmon and … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: Blood Sugar by Michael Moore
[rating: 4.5] Hello. My name is Tania and I'm a sugarholic. So are you (more than likely). In fact, sugar-addiction is so rife, we're in danger of crystallising. Sure, we're cottoning onto the fact … [Read more...]
Cookbook: CWA Classics by the Country Women’s Associations of Australia
The Country Women’s Association of Australia has been in existence for more than 60 years and the cooking skills of its members are legendary. CWA Classics combines the very best recipes from five … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: Mangia! Mangia! by Teresa Oates and Angela Villella
[rating:5] “When we told Nonna Villella that sun-dried tomatoes were selling for $40 a kilo at the local supermarket, she thought we were joking. She had quietly gone about making her filled sun-dried … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: Two Asian Kitchens by Adam Liaw
I was absolutely thrilled when Adam Liaw won Australia’s second MasterChef – I became personally enamoured with this cooking style (Japanese food and I have a thing going) and warm demeanor, and I … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: Bake: Essential Companion by Alison Thompson
Okay - you wanna bake? Well, welcome to baking heaven. From the pale pink and black Fauchon-esque, superbly-styled cover, dotty endpapers and delectable paper - to the recipes themselves - this is a … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: Junior MasterChef
[rating:4] If the adult version of MasterChef really roasted your potatoes, then it's likely (unless you're the type who doesn't like working with animals or small children) that Junior MasterChef … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: Hopscotch and Honey Joys by Lisa McCune
[rating:4.5] Once upon a time, it was de rigeur for celebrities to release a hit single. Or a perfume. Nowadays, it seems, it's books. But not just the ubiqitous 'auto'-biography (the inverted … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: Manu’s French Kitchen by Manu Feildel
[rating:4] French food, home style. The message that chef Manu Feildel wants us to take from his latest cook book is that making beautiful French cuisine doesn’t have to be a near impossible feat. And … [Read more...]