12 Tips for Visiting A Food or Wine Show

As you no doubt read recently in my post of some of the wonderful food experiences we had at this years Good Food and Wine Show, we also had the misfortune of running out of time to see everything we wanted to on the day.  Even being there from 10am to 5pm just wasn’t long…

Are you joining Novembers Cookbook Guru?

How did we get to half way through November already?  As my Mum loves to remind me, my birthday means there is 6 weeks until Christmas, not that I’m ready to be counting yet, but given we just passed that milestone we are on the downhill run! Eeeek!  I’m sure last time I looked in…

The Donna Hay Update

I’m about halfway through this challenge that I set myself back last month and I thought it was time for an update to check in and find out how it’s working out. What have you thought of the recipes you’ve seen so far? I’m going to be completely honest and say that I’ve started to…

Review: Riverbar & Kitchen

I recently was treated to breakfast at Matt Moran’s venture, Riverbar & Kitchen, located down on Brisbane’s Eagle St Pier. To begin with, the location is magic.  The day we were there was sunny, and whilst it was early, I can’t think of a better place to be in the am having a coffee and…

Review: Willow and Spoon

Breakfast can be a tricky meal to eat out for I find, particularly on a Sunday.  Restaurants and cafe’s are always busy and so many places serve standard variations of bacon and eggs, fruit toast and maybe pancakes or waffles.  It can get boring, the eggs are either over or under cooked….this list can go…

Review: Bagel Nook Brisbane

Sometimes it’s just the right time to have  a bagel for lunch.  Bagels are not a common bread in Australia, so finding a good one can actually be  a bit of a mission.  They tend to be bread like just shaped in a circle, which really defeats the purpose when you are craving the chewy…

Review: Mr & Mrs G…. of course we had to try it!

Recently we were looking for somewhere nice to have a pre-dinner drink in the city.  So when we saw the name of this Brisbane Riverside Bar we could hardly go past it.  To explain, both my partner and myself have surnames that start with G… and we have recently formed a business/company of the name…

Review: Reception Coffee Bar

First day back at work for the week and it was an early start for our regular weekly planner. I thought I had no time for brekky before I left for work, but as I discovered the upside of driving on the first week in January is that traffic is still not being back to…