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Food - September 2007

Food Festival in the Entertainment Quarter Today

September 30th 2007 01:19
In case you have an insatiable appetite for food festivals, today is yet another one, to be held in the Moore Park Entertainment Quarter (More popularly and erroneously known as Fox Studios). Over the course of this two day long food festival you can expect the usual mix of food, wine, music and guest speakers.

Spring Food and Wine Festival
Sunday, 30 September - Monday, 1 October
10am - 4pm
FREE

Highlights include live Latin Jazz and stalls from the choicest Australian wineries.

They do have a rather novel competition going as well. If you frock up in your fanciest races gear you have the chance of winning a couture hat by milliner Neil Grigg, among other prizes. The competition begins at 2pm on the Sunday in front of the Champagne High Tea Lounge. Oo- La la!


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Important News on Climate Change

September 27th 2007 10:15
The Australian government has spent our tax dolars creating an ad campaign of spin to dupe the Australian publilc in to thinking that it cares about climate change. After years of showing no commitment to any environmental policies we will not be fooled. Howard's idea of greener energy sources is nuclear power!

Get Up are an amazzing organisation that campaigns community causes. When the Australian Government launches their ad campaign during the AFL grand final, Get Up want to air their own ad on climate change


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Food Labelling To Be Reviewed

September 26th 2007 12:02
It has been suggested that Australian food labelling should include simple to read colour coding to aid consumers to make the right choices. In light of a trial currently being undertaken in Britain, Australian groups are now pushing for a similar system to be introduced.

Many producers supply the mandatory information on their food labels but this can be quite difficult to interpret for the average shopper who does not have a good knowledge of nutrition or mathematics. The proposed labelling system will mimic a ‘traffic light’ system where green means safe, red means consumption should be limited and orange is moderate. It is also possible labels will be further standardised and have to appear on the front of packaging


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Fried Potato & Alfalfa Salad

September 25th 2007 11:31
Ingredients:
5 Asparagus Spears
4 Chat Potatoes


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Marvelous Mooncakes!

September 24th 2007 12:03
With such a delightful name, how could you go wrong? Here are five tasty facts about moon cakes.

1. This legend is probably the most well known. The Mongolians were in possession of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280AD -1368 AD). The oppressed Chinese planned a revolution for the Moon Festival in 1368. Chinese bakers were told to send mooncakes with the message to execute all Mongolians after the August Moon family gathering. The message was baked inside the cakes and sent out to Chinese households


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Bavarian Bier Cafe

September 21st 2007 03:07
We recently dined at the Bavarian Bier Café in the city in O’Connel Street. Physically it is quite impressive with wide sweeping ceilings and trendy décor. I hear that it used to be an old bank so you can imagine the kind of grandiose setting. Unfortunately the food was not quite so impressive.

Catch of the day was snapper, which was very nice, at least from what I could tell from the two small pieces of fish. This was also supposed to come with Caesar salad and garlic bread which I assume referred to the mayonnaise soaked lettuce and single slice of soggy bread. At $25 I was extremely disappointed. In fact so disappointed that we had to stop at a kebab shop on the way home to stop grumbling tummies. The prawn linguini looked a bit more filling though it tasted somewhat average


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Jamie At Home

September 19th 2007 06:14
This is yet another fantastic program produced by the sexy Jamie Oliver. As far as I’m concerned he can do no wrong.

In last week’s episode the feature ingredient was strawberries. He made an unusual sounding strawberry salad, saying, “If there’s an acidity that loves strawberries, its balsamic vinegar.” Well there you go, who would have thought


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Goat Meat Restaurant

September 18th 2007 06:25


Mmmm… nice to know that you predominantly serve goat meat. And those cute little cartoons of happy goats in the mountains sure does get my appetite going


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Creamy Cheesey Potato Salad

September 17th 2007 03:44
Ingredients:
5 Tablespoons Sour Cream
5 Tablespoons Cottage Cheese


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Earthdance- Don't Miss It!

September 15th 2007 08:03
Earthdance is a global party for peace that is held simultaneously at different locations across the world. The Sydney event will be held THIS SUNDAY the 16th of September at Sydney Park, St Peters.

It’s a great festival because there is a real focus on sustainable living. In particular there are some foodie aspects that you don’t usually come across and may be of interest


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BBQ selection

September 14th 2007 07:42
Its time to warm up for summer so we decided we’d better be prepared. So domesticated as we are we spent Sunday morning at Bunning’s and came home with a garden set of 4 chairs, a table, umbrella and four burner barbecue. So weather permitting we tested it out with a range of succulent BBQ fare.


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Feastibility!

September 13th 2007 07:42
As usual, its to be held at the Newtown Performing School of Arts (350 King Street, Newtown)

It is one of the many initiatives of Marrickville council. It has been running for several years annually now so it must have something going for it. There are over 40 stalls which showcase the food from local vendors but I found it to be rather overcrowded and over-expensive last year. They also have some entertainment, though again, last year this did not seem very interesting


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Wagamama

September 12th 2007 03:06
After having heard quite a bit about Wagamama, I decided to visit the franchise in the city near Circular Quay. It certainly looks quite impressive, occupying prime city real estate with a unified interior. Had it been more busy, though I may not have felt super comfortable with the seating arrangements, which were shared along long benches and tables.

Wagamama
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Pistachio and Halumi Salad

September 11th 2007 02:19
Ingredients:
100 Grams mixed salad leaves
½ Cup shelled pistachios


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Tea me baby one more time

September 6th 2007 09:50
Tea is one of those things that I can’t live without. Along with chocolate, of course. My love affair with tea began a long time ago, too long ago to remember exactly when the obsession started but over the years I have come to amass quite a large tea collection. It’s often the only thing I bring back from my travels abroad, and something I never regret buying. I don’t meant to be a snob here but I have long since come to despise Lipton and Twinings as much as a coffee aficianado may despise Nescafe. However not all supermarket tea bags are evil; I do quite like Nerada and Dilmah Ceylon tea, both are fine choices and now they have an organic range as well.
When I refer to tea of course, I mean the tea plant (Camellia sinensis) and the range of tea produced from the various methods which this plant is grown, harvested and treated. The same plant can be turned into black, oolong, green and white teas. Herbal teas like chamomile and peppermint are not ‘tea’; strictly speaking they are tisanes which are fragrant infusions of plants prepared in the same way as teas.
I know most people like their tea with milk and sugar but I have to stand firm and say no. The subtle aroma and fragrance of fine teas are often lost when milk is added, as well as the beneficial antioxidants. But I confess I make an exception in the case of Nerada or Dilmah Ceylon tea, with these I do like a teaspoon of sugar and a dollop of milk. A time and place for everything


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Hot Chocolate is my new Cafe Latte

September 4th 2007 02:53
I love Chocolate. There aren’t many people in the world who don’t. Aside from the obvious health benefits of general happiness and sense of well being derived from the daily dosage of chocolate, a good hot chocolate cane enliven your senses and bring fire to your soul like no coffee can. Let me tell you, the Olmecs knew what they were doing back in 1500 BC, the oldest known civilisation to have first used cacao.

When I make it at home, I use chopped up good quality dark chocolate melted in hot full fat milk, with a touch of ground cinnamon and brown sugar. I like Green and Gold’s organic and fair-trade dark chocolate the best for this recipe


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Perfection? It’s called Jamon Iberico!

September 3rd 2007 05:58
As many foodies who have travelled to Europe will be aware, Jamon Iberico has long been regarded as the bees knees of cured meat in the culinary world. It has only been one year since Australia has welcomed this taste phenomenon into mainstream food culture and it seems like out of nowhere, every restaurant and bar worth their salt have jamon on their menu, often served plain accompanied with bread. The first time I tried jamon was in 2005, when I was living in London. One of my flatmates was Spanish, and after a night of clubbing we came home for a midnight snack before heading to bed. While everyone else was pigging out on toasted vegemite sangers, Laura my Spanish roommate was savouring these elegant little mounds of jamon (which at the time I thought was prosciutto) on toasted ciabatta. Curious and hungry, I had a bite of Laura’s sandwich and I was in love. And I have been ever since. Jamon is now widely available in many fine food providores; I get mine from David Jones Food hall or Simon Johnson in Pyrmont.

Below is the recipe for Laura's sandwich, whcih i think is the best way to eat jamon. The nutty extra virgin olive oil and the refreshing acidity of tomatoes bring out the flavour of jamon, elevating the salty, rounded smokiness of jamon to dizzing culinary heights


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