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Hitting a Sugary High Across Sydney!

Not Quite Nigella — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:00:13 +0000

Ending the week on a sugar high, one of my favourite events every year for the Crave Food Festival is the Sugar Hit. This is where restaurants and hotels across Sydney put a dessert dish and a matching Brown Brothers dessert wine and open up their doors to diners from 9pm-11pm so that they can [...]

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The Nigella Lawson Masterclass At The Melbourne Food & Wine Festival!

Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 18:00:03 +0000

The Domestic Goddess herself Nigella Lawson “I am completely ill equipped to give a masterclass” says that familiar voice. The disarmingly modest Nigella Lawson aka the Domestic Goddess enters the room. Everyone is atwitter and there is excitement in the air. Nigella’s Masterclass, a coup for the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival and over a [...]

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Bompas & Parr Jellymongers, Elena Arzak & Anna Gare, Melbourne Food & Wine Festival

Not Quite Nigella — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 18:00:19 +0000

I’m on my second day at the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival and I’m not having a very successful morning. I had planned to to have some sort of breakfast but I slept in due to the repeated hitting of the snooze button due to the terribly comfortable bed and night blinds at the InterContinental which meant [...]

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Hearts Macaron High Tea, The Langham & The InterContinental Melbourne

Not Quite Nigella — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:00:40 +0000

Hello my lovelies! guess where I’ve landed today? Well no need to guess as I’ve put it in the title but I’m in Melbourne for the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival! I’m booked in to do some rather exciting things including seeing the very famous Ms Nigella Lawson in a Masterclass as well as indulging [...]

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Chef Spotting at Masterchef Live 2010

Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:00:09 +0000

It sucks to be short and not be able to get the photos you want in a crowd of photogs! As if Australia weren’t crazy enough about it, this past weekend the whole Masterchef phenomenon has morphed from inside your television set to the Hordern Pavilion stage in Sydney. Friday to Sunday saw the Masterchef [...]

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The Organic Expo & Green Show, Darling Harbour

Not Quite Nigella — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:00:44 +0000

After battling my way through Town Hall station to vote, I finally made it down to The Organic Expo and Green Show in Darling Harbour where Liss was already doing reconnaissance work to see what was good. At this show there are stands generously sampling their goodies and there are cooking shows featuring Tobie Puttock and Costa [...]

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The Lovedale Long Lunch, Hunter Valley

Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:00:34 +0000

The alarm went off on a Sunday morning at 5:45am. It wasn’t a pretty sight, I had only had a few hour’s sleep and I make it a rule to sleep in on Sundays. Unless of course I’ve got something I’ve been looking forward to all week and that was the Lovedale Long Lunch. The [...]

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The Narooma Oyster Festival!

Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 16 May 2010 19:00:09 +0000

The parade of dogs and their owners is the first give away. Then comes the parade of Clydesdale horses, vintage cars with white wall tyres and their owners with the wives waving gloves hands like the Queen. These were followed by a tractor who was then followed by a vintage tractor. The Narooma Oyster Festival [...]

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The Royal Easter Show 2010!

Not Quite Nigella — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:00:34 +0000

There is a time of the year when only a hotdog on a stick covered in a cornmeal batter and dipped in tomato sauce will do. It’s an item that I just do not see any of time of the year (and for that I am quite grateful) but it also means that along with [...]

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Worm Sushi, Huhu Grubs & Grasshoppers – Hokitika Wild Foods Festival, New Zealand

Not Quite Nigella — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:00:46 +0000

Warning: this post contains some graphic food! ” Get your Mountain Oysters!” “And what is your purpose for visiting New Zealand today?” the Christchurch immigration officer asks me when checking my immigration form. “To visit the Hokitika Wild Foods Festival” I answer. She laughs “Ahh okaaay. Well good luck! I wouldn’t eat half that stuff” [...]

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