From the Editor, Leigh O’Connor.
It’s all about spice this week…the spicier the better!
From restaurants where spice rules to breweries to cool things down, we’ve got you covered as to where to spice up your life with a great meal and beer to cure what ales you.
Laura Rancie delivers 10 top spice tips you must know from Smithsonian lecturer and author, Eleanor Ford – did you know most spices benefit from toasting as the heat brings the essential oils to the surface, intensifying the flavours?
If you’ve ever wondered where your kitchen spices come from, Laura also delves into the background behind those aromats that are commonly used every day by home cooks and professionals, from whole spices to seeds, bark and berries.
The Ancient Spice Trail, also known as the Spice Route or Silk Road, is an historical network of routes that connected East and West, facilitating the exchange of goods, culture and ideas; check out our article on its profound impact on the societies and cultures that it touched.
We haven’t forgotten Mother’s Day this Sunday with a special and intimate interview with former MasterChef runner-up, Rhiannon Anderson about her angel Mum to acknowledge the indomitable spirit of Mothers everywhere.
Despite her exuberant exterior, the last two years have been bitter-sweet for Rhiannon in several unexpected ways. Rhiannon’s Mum had been sick for three and half years with ovarian cancer, so it was only 10 days that she got to live at her daughter's home, before being transported to palliative care for her last eight weeks.
Making time to eat like the Italians do is to share in their inexhaustible gift for making art out of life…we spend a year in Letitia Clark’s Italian kitchen with her latest cookbook ‘Wild Figs and Fennel’.
Living on one of the most beautiful islands in the Mediterranean, Sardinia, Letitia delves into the jagged core of Sardinian cooking inviting us to taste the flavours of each season as seen in recipes such as pumpkin gnocchi and sage butter along with braised chicken with grapes and fennel.
We also bring you a guide to the best Happy Hours in town in time for the weekend, along with where to go to celebrate National Eat What You Want Day – you’re welcome!
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