From the Editor, Leigh O’Connor.
Nothing says Spring and Summer more than a Sunday session at your favourite venue with family and friends.
Spend lazy warm days and evenings with a drink in hand and bite to eat as you celebrate the end of the weekend in style – rewind to the 1970s when pubs were only open on Sundays for two short hours, morning and afternoon.
The morning session was inadvertently known as ‘going to church’ and generally occurred around lunchtime, so many pubs started serving outdoor BBQ lunches in their sprawling beer gardens.
However you choose to spend your Sundays, we have something to tempt everyone with this week’s offering from a Chef interview with Watervale Hotel’s Nicola Palmer – who tells us how to nurture nature without the ‘bitch slap’ – to how you can help change the course of vulnerable women’s lives through Two Good Co’s new cookbook.
Don’t miss Laura Rancie’s interview with Danielle Alvarez, Chef, author and newly-appointed Culinary Director of the Opera House and we launch the start of our 2024 Chef Hat season with International Chef Day on Friday, October 20.
Planning a Summer holiday? We have the top five tips on how to save big on your holiday by travelling on a Tuesday, broadening your horizons and doing your research; or come to the bark side as we reveal the five best dog-friendly road trips for you and your pooch, from the Great Ocean Road to the legendary Pacific Coast and everywhere in between.
Find out about the art of rum-making from HUSK Head Distiller Quentin Brival, who talks about his Caribbean roots and idyllic lifestyle in Martinique, along with the difference between rum and rhum Agricole…a fascinating read if you are a lover of this spirit – or if you are more inclined, celebrate International G & T Day at five of our favourite venues. Cheers!
Yamba Chef Marley Van Den Boom has just completed a surprise internship at the world-famous Noma, which has opened a pop-up in Kyoto. His story is one of inspiration as he reveals how his TAFE teachers gave him the confidence to apply for the job and helped him through his apprenticeship as he learns differently from most of us.
Read on…
