From the Editor, Leigh O’Connor.
It’s all about the sweet tooth this week as we delve into the world of desserts to put a twinkle in your pie!
We also prepare for the biggest sporting event of the year with the Paris Olympics 2024 opening ceremony only days away…are you Games ready?
From the best hacks to upgrade your dessert mix from a box to Chef-hatted restaurants where desserts should be the first, second and third course, we have you covered with recipes, interviews and guides to making your sweet treats just a little bit healthier.
Uncover the newest range of tea on the market from 96 Degrees – it’s time to give tea some long overdue love, but it has to earn it and like coffee, it’s all about the quality and smoothness of the drink. Named after the optimal brewing temperature for Assam tea, this new brew comes to Down Under shores from The Spice Tailor.
Good food is often simple food according to Chef, Alice James who heads the kitchen at Chef-hatted Bommie restaurant on picturesque Hamilton Island. Beginning her career at the tender age of 15 in the Yarra Valley before joining the Hamilton Island crew more than a decade ago, Alice shares her stunning dessert recipe for vanilla bean cheesecake with mandarin sorbet, candied macadamia, rosella and honeycomb with AGFG home cooks.
Get your Tilly on this Friday as our girls face world number four Germany in the opening women’s soccer Group B match in the early hours of the morning at Stade de Marseille; we have four great recipes with a Deutschland twist to stave off hunger as you watch the Matildas do their thing!
Marie-Antoinette Issa cooks up a dessert storm with easy ways to have your cake and eat it too…tucking into dessert will never be equivalent to a plate of lean meat and three veg, but if you swap out ingredients, switch cooking styles or even substitute sugar to cut out some unnecessary calories, you can have the best of both worlds.
She also dishes up 12 easy boxed cake mix hacks to take dessert to the next level – whether you’re short on time, or just have the kind of baking skills that are unlikely to have anyone confuse you for Kirsten Tibballs, sometimes a good pre-made dessert mix can save the day!
Read on to discover the best venues around town for your next date night, restaurants where the water views are as good as the food and native ingredients on the plate…
