From the Editor, Leigh O’Connor.
For all the romantics out there…only 15 days until Valentine’s Day and we want you to be as prepared as you can to sweep your special someone off their feet with an evening to remember!
From where to go to whisk your partner off on a romantic getaway to restaurants where love is in the air on February 14, we have you covered; make sure you check out Laura Rancie’s roundup of the perfect Valentine’s Day spent in Australia’s burgeoning Brisbane dining scene, that’s not just your standard dinner and a movie.
Laura also delivers out-of-the-box romantic date ideas all across Australia from punting on a lake to taking a pasta lovers’ Masterclass and even a unique Bollywood night out in a pink 1954 car.
Have you ever wondered what are the best aphrodisiac foods? Step up Marie-Antoinette Issa who reveals six of the sexiest foods to consume in the heat of romance…believe me, you will be surprised at number five – it’s a vegetable that you would never consider an aphrodisiac, despite its appearance!
Dr Gary Chapman may have officially identified Five Love Languages - Quality Time, Receiving Gifts, Words of Affirmation, Acts of Service and Physical Touch - but at AGFG, we’re heavily petitioning for a sixth: Food, in all its gloriously romantic ways.
Until that happens, we’ll be using the existing offerings to present to you: ‘How to Speak the Five Love Languages to the Foodie in Your Life', just in time for Valentine’s Day!
This week we head to Steels Gate Wines in Dixons Creek for our Chef Chat to find out how Kate Kilsby made her way to the heart of wine country to dish up delicious fare such as her recipe for cured duck, rhubarb, hazelnut, salted duck yolk, sourdough wafers and rocket.
In our recently launched Opinel Kitchens section, Laura delivers a first-timer’s guide to using an air fryer – so simple even her teenage son managed to cook himself wedges in it! Maybe we all need one, just for that.
So, don’t play heart to get come February 14…speak the language of love!
