Pialligo Farm Smokehouse has once again taken out top honours at Australian Bacon Week, with the judges naming Pialligo Estate's dry cured and smoked shortcut rashers as Australia’s BEST Artisan Bacon for the second consecutive year.
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Tim Crick reckons he's a 'bit of a cranky chef', but I have formed the opinion that he's a good man, especially when it comes to the delicious and honest food he cooks for his diners at Crowes Restaurant, The Gundaroo Colonial Inn. When one of my food heroes calls to let me know they're in town and asks if I'm free for a coffee, I'm there... especially if that person happens to be the lovely Lyndey Milan OAM! The sun is just starting to set and the light is amazing as I arrive at the Farmhouse Restaurant at Pialligo Estate. It's been months since I last visited, the restaurant has now opened for business, and I'm so looking forward to my first dining experience here. 'Wow, this looks interesting!' I exclaimed, as our car drew to a halt at the end of the fern-lined gravel driveway. 'Doesn't it, just,' Peter replied, his raised eyebrows indicating that he, too, was pleasantly surprised. Celebrated Master of The Quaich and Whisky Chef, Martine Nouet, was in Canberra recently to host Dinner with Whisky at the award-winning Konoba restaurant at Hotel Realm. The event was one of a series of whisky dinners held in capital cities across Australia in the lead up to the spectacular 'Whisky Live' shows. If you fancy spending a leisurely morning at a relaxed country market not far from the city, the Murrumbateman Village Market is just the ticket. Situated 30 minutes north-west of Canberra, the village of Murrumbateman in the Yass Valley Shire offers a fortnightly Saturday market enjoyed by families from the local community and surrounds. MasterChef finalist, Alvin Quah, will be on deck to cook up some of his favourite seafood recipes at a Fishing Fair to be held on Sunday, 17 May at Googong's Beltana Park. 'Dear Lizzy. The 2015 olive harvest is approaching and we'd love to invite you and Peter to join us with Kangaroo Valley Olives to be an olive farmer for a day,' came the delicious invitation from my friend and colleague, Jacqueline Weiley of Foodscape Tours. It was in the 1960s in a fourth grade social studies class that I first learned about the great Australian explorer, Hamilton Hume. The pages of my text books listed his adventures in the era of fellow explorers William Hovell, Charles Sturt, John Oxley, Gregory Blaxland, William Wentworth and William Lawson. With this in mind, I feel more than a little excited to be visiting Cooma Cottage, the home of Hamilton Hume. And I've been invited to stay for a picnic lunch, but more about that later. |
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