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LATEST ARTICLES ( 143 )

• Where's Your Slice of South West Sri Lanka? Part 1

  

  I've been to Sri Lanka a few times now. It's one of the only countries I find I can never get enough of (along with France and New Zealand). Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2013 DESTINATIONS, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• High Tea Lowdown - The Burj Al Arab

  

  Everybody who has ever heard of Dubai knows of the Burj al Arab. It's like kangaroos to Australia, the queen to England and drunken tourists to Bali. They are... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2013 DESTINATIONS, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• My 10 Top Meals out for 2012

  

  Well, considering the world was supposed to end with the year, I dined my little heart out in twenty twelve. I'm a suspicious person, and although I didn't... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2013 DESTINATIONS, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• Food Obsessed.... Moi?

  

  Food bloggers come in all shapes and sizes (and some would say, vast, vast, quantities). But underneath them all is an obsession with food, and I've just... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2012 DESTINATIONS, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• Bah Humbug

  

  I hate this time of year. I'm perpetually hung over. At the snippets of time when I'm not, I'm drinking someone's hideous party wine and eating god-awful... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2012 DESTINATIONS, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• Not The Farm

  

  I have a pet hate of misnamed brands. I've had a go at Jones the Grocer for this. There are others that spring to mind - The Meadows - a region without... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2012 DESTINATIONS, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE, TRAVEL

• Re-finding Flamenco

  

  The intensity is a little disturbing. It's not often I get wrapped up in dance, but I suppose it's more than that. She stamps her feet like a child with a... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2012 DESTINATIONS, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• I'll Give You a Tip...

  

  Warning - Rant Forthcoming I'm a sucker. I tip everybody. I tip cab drivers who drive over the speed limit. I tip hairdressers who charge me too much. Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2012 DESTINATIONS, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• Oman Attempts to Embrace Tourism

  

  I read recently that Oman is actively trying to embrace tourism, but it's not yet that evident all over. The country has built all its five star hotels in one... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Mountain of the Sun - Jebel Shams

  

  Few words today. There's a Champagne dinner tonight, the International Fine Food Festival today, and a magazine's coming around to photograph all my Christmas... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2012 DESTINATIONS, PHOTOGRAPHY, TRAVEL

• Where Everyone Sees Life Through Rose Coloured Glasses

  

  When traveling provence, it’s hard to get away from rosé. It seems to flow through the hills like a secret underground river, always popping up just when you... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2012 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Wine Me, Dine Me

  

  There are different kinds of wine dinners. First, you have the sponsored wine dinner. It's a mutually beneficial event for both restaurant and winery. Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2012 DESTINATIONS, DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Grandma's Recipes

  

  My Gran is outstanding, but she's not really a cook. She's 94 years old, and still kicking away death or even suggestions that she's too old for anything. Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2012 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• The Tall Poppy

  

  It's human nature to want to cut it down, but also desire to be one. From the sidelines, it's beautiful, blooming and bright - for some reason, head and... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2012 DESTINATIONS, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• Chateau d'Estoublon - Summer Dining Nirvana

  

  The cicadas chant their summer song fortissimo, drowning the petty murmurs of urbane diners. French preschoolers clash wooden swords and shields between the... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2012 FOOD & DRINK

• Blue Flame - Hot, Pure, Fast, and Full of Treasure.

  

  It's the kind of flame that comes from a gas cooker - shaped like a lotus, perfectly rigid until a pot is slid across it, then it too opens like a flower, and... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• Sinking Ships and Floating Cities - Titanic by Marco Pierre White, Dubai

  

  I'm not entirely sure what Marco Pierre White was aiming at when he named his new Dubai restaurant "Titanic". Press suggests that it is designed to be a... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2012 DESTINATIONS, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE

• Escaping in My Home Town - Collingwood Childrens' Farm

  

  When I had my first child (Lion), I lived in Abbotsford. My little factory workers' cottage in Paterson St was 4.5km from the smacking center of Melbourne's CBD... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2012 DESTINATIONS

• The Liveliest Village in France -Eygalieres, Population - 1877

  

  The Bar du Progress is heaving. There's not a chair to be found outside. The language is French, only French out here. The locals know what the tourists don't... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2012 DESTINATIONS

• Oh My Gordes

  

  Some French villages are real. They have prospered and struggled with the ages and the ebb and flow of humans - the traits of the inhabitants varying as much... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2012 DESTINATIONS, FOOD & DRINK, LIFESTYLE