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  • The Sydney International Food Festival is set to unfold across the month of October, 2009.

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WHAT'S IN SEASON?

June - early winter - FRUIT

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apples - bonza ,braeburn, cox's orange pippins, fuji, gala, golden delicious, granny smith, jonagold, jonathan, lady williams, mutso, pink lady, red delicious, snow, sundowner,
custard apple,
grapefruit,
kiwifruit,
lemons,
limes,
mandarin, ellendale
melons – champagne
nashi,
nuts – chestnut, hazelnut, walnut,
oranges, navel,
pears, beurre bosc, Josephine, packham,
persimmon,
pomelo,
quince,
rhubarb.

 

June, early winter - VEGETABLES

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asian greens, bok choy, choy sum, gai laan, wonga bok,
avocados – fuerte, sharwill,
beetroot,
broccoli,
brussels sprout,
cabbage,
carrots,
cauliflower,
celeriac,
celery,
fennel,
garlic,
ginger,
horseradish,
jerusalem
artichokes,
kale,
kohlrabi,
leeks,
okra,
olives,
onions,
parsnip,
peas,
potato,
pumpkin,
shallot,
silverbeet,
spinach,
swede,
sweet potato,
turnip,
witlof.

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UPCOMING EVENTS


  • Carnivale
  • Casino Beef Week
  • Savour Tasmania
  • Goomeri Pumpkin Festival
  • Brass Monkey Season
  • Yulefest
  • Good Food & Wine Show
  • unWINEd in the Riverina
  • Winery Walkabout
  • Winter Wine Festival
  • Winter Wine Weekend
  • Shoalhave Coast Winter Wine Festival
  • BankSA 2009 Sea & Vines Festival
  • Brisbane Cheese Awards
  • Gate to Plate
  • Restaurant 09
  • Noosa Long Weekend
  • Eumundi Food Fest
  • Tastings at the Top
  • Lismore Latern Parade
  • Good Food and Wine Show, Sydney
  • Sawtell Chilli Festival
  • Chocolate Winterfest

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Photography Tips

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This edition: World Without Colour - the resurgence of B&W photography.

 

eating well

LATEST FEATURE OF THIS SITE

An amazing resource by Sally Hammond, a highly acclaimed food and travel writer with an encyclopaedic knowledge of food. This ever expanding feature is a great fund of information with everything from food facts, nutritional information, tips and recipes.

 

Food Trails

What better way for a food group or a community to introduce visitors to the wealth of produce in their area? Help to fill in the blanks here. If you know of a food trail in your area please let us know . Click here to see the beginning of our list

IMAGE GALLERY

View Gordon's images of this vast and beautiful continent.

 

DIARIES

Sally and Gordon share their travel diaries as they visit regional Australia. Click here

The Australian Regional Food Guide - Celebrating 10 years since the launch of the the first edition of the guide book. 1999 - 2009, making every day Australia Day.

 

GRAZING IN THE COUNTRY 

Urban Graze goes rural grazing. >>

A SURFEIT OF TRUFFLES 

Truffles come to the capital. >>

EYE OIL

Fish, Nuts and Olive Oil May Cut Age Related Blindness Risk. >>

FEASTING IN PARADISE

Voyages Bedarra Island is to host the first in a series of Sommelier Weekends this August matching Champagne Louis Roederer and Katnook Estate Wines with specially created gourmet degustation menus. >>

SO YOU HAVE THE FOOD – WHAT NOW?

Learn how to use seasonal buys with a 'food explorer'. >>

TASTE IS BACK IN MELBOURNE

Melbourne's greatest restaurant festival returns in 2009. >>

YOUTH TRIUMPHS

Three NSW winners now go to the grand final. >>

NOTHING FISHY ABOUT THIS

There’s nothing fishy about the impact of the Hervey Bay Seafood Festival on Queensland’s fishing and tourism industries. >>

The Raw and the Ripe

The place to discover raw talent is in the Tucker Tent. >>

MORE QUEENSLAND TALENT

Craig Squire cooks up a storm in Abu Dhabi. >>

Move over carnivores, make way for the Localvore!

Another region adopts a proud and innovative approach. >>

SOUTHERN SEASON

Take a trip to the high country and stock up on winter vitamin packages. >>

LOVE LORNE

Clean beaches, wonderful scenery - now Lorne gets
tasty too. >>

CURDS AWAY

Are you a turophile? Say cheese......and then say,
more please! >>

WINTER READING

Find out what is ahead for rural properties. Why are some small country towns dying andothers thriving? . >>

SWEET CORN NOW IN VOGUE

What has put the style back in the simple cob? >>

NORTH HEADS NORTH

Chef of the year to serve up flavours of the month. >>

BFA SAYS IT IS OK

Macro taken over by Woolworths.. >>

COOL FLAVOURS OF THE SOUTH

What do cheeses, chocolates, wines and mushrooms have in common?. >>

HOW TO FORGET THE COLD

The Hunter Valley shows how to eat, drink ... and stay warm. >>

TRUFFLE ALERT

Can't get to WA, but craving black gold? >>

START THEM YOUNG

This great idea helps to give youngsters the benchmarks of what foods should taste like. >>

TWICE AS OLD AS ARFG 

It's facelift time for this Sydney seafood icon. >>

NAME & SHAME

Country food outlets are not exempt from Food Authority checks. >>

FEELING THE PINCH?

Nature has provided the perfect seasonal answer to money troubles. >>

SHOALHAVEN SHOWS ITS BOUNTY

Head south next summer to see what's on offer. >>

COFFEE CLUES

Just what makes the perfect cup of coffee? >>

TASTE MELBOURNE

Discover what makes food in this southern capital so special. >>

ISLAND TASTES

Sand, sun, swimming - and now sensational flavours. >>

TUCKER TENT IS THE HUB

What are they doing in there? >>

GO BUSH WITHOUT GOING HUNGRY

Find out what is on the menu in the wilderness. >>

ANNOUNCING THE CHAMPIONS IN FINE FOOD   

Australia’s best producers of beer, coffee, bread cake and pie, 
aquaculture and pasta revealed. >>

NORTHERN RIVERS FINDS ITS VOICE

Funding now means local producers can have their say. >>

NSW FOOD PRODUCER ALERT!

Need some financial help in promoting your product? Be quick - space is limited . >>

 AND THE WINNERS ARE . . .

The winners of the 2009 Vogue Entertaining + Travel Produce Awards were announced last night in a star-studded event held at Justin North’s renowned restaurant, Etch by Bécasse. >>

HAVE YOUR SAY

If U love food then I Love Food is for you. >>

GO TRUFFLE SNUFFLING

Sunny the truffle dog knows just what to sniff for under the oak trees!. >>

GREENFEST GIVES A SERVE

Australian Chef of the Year serves up “sustainable” at
Greenfest ‘09. >>

HELP AVAILABLE

Want to enter the NSW Tourism Awards?
Help is at hand. >>

HAVE YOUR SAY

If U love food then I Love Food is for you. >>

GREAT NEWS FROM THE GRAMPIANS

Festival breaks records. >>

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

Feel the flu coming on - take a mushroom. >>

THE HUNTER SETS SAIL

How can a valley go to sea? >>

YOU HEARD IT FIRST HERE

The hundred-mile platter - and how you can be part of it! >>

CHOCOLATE PUDDING IS IN SEASON

Isn't it always? No, it's ripening on the trees in North Queensland right now. >>

WOULD YOU LIKE A PUMPKIN ROLL?

No, it's not a new recipe. >>

REGIONAL PRODUCE IN VOGUE

Capers and quail, herbs and oysters - sound like quite a recipe! >>

KIDS IN THE KITCHEN

Young chefs compete for more than just a wooden spoon >>

TOP THREE

Sydney restaurants show the world how to excel >>

RAISE A GLASS

Two West Aussie breweries make waves internationally >>

RARE OPPORTUNITY

Ever wanted to know how to make your own cheese
or butter? >>

CITY MEETS THE COUNTRY

This event is all Australian-grown with a splash of mystery… find out what happens. >>

A HUNTER GATHERING

More fun and games in the Hunter - coming very soon >>

ESCAPE TO THE GRAPES

What could possibly lure us to the Grampians - plenty! >>

SECRET'S OUT!

This Victorian winery has kept the name of its restaurant under wraps – find out what the voters wanted. >>

NEARLY MAY - CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?

What has the Sunshine Coast got planned to tempt us all up there? >>

WINES AT THE BEACH

Mudgee winemakers come to town with crates of wine they want to share. >>

TOP TOMATO

Ever complain tomatoes don't taste like they used to? Find out who does them best. >>

TASTE THE TROPICS

Want to escape to Paradise - with food thrown in? >>

BRINGING A BUZZ BACK TO BUDERIM

What happened when the Superbee honey factory at Tanawa quietly closed its doors in early 2008? >>

ORGANICS GET ON THE ROAD

All you always wanted to know about organics, coming to a place near you >>

CAIRNS KICKS UP ITS HEELS

Festival Cairns may be 47 but it's not over the hill just yet. >>

WE MAY BE METRIC,  BUT MILES MEAN A LOT

Especially when it comes to eating well and environmentally. Find out how one town is making it happen. >>

BUSH TUCKER HITS HK

Aussie native foods to test the palates of international guests. >>

URBAN STIMULUS

A city restaurant brings the country to town. >>

TOP TOWNS

Find out which Victorian town was voted No 6 in the top one hundred Australian towns. >>

NO LEAVE, NO LIFE

Feel in need of a holiday? Now you have the official go-ahead! >>

GO WAGYU!

No need to bust your diet with this new lean beef. >>

POPULATION INCREASE IN HAMPTON!

See how a town can add 3500 people in a day. >>

TABLELANDS THE WAY TO GO

Looking for the road less travelled? We have it here.>>

INNER CITY MEETS COUNTRY

Top city diner's chef cooks in Mudgee. >>

TASTING GOLD

And you thought the Gold Coast was all about real estate and bling! >>

Energy Efficiency for Small Businesses

Businesses that use up to $20,000 in electricity a year can now receive a subsidised personalised energy assessment and action plan and a 50 percent rebate of the cost of implementing identified energy efficiency improvements from the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC).

COOKING FAR AWAY

Far away in the far north of Western Australia, a second Kimberley Cooking School is planned for  Faraway Bay, the Bush Camp from  1-5 September, 2009

GO GREEN

Whether as an exhibitor or a visitor, you need to mark these dates in your diary: The Organic Expo 2009, featuring the Green Show will be back in Melbourne, 24-26 July


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More cookbook reviews on with a regional flavour

52 WEEKENDS – unique accommodation in country Victorian

A guide which is a selection of 52 cards, one for every weekend of the year – with accommodation options including B&Bs, guesthouses, spa resorst, country hotels in Victoria.

One Magic Square

show us all how easy it is to grow berries, salad and other vegetables, fruits and herbs in a tiny space almost any of us (even apartment dwellers) can find

Your Brick Oven

Russell Jeavons finally shares all he knows about building ovens -diagrams and tips for anyone to make and use one, plus twenty or so recipes to get you started.

Hunter Food & Wine

A collection of seventy recipes from the Hunter Valley's top award-winning restaurants which editor, Jenny McElhinney, describes as ‘a gastronomic journey’.

South Coast Cookbook

Author, Zorana Grbic shares thirty-three scrumptious recipes from this the stunning NSW South Coast.

Tastings from the Hastings

Tastings of the Hastings is an event held at Port Macquarie. This stunning little cookbook is packed with signature dishes of the various chefs who participated in the inaugural ‘Tastings’, this

"Our Country"

Sally shares her thoughts on Australia Day. How would Dorothea Mackellar, who, over one hundred years ago penned the famous poem, ‘My Country’, describe Australia today? Read more

Click on these images to read Sally's review of four great new cookbooks

ARCHIVED HAPPENINGS

July 25-27 ~ City Showcases Country in Organic Expo

JULY 29 ~ Homebush Regional Food Fair:

AUGUST 8-10 ~ Country Week Expo C-Change, Tree Change

AUGUST 11-12 ~ RESTAURANT 08

AUGUST 23 ~ Mudgee at Balmoral

"WINE LOVERS" released

HAWKESBURY COMES TO TOWN

MUDGEE MUNCHING

AUSTRALIA’S WINE

DSRD GOES SOUTH

 


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