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The website is celebrating its tenth birthday with a makeover. Watch this space for some significant changes
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Want to help the Yarra Valley post the bush fires? The ARFG web site is making its own contribution
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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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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.
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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.
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DIARIES |
Sally and Gordon share their travel diaries as they visit regional Australia. Click here |
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 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? >> |
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Mudgee winemakers come to town with crates of wine they want to share. >> |
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Ever complain tomatoes don't taste like they used to? Find out who does them best. >> |
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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! >> |
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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). |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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’.
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South Coast Cookbook
Author, Zorana Grbic shares thirty-three scrumptious recipes from this the stunning NSW South Coast. |
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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 |
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"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
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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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