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Italian

My top 10 memorable food holidays

December 25, 2010

What a whirlwind year! 2010 has zipped past me like the Stig in a speeding Koenigsegg, with only the whispering ghosts of his lingering cologne as a souvenir to remind you that anything ever happened. Whilst we still have days to go till we launch into 2011, it’s not premature of me to call it [...]

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So hungry I could eat horse meat

October 19, 2010

The location was a closely guarded secret, the small guest list carefully canvassed and the topic discussed in hushed tones whilst surreptitiously checking for eavesdroppers. All the secrecy is for good reason as I was invited to a private 4 course dinner and the star ingredient is a topical and controversial one. On the menu [...]

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The tastiest lasagne recipe ever

August 4, 2010

Sometimes, on long drives, we play games to amuse ourselves and keep the driver alert. One game we played on a long drive with friends DanW and Katie, was “identify five foods you’d take to a deserted island“. My intention was to simply identify the 5 foods you couldn’t ever live without. The brief sounds [...]

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Nonno’s gnocchi with pork and veal sugo

August 2, 2009

About a month ago, the Co-pilot and I engaged in an extensive gnocchi making session under the guidance of our Nonno. This resulted in a gnocchi dish with sauteed prawns and sage burnt butter – a recreation of Alex Herbert’s recipe shown on Masterchef. Delicious and satisfying though it was, it wasn’t quite what Nonno [...]

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Something different: homemade gnocchi

June 15, 2009

A few weeks ago we saw Chef Alex Herbert of Bird Cow Fish make her famous potato gnocchi with sauteed prawns in a burnt butter sauce on the Masterchef celebrity challenge against Masterchef contestant Chris. It looked delicious and we were reminded that it had been too long since the co-pilot and I had made [...]

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Hearty fare at North Bondi Italian

March 21, 2009

We’ve been meaning to try North Bondi Italian for a while now, but for one reason or another haven’t found the time to make it there. A few weeks ago the perfect opportunity presented itself when the co-pilot had to choose a venue to celebrate his mum’s birthday. We went for a lovely late afternoon [...]

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Pizza challenge! And in third place: Pizza Mario

February 19, 2009

The third stop in the pizza challenge was one I’ve been looking forward to. I haven’t been to Pizza Mario in ages and certainly definitely not since they moved to the new St Margaret’s complex location. I blogged about Napoli certified pizzas in an earlier post, and Pizza Mario is the only pizzeria in Australia [...]

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Pizza challenge! Second contender: Hugos

February 9, 2009

The second pizza challenge contender is one I’ve visited only recently – Hugos Bar Pizza. After the first Hugos experience, I had already decided I needed to try other pizzas to really assess the pizza quality properly and do it justice. An opportune moment presented itself when friends decided to catch up for a celebration [...]

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The pizza challenge! First stop: Pizza e Birra

February 6, 2009

After my earlier post: “The world’s best pizza“, I’ve been frequenting a few reputable pizza joints of late, with the intention of identifying my favourite pizza place in Sydney. It’s about time I started writing up my observations to date, so the first pizza joint that went under the microscope was Pizza e Birra. After [...]

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Amalfi Dreams at Da Gianni Trattotoria

January 21, 2009

Last night a girlfriend and I had tickets to a gig at the Enmore Theatre so I decided to choose dinner at a restaurant in the nearby area. I decided on the southern Italian cuisine at Da Gianni Trattoria in Annandale. It scored 14/20 in the 2009 SMH Good Food Guide so it was a [...]