It’s a Standard thing – Meatpacking, NYC

20 January 2012 Bars + Pubs
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Within a couple of days of staying in Manhattan we found ourselves walking the High Line as many tourists tend to do on any visit to New York. It’s a great way to escape the traffic and meander above the streets, especially in the morning when there are less humans jossling for their own piece [...]

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Shoofly pie with pecans + white cherries

18 January 2012 American
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It’s pretty ironic that a fly should land on my arm whilst rolling out the pastry for this pie, quickly buzzing away when I said words a little more harsh than shoo.  I mean, really, who says shoo in this day and age other than your nanna or some stressed-out Amish woman freaking out because flies keep landing on [...]

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Restaurant Atelier – Glebe

16 January 2012 French
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Those that follow me on twitter may recall a question I put out there recently, asking for suggestions on an Inner West byo restaurant that was suitable for a 50th birthday dinner. Nothing too cheap, nothing over the top. I took all of the suggestions on board but the one that stood out from the [...]

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The Spotted Pig – West Village, NYC

13 January 2012 Bars + Pubs
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A one-star Michelin rated gastro pub in Manhattan that has a burger ranked in America’s top 25? Is that enough reason to poke your snout in and take a gander? Well, of course! The West Village has many little treasures, as does the entire island, but if you’re in New York for less than 48 hours you [...]

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Frangelico bread puddings + blackcurrants

11 January 2012 Dessert
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The good old bread pudding started it’s life sometime in the early 17th century as a means of using up stale bits of bread, first steamed with either meat or fruit and then baked. As more luxurious ingredients such as sugar, eggs, milk and butter became available the bread and butter pudding was born. These days [...]

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Reuben Hills – Surry Hills

9 January 2012 Breakfast/Brunch
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OK Surry Hills, when is it gonna stop? Does a single month pass without a new eatery opening? Isn’t your cup full already? As soon as a new place opens, even before anyone can step foot on the polished concrete in that new conversion, the urbanites swoop without fail. This town has constant cravings for [...]

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Fette Sau – Williamsburg, NY

6 January 2012 American
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What is it about eating copious amounts of meat that makes you want to just lay back, rub your belly and sink into a post-protein coma? After our lunch at this Williamsburg institution I wanted to do just that and anyone craving that glorious bbq flesh is bound to feel like a fette sau themselves [...]

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Smotani govedina – rolled beef

4 January 2012 Croatian
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This is a dish that clutches to my vague memory of being a youngster obediently sitting with mum, dad and siblings chowing on simple Croatian stodge after a hard day at school. A recent phone conversation with my mother, it’s often about food, somehow dwelled on this particular dish that I only remembered having after I made [...]

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