Crema de la Creme… Melbourne’s finest Coffee Hangouts

Melbourne is quite possibly one of the best locations in the entire world when it comes to espresso stye coffee and ‘Melburnians’ consider proximity to a wide section of high quality cafes to be one of their basic human rights. However in the city with the highest number of cafes/population in the entire world, a…

Choosing Cheese

The people who know me know that I am obsessed with cheese; creamy, crumbly, sharp, mild, aromatic, fresh and inoffensive, I love it all. Interestingly enough it hasn’t always been this way, it took a 6 month working holiday in the Savoie region of France for me to gain an appreciation for what this cheese…

KNIVES: The Absolute Basics

So you’ve just been over to your friends house, as your walking through the kitchen a beautiful set of 8-9 knives sits in the knife block or along some magnetic strip on the wall. Chances are that they’ve forked out ($400 + AUD) for a bunch of ‘display knives’, never to really be used or…

Making Your Own Kombucha

Making your own kombucha is super simple, and rewarding. I’m a big fan of the taste and it’s a great introduction to fermentation. The basics can be outlined in some simple steps Aquire a SCOBY Brew sweet tea or infusion (allow to cool!!!) Introduce SCOBY (and the liquid it came in) in to tea, backslop…

A Sourdough Story

From this to this Flour, salt and water I can be a little obsessive. I first made bread in a a commercial kitchen when I was 15, the ritual of arriving early into a quiet kitchen to get the days loaves started had me hooked. The bread itself was a recipe for a fluffy white…

What We Think: 5 Top Melbourne Wine Bars

In Australia, Melbourne is regarded as the number one city for eating out ( full stop if you ask people who live in VIC) in a fun, casual setting. The landscape is dominated by laid back, non-pretentious venues, serving sharing style dishes that are designed to compliment your alcoholic beverage of choice. Often these sought…