The Secret of Risotto

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Valentina Harris 100 Great Risottos

“It must make a wave.  It must ripple like the sea touched by gentle breezes. Watch the wave or else it isn’t risotto.”
This is how the Italian cookery writer Valentina Harris, at the age of four, learned to make risotto from Beppino, a chef at one of Milan’s top restaurants.
“With immense patience, he would explain [...]

Banksktown Bites

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Steaming bowls of Pho soup, Pho An

It’s 4pm on a wet winter afternoon and we’ve taken refuge inside the lively Café Nho in Bankstown City Plaza.
The place is packed with locals and school kids sipping on coffee and tropical fruit smoothies.
The range available, listed on the bright lime green wall behind the counter, tells a story – choose from avocado, durian, [...]

Christmas in July

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Christmas Table

Winter magic is a reality in the Blue Mountains, NSW, at this time of the year. The crisp clear mountain air is intoxicating, the views breathtaking, and for city slickers like me the lure of a log fire is irresistible.
Sitting atop a hill high above Katoomba stands the Mountain Heritage Hotel & Spa, a [...]

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