Chocolate, chocolate, and a bunch of other stuff I have to get the first two items out of the way very quickly. You will see why soon. 1. 2009 Gluten Free Food Expo. Good for coeliacs/anyone curious about wheat-free food. The Queensland Coeliac Society holding it. More than 35 exhibitors. Food tasti[...]
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September 10th, 2009 - 7:54 am § in QUICK BITES
Quick Bites: 10 September
Burn, baby, burn: get fired up 1. Make your meat rare. Well, ‘blue’ steak isn’t to everyone’s liking, but luckily Blue September isn’t about that. It’s prostate cancer awareness month, so show your support by holding a BBQ. You can raise funds for the Prostate Can[...]
August 21st, 2009 - 9:06 am § in QUICK BITES
Quick Bites: 22 August
Mixed Bag: a bit o’ this, a bit o’ that, a lot of food Quick Bites on a Saturday? What’s up with that? I swear I had every intention of doing it Friday afternoon. Then I remembered it was Mojito Friday. So that’s what’s up with that. In the spirit of my current state, I[...]
July 31st, 2009 - 2:46 pm § in QUICK BITES
Quick Bites: 31 July
Ambiwerra: more than a mouthful This year’s Ambiwerra festival promises food, wine, and entertainment to sink your teeth into. The name may be hard to say, but you ought to be concerning your mouth with more important things: like food from more than a dozen of Brisbane’s best restaurant[...]
July 9th, 2009 - 1:01 pm § in QUICK BITES
Quick Bites: 10 July
Cheap grub: keep your wallet and tum full 1. Get some iron and save some copper. The Fox, at South Brisbane, is doing $2 Steak Sundays. Yes. TWO-DOLLAR-STEAK. Are they mad? Do they not know the sheer amount of meat-hungry people we have in this town, who will lurk hungrily outside The Fox’s do[...]
June 26th, 2009 - 11:54 am § in QUICK BITES
Quick bites: 26 June
Calendar fillers: ways to chalk up your foodie diary 1. Where do you think young Ally will be this Saturday afternoon? Catching up on chores at home? Prancing around in a field somewhere, enjoying the sunshine? Hell no, fools. She’ll be at the Brisbane Fine Wine Festival at the Mercure. She[...]
June 19th, 2009 - 8:05 am § in QUICK BITES
Quick bites: 19 June
Beat the chill: ways to warm your belly this week 1. Take note from other cold climates and do as the English do: High Tea, dahling. Old Government House re-opened a couple of weeks ago, and has been brought to life with refurbishments, guided tours, and a very awesome High Tea. There’s a litt[...]
June 12th, 2009 - 9:30 am § in QUICK BITES
Quick Bites: June 10
The good, the naughty, and the downright delicious: what’s simmering in Brisbane’s hot pot this week. 1. Have a saintly cake and a cuppa. “But eating cake is always saintly!”, I hear you cry. Well, sure it is. I perform acts of chocolatey saintliness nearly every day. But the[...]