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December 7, 2019

Amanda Mapp

Wednesday before last I was at Three Blue Ducks Brisbane with the very cute @markthreeblueducks and a whole heap of fab bloggers. Talk about an epic Wednesday! Three Blue Ducks was just named one of Marriott Bonvoy's top 52 restaurants in the Asia Pacific. To celebrate...

Party Wine - Be a generous host without breaking the bank

October 12, 2019

Although BYO is the most popular form of 'gatho' nowadays, there's nothing nicer than supplying a bit of plonk to get the party started. Trying to cater for everyone is impossible, and can be downright expensive. With many 'quaffing' wines sitting aroung the $20 a bo...

Recipe: Banana Choc-Chip Muffins

June 24, 2019

Got a black banana? Just one? What are you going to do with it? Most cakes need two, or three! Hell, I have a recipe that calls for four!

This muffin recipe is a quick, easy, delicious user of your lonely, overripe banana.

It's another brilliant one I'm sharing (without...

Heritij @ Brisbane Quarter

May 24, 2019

Brisbane Foodie.

On Wednesday evening last week, Dylan and I enjoyed a three-course extravaganza at Heritij Restaurant in Brisbane Quarter. We had been invited to come along to experience all the restaurant had to offer and were intrigued by the ‘fine dining Indian’ concept. As we dr...

Super Jazzed Over Apples

April 11, 2019

Brisbane Foodie.

Apple season is upon us! I was lucky enough to attend a cocktail party celebrating the season’s harvest at Three Blue Ducks in Brisbane Quarter at the end of March. The focus was specifically on JAZZ apples: characteristics, the history, the growers and the green groce...

Cookbook Review: Culinary Quickies with Mel Alafici

March 31, 2019

Amanda Mapp

Chef Mel Alafici runs the vibrant Vanilla Zulu Cooking School in Teneriffe.

I was lucky enough to do a cooking class there in September last year and loved everything about it: you can read about it here.

In late February, a girlfriend and I went along to the launch of M...

How To Make Lemon Butter without Butter!

February 14, 2019

Brisbane Foodie

This morning I ran out of butter.

Sound the alarm!

I was in the middle of a practice run of Nigella's famous Lemon Pavlova for the weekend.

Well, it would all come to naught without the curd!!

So I did what any self-respecting foodie would do, and I made it without butter...

Recipe: Maureen Simpson's Banana Pancakes

November 11, 2018

Brisbane Foodie

We have Maureen Simpson (Cooking at weekends, printed by the ABC in 1992) to thank for this recipe, and also my Mum for introducing me to it. The re-publishing of this recipe on my blog has been literally years in the making: approximately five times a year I ask Mum...

La Bomba Cafe and Tapas Bar - Seven Hills

October 10, 2018

Brisbane Foodie.

I love where we live. Shailer Park – a leafy surburban area 30k south of Brissie with lots of lovely walking trails, good access to shops and all the major highways are merely minutes away.

One thing we’re missing in our suburb, and in lots of Logan suburbs, is walking...

Vanilla Zulu Cooking School - Brisbane

September 28, 2018

Amanda Mapp

Mel Alafaci is the owner and executive chef at Vanilla Zulu Culinary Adventures in Teneriffe. The name ‘Vanilla Zulu’ pays homage to Mel’s South African heritage: she emigrated from Durban in 2008. The vibrant cooking school offers twenty (see here) varieties of class...

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