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Ann Oliver
food editor and publisher
web site last updated Monday May 18, 2013…today a fabulous new Autumn salad recipe using astringent persimmons…please click here
this week 18 May, 2013…Champagne Editor Kaaren Palmer reviews dinner by Heston Blumenthal…please click here to read her review.
May 14…“Iam still mulling over NOMA and The Fat Duck, both so amazing in their very individual ways. We are sitting in the amazing St. Pancras Station Hotel, in what was
formerly the booking office. Ordering a half of Louis Roederer. It just
arrived, room temp, we have told them off.
Tonight, we are dining in the Gilbert Scott Restaurant Kevin’s choice,
Kevin’s part of the holiday. It’s a Marcus Wareing in a grand part of
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original Midland Hotel. Anyway, the whole place is one of London’s
“finest restored buildings”. We agree!” Kaaren Palmer
last week it’s finally here our eclectic New York list…please click here to read Helen Stephan’s fabulous restaurant crawl in the Flatiron district and for dozens of other great suggestions…please click here.
A very grateful thanks to Helen Stephan, an Australian living in New York for her huge and continuing contribution and Olivia Stratton, Lily Lane, Beverly Phillips, Christopher Menz, Matthew Muggleton, Anne Marie Shin and Milton Wordley for sharing their little New York secrets because this list is the sum of their experience and passion.
last week…champagne news from Kaaren Palmer…please
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in the past couple of weeks not a lot as we are just flat chat…Champagne editor Kaaren Palmer is travelling in Europe and just been to Noma for dinner (for the second time) and her email is full of praise…“divine, delicious, amazing, consistent and we must also note former South Australian James Spreadbury is now maitre dé” woo hoo!!!
added to Barcelona… Foods of Spain give a great run down on Tapas in the San Sebastian region click here to read the full article about tapas and Olivia Stratton’s guide to Barcelona. Foods of Spain is a Spanish government initiative to promote Spanish culture and cuisine and over the years we have found it a very reliable source of information…AO March 26, 2013
couple of weeks ago…easter things to bake and to do, the Barossa Vintage Festival…we tease you with an insight into Helen Stephan’s New York which we will launch in the coming week, we share our crème caramel recipe and much more!
a dash of international some fabulous pics from the 100th Tanunda Show with kind permission of photographer Dragan Radocaj www.draganradocaj.com
and some news of friends far and wide and some great content coming up shortly.
Kaaren Palmer has totally revamped where to drink Champagne in Adelaide…please CLICK HERE
It’s the preserving season with so much to be done there isn’t a minute to spare. Our dill gherkins are finished, not quite as good as last year, but still pretty delicious and this week we’re on to sauce…please CLICK HERE to go to our tried and true recipe. Next week it will be prawn and shrimp sambal, glacé chilli and maybe some toffee pears.
previous…an eclectic list this week from Kaaren Palmer reviewing Providence Los Angeles, the start of the 2013 South Australian vintage and much more!
february…Kaaren Palmer’s letter from LA…CLICK HERE, the best of Melbourne and a lot of South Australia where so much fantastic seasonal produce can be found!
an excellent find, good old-style Italian great wine list...click on the image
from scratch pop-up Leigh Street Fridays and Adelaide Showgrounds Market Sundays...click on the link
to read more from Kaaren Palmer in Los Angeles click on the image 
worth the effort, add some good mayonnaise, add some of Greg Malouf's pide bread baked as a loaf..fresh butter, iceberg lettuce seas salt and white pepper few drops white wine vinegar..click on the image
dramatically herbaceous and savoury, mixed with Fever Tree tonic, decent ice that doesn't stink of chlorine and half a crushed lime...heavenly!!! click on the image
all in season now Patlin Gardens this Sunday Adelaide Showgrounds Farmers' Market...the tops make delicious eating...click on the image
an ecclectic mix of our favourites...click on the image
steam add butter, salt, pepper, garlic, chilli..or click on the image for more great ideas
where....corner Leigh Street and southern side of Hindley Street Adelaide..delicious!!
end of january…well, it was the Australia Day weekend!
to see and read about sauchin 2011 and our estages please
CLICK HERE
2012 was spent contemplating how best to move our efforts in China forward and how we can bring more young Chinese hospitality professionals to South Australia (and Australia) to experience the Australian way first hand. This is an inexpensive concept that creates long–term friendships and loyalties. So…expect to hear more from us this year!
the great southern rocklobster…crayfish to us, is in season
Why, we don’t understand, but despite the fact it is highly prized by chefs all over the world, it is disappointingly, hard to find on menus
throughout Australia. For some terrific recipes click on the images below.
left……Southern Rocklobster and Truffle Ravioli, Rocklobster Sauce, Passionfruit Vinaigrette and Caviar (also on our menu for sauchin 2011) and right, Vanilla Cold Roll with Southern Rocklobster and Porcini Salad
images and recipes © copyright Ann Oliver 2013
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white bait wrapped in pancetta with a good lime mayonnaise...de'bloody..vine!
and use all your bits and pieces!
solution for non organic is white oil...anyone got an organic solution!!!
go early, sambal eggs, rice and gravy is a Malaysian memory relived!
at the Spanish deli el choto Port Road
good bread, loads of butter, ham and cheese...yumbo!
and Croydon store makes excellent coffee
is excellent at our favourites...check out $20 in the Adelaide guide
savoury or sweet everyone loves them!
shatter pack freeze them for later in the year!
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Lily Wang with food editor Ann Oliver, Shanghai
when you can have a glass of wine, some bread, sliced meats and condiments.....Lucia's Adelaide Central Markets
KIS KIF rice, Cleland Gully free range egg (that don't stink like rotten fish), my chilli white sesame, herbs and greens from my tiny garden
bury it in some good compost and you'll have enough chilli plants to give to everyone you know
we like a lot...not too many rules and a great Champagne list
Cannibals and yes you guessed it no place for a vegetarian!!!
special membership for the dining room at MOMA..a very cool thing to do!
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true KIS KIF cinnamon spiced tomatoes with okra...we'll be featuring recipes with okra after Easter
Champagne editor Kaaren Palmer is travelling in Europe for three months expect some great new stories
the New York list kicks off later this week....with Helen Stephan's Flatiron neighbourhood crawl...expect the unexpected
fabulous farmers' markets....image courtesy Christine Baker
we're sick of chillies....Olive's chilli sambal
no Lucia's Fine Foods Adelaide Central Markets has been given a revamp and we like a lot!!! Bring on the liquor license!
be prepared to start and start again until you get it right...Paul Prudhomme's black roux
and downunder every ingredient is now in season
butter, smoked salmon, horseradish cream, a little red onion...bliss!
love the name and as you might expect no place for vegetarians....just one of many recommendations from Helen Stephan...image from their web site
from our friend Christopher Menz a New York must do! ...image from their web site
from our international contributor Olivia Stratton...image from their web site
one of Australia's best Champagne lists
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that absorbs the Barossa, footy is also pretty important!!!
where local home cooks show professional cooks a thing or two about dishing up some scrumptious grub
check out the demographics..so much hope for the future of food
the winner of the traditional German cake
if like us you miss the sublime cooking of Ali Cribb and Michael expect some news of their New Zealand venture soon
fresh preservative free cream and full cream milk from Jersey Dairy..recipe next week!!!
of course we are..but we all know we are blessed to have such fab produce!
Patlin Gardens jumbo olives, roasted and peeled red capsicums, Food Forest zucchini flowers and gorgeous SA squid
make sure you put them in EV olive oil and in sterilised jars and seal with sterilised lids
but the Australian lamb cutlet remains a heavenly treat....!
but we love this city and we'll be sharing the best with you
Champagne editor Kaaren Palmer is travelling in Europe for three months expect some great new stories
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Lucia's Pizzeria and Espresso Bar Adelaide Central Markets is an Adelaide institution
try this divine Michel Geurard's apple cake..recipe next week
but, since we can no longer guarantee pine nuts we have been using macadamias instead
look for the fountain
how to prepare large octopus
our recipe for silken tofu Sichuan style
corner Leigh Street and HIndley Street opposite the chemist shop
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unsurprisingly a terrific romp with a man who loved life, wine, food and his family and friends in equal proportions...we miss you Lenny! Click on the image for details.
we make our butter a little before the meal and take pleasure in watching our guests slather our bread with butter and return again and again....we'll share the recipe shortly!
Patlin Gardens Adelaide Showgrounds Farmers' Market this Sunday...don't chuck out the tops they are delicious stir fried!
a masterpiece of accumulated learning and book buying..Anne Willan, Mark Cherniavsky and Kyri Clafin
just the right amount of heat, wonderful textural complexity...new on their new menu..click on the image 
Adelaide is loaded with the best vintage at the best prices....
35A Braund Road, Prospect South Australia telephone for trading hours +61 8 8344 4455..no web site!!
according to the maker John Lark 12 botannicals...enjoy taking a punt and if you get it right win a bottle...email your answer to food-editor@galaxyguides.com entries close March 15, 2013
Basically a guide to eating at the best bars in Venice and we've been to quite a few..beautiful and useful, the recipes are a side issue to the information and text
members only and we are taking five new members for 2013..to email Ann Oliver please 
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to read all of Kaaren Palmer's tips click on the image
from the three starred to the locals, to the quirky and the bizarre!
image copyright Joshua Haviv USA
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