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Win 1 of 5 Double Passes to the Organic Expo & Green Show!

Not Quite Nigella — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:00:35 +0000

In August, Sydney will host an Organic Expo and Green Show at Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour. This year’s Organic Expo & Green Show theme is ‘Paddock to Plate’ and offers the chance for us to catch cooking demonstrations by celebrity chefs such as Kylie Kwong and Tobie Puttock as they show how [...]

A Foodlover’s Tour of the South West Markets of NSW!

Not Quite Nigella — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:00:34 +0000

You know you’re a food addict when you will happily spend your birthday at a pig farm. This year when my friend The Second Wife asked me if I would like to come along to a Victor’s Food South West Markets Food Tour I happily accepted knowing that on my birthday I’d be knee deep [...]

The Flying Pig Truck’s Crunchy Tofu Tacos – For Even The Most Hardened Tofu Hater!

Not Quite Nigella — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:00:11 +0000

We don’t see Mr NQN’s family much. A few years ago we’d spend a lot of time with them but nowadays it’s mostly Mr NQN and his younger brother, chick magnet The Assman. They hang out and do boy things. You know sitting quietly, fixing things and having silent manly conversations. Typical boys. They are [...]

Poutine, Smoked Meat, Bagels, La Binerie & Eating Our Way Through Montreal, Canada!

Not Quite Nigella — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:00:25 +0000

There’s nothing quite like a limo ride. And there’s only one thing better than a limo pick up and that’s a pick up in a stretch limousine. If you have guessed that our next destination after L.A.’s In N Out Burger was Canada then great work! And if you guessed Montreal then you are absolutely [...]

The Tea Room’s Fabulous Scone Recipe!

Not Quite Nigella — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:00:27 +0000

I’m an Afternoon Tea girl since forever. My High School friends and I would occasionally do afternoon tea during weekends desperate to play grown up. Wearing makeup, high heels, shopping and acting grown up high on high tea was the ultimate teenage weekend day for us. Bear in mind that I grew up in the [...]

Corner 75 Hungarian Restaurant, Randwick

Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:00:52 +0000

Last year towards the end of Winter I rang Corner 75 to make a booking. Being that it was on a Saturday night, they were fully booked and it was with a sense of sadness that I realised that it would be another year until I could make another booking. You see I love the [...]

Pie & A Pint: Bungalow 8, King Street Wharf, Sydney

Not Quite Nigella — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:00:40 +0000

Mr NQN deserves an Olympic sized medal for supporting me and the blog sometimes. He’s always there, helping me make the blog better, giving me kooky suggestions and building fantastic programs to help me to quickly process and upload the endless photos that accompany a blog post. So when I invited to try out the [...]

To Market, To Market, July 2010

Not Quite Nigella — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:00:13 +0000

Dear Lovelies! It has been a little while since I had a To Market To Market but have I got a grand selection for you! The lovely people at these companies agreed to send out a pack of these items to some lucky Not Quite Nigella readers so that you too can [...]

Flying Fish Lunch with Peter Kuruvita, Pyrmont

Not Quite Nigella — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:00:01 +0000

Many years ago, my friend Teena was always late for dinners. She’d be 30 minutes to about an hour late and Gina and I got so tired of it we hatched a plot to ensure that she never did it again. We knew that she wasn’t deliberately doing it, she was a considerate friend apart [...]

Quincy Jones’s 8 Hour Thriller Ribs

Not Quite Nigella — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:00:54 +0000

There are a couple of things that I’ve learnt in life: 1. Never look in a magnifying mirror unless you want to make a good day turn bad. 2. Meat tastes better on the bone. I’m sure I know more but the sight of my reflection in a magnifying mirror has scared the bejeezus out of me [...]