The slightly eccentric eating, cooking and travel adventures of a Sydney girl who loves cakes, cooking, Nigella Lawson and eating. She eats, breathes and dreams food and indeed will never get cable TV as she'd quit working and watch the Food Channel all day long.https://www.notquitenigella.com/Copyright 2007-2026 all rights reservedThis Sicilian Sweet and Sour Chicken is an easy Italian chicken recipe cooked in a delicious agrodolce sauce. The result is tender chicken in a deliciously balanced sweet, sour and savoury sauce. It takes just 10 minutes prep and then the stovetop does most of the work. Perfect for an easy family dinner!https://www.notquitenigella.com/sicilian-sweet-sour-chicken/ Pizza meets garlic bread in this ridiculously easy Pizza Garlic Bread! Crunchy garlic butter bread is topped with pizza sauce, mozzarella, pepperoni, red onion and olives, then finished with a drizzle of hot honey. It takes just 5 minutes to prepare and 10 minutes to bake.https://www.notquitenigella.com/pizza-garlic-bread/ Marlowe is a South Brisbane restaurant located on the corner of Merivale Street and Fish Lane in the Old Merivale flats. It is located in a heritage listed Art Deco 1938 apartment block and was converted into the restaurant Marlowe in 2025. Come along and have a look at this very unique restaurant renovation and see what the food is like.https://www.notquitenigella.com/marlowe-brisbane/ Hello my little ghouls! If you've got brains on the menu this Halloween, I've got five deliciously gruesome ideas for you. There's a giant sushi brain, a wobbly bloody panna cotta, cupcakes hiding strawberry jam blood clots, chewy popcorn brains and little chocolate brains filled with peanut butter. Whether you're feeding a hungry zombie or just your friends, these will give them something to scream about!https://www.notquitenigella.com/top-5-halloween-brain-recipes/ Goldie's is a popular Inner West neighbourhood cafe in Dulwich Hill. Their secret weapons are the owners and chefs who have worked at creative, upscale restaurants like Bloodwood in Newtown. That means the offerings are a cut above and many things are made from scratch including their house cured salmon and sauces.https://www.notquitenigella.com/goldies-dulwich-hill/ These Halloween Strawberry Witch Broomsticks are such a cute and easy Halloween treat! Fresh strawberries are dipped in dark chocolate, then decorated with chocolate broom bristles, a little Caramilk and a pretzel or chocolate stick handle. They only need a few ingredients and are ready in around 25 minutes plus chilling!https://www.notquitenigella.com/halloween-chocolate-covered-strawberries-broomsticks/ Kurrajong Hotel has had a completely new revamp and one of the cornerstones is the Park Street Bistro by former MasterChef judge George Calombaris. It's the first Sydney project for his new hospitality group. So what is it like? We take a look after the renovation and the new menu.https://www.notquitenigella.com/park-street-bistro-erskineville/ These homemade pumpkin ravioli are silky, tender little pasta parcels filled with a delicious roasted pumpkin filling. I'll show you how to make ravioli from scratch with an easy pasta dough, plus tips for filling, sealing, freezing and cooking your ravioli.https://www.notquitenigella.com/pumpkin-ravioli/ This creamy asparagus soup is made without cream and ready in just 20 minutes. This soup is smooth and velvety with a secret ingredient to balance the bitterness of asparagus and makes the flavour pop. You can use fresh or tinned asparagus, including woody asparagus ends, making this an easy, delicious low-waste soup.https://www.notquitenigella.com/asparagus-soup/ Looking for a quieter, more tranquil stay in Melbourne far from the hustle and bustle of the centre of Melbourne? We try out the Courtyard by Marriott Melbourne Flagstaff Gardens in West Melbourne, on the fringe of the city centre and see what this hotel has to offer including their "Market to Garden Picnic Experience".https://www.notquitenigella.com/courtyard-by-marriott-melbourne-flagstaff-gardens/ Halloween food should make you laugh, gasp and then immediately reach for a cracker! These five Halloween dips range from gloriously gruesome slime and a haunted graveyard to bubbling cheese baked inside a pumpkin. They are easy to serve at a party, wonderfully creepy to look at and, most importantly, absolutely delicious to eat!https://www.notquitenigella.com/top-5-halloween-dip-recipes/ Golden Tree Bistro is a Chinese restaurant in Ultimo serving up hard to find but delicious Guizhou cuisine. The restaurant is hidden away above a convenience store. With well priced but bold and tasty regional Chinese dishes, find out why it is so popular.https://www.notquitenigella.com/golden-tree-bistro-ultimo/ This Halloween Ghost Focaccia is a spooky twist on homemade focaccia! The fluffy black focaccia is naturally coloured with edible charcoal powder and topped with adorable daikon ghosts, each with its own expression. This no knead focaccia is surprisingly easy to make and is perfect for Halloween parties, sandwiches or serving with dips. Includes tips for getting a crispy bottom and light, fluffy focaccia, plus a sourdough option.https://www.notquitenigella.com/halloween-ghost-focaccia/ Zanobia brings fine dining Levantine cuisine to Barangaroo. The restaurant is slightly hidden away on the first floor of One International Towers Sydney in Barangaroo with views of the water. The menu features opulent spins like caviar hummus, wagyu and black truffle hummus and lobster. Come and take a look inside.https://www.notquitenigella.com/zanobia-barangaroo/ This blood orange cake is soft, moist and packed with fresh blood orange juice and zest, then topped with a naturally pink blood orange buttercream. I'll also show you how to extend blood orange season so you can make this cake all year round. It's an easy seasonal cake that keeps beautifully moist for days.https://www.notquitenigella.com/blood-orange-recipe-cake/ This easy chicken larb recipe is ready in just 15 minutes and is packed with lime, fish sauce, chilli, fresh mint and coriander. The secret is homemade roasted rice powder, which adds a wonderful nutty, toasted flavour and texture. Great for a high protein low effort dinner!https://www.notquitenigella.com/larb-recipe/ Lucia is the brand new restaurant at Roche Estate in Pokolbin in the heart of the Hunter Valley. The concept and menu were inspired by leisurely Italian lunches with local wine and cocktails. It also caters for those wanting light bar snacks or something small. Come and take a look at the stunning new space and see what the food is like.https://www.notquitenigella.com/lucia-roche-estate/ Everyone wants to eat more fish and it's always an occasion when you bake a whole fish. I've got 5 spectacular ways to serve up baked fish from a tandoori glazed fish, a spicy paper bag fish, a salt baked fish, a sweet and sour whole fish and a whole side of salmon tarator style!https://www.notquitenigella.com/top-5-whole-baked-fish-recipes/ Pizza Studio Tamaki is a pizza restaurant chain that originated in Tokyo. The first branch opened in Higashi-Azabu by Chef Tsubasa Tamaki in 2017. Since then it has opened branches all over the world including New York's East Village, Singapore and Indonesia. Australia's first branch opened in May 2026 in Sydney. Find out what makes this Japanese pizza restaurant different.https://www.notquitenigella.com/pizza-studio-tamaki/ Make your own Halloween advent calendar with this easy haunted house craft and baking project! A wooden Christmas advent calendar is transformed with black spray paint, fake cobwebs and tiny spiders, then filled with Halloween lollies, trinkets and homemade mini cookies. It's a low-effort Halloween craft that adults and kids can enjoy, with ideas for keeping homemade treats fresh inside the drawers.https://www.notquitenigella.com/halloween-advent-calendar/