National food news & reviews
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Providoor launches in Sydney, with delivery available from tonight. delicious.
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Melbourne’s restaurateurs give lockdown advice to Sydney’s hospitality industry. Gourmet Traveller
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Seven Seasons: the Indigenous company creating new drinks with old flavours. Bars & Clubs
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Melbourne public housing residents celebrate their community strength and resilience in a lockdown-inspired cookbook. The Guardian
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Quintessentially HunVal: Terry Durack reviews EXP. Good Food
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Brick Lane Brewing scales up. Brews News
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Australia’s 2021 grape harvest is named the ‘unicorn’ of vintages. Good Food
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Homemade mortadella might just be the ultimate iso-activity. Broadsheet Along with a few other cooking projects to keep you occupied. Concrete Playground
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Gemima Cody reviews Vue de Monde, and it lives up to the price. Good Food
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Vivid is rescheduled. The Urban List
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Sydney bakeries get innovative. Good Food
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Pub veteran Arthur Laundy buys Redfern’s The Woolpack, partnering with Glorietta’s Aaron Crinis. The Sydney Morning Herald
International news
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The real Anthony Bourdain remains a mystery despite the newly premiered documentary, Roadrunner. The New Yorker
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The constant reinvention of no recipe recipes. Eater
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Small restaurants unionise in the US. The New York Times
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German startup, Gourmey, is creating a lab-grown foie gras. Fine Dining Lovers
The Cru’s isolation inspiration
It looks like we’re in this for the long run, friends. So if it’s any consolation, here’s some of the ways we’re keeping occupied through lockdown.
What we’re eating/drinking:
Oen, The Bastard, C2 and friends from Bruny Island Cheese Co (p.s. they have a lockdown discount)
Ben Shewry’s famous cheesecake from the Attica Bake Shop
Lemon smash potatoes
NOMAD’s pre-batched negronis
Next level mushroom risotto
Yellow’s famed licorice bread from the Bentley Group Market
Fratelli Paradiso‘s tortellini in brodo
Pesto, zucchini and asparagus tart
Whole lemon sole from Three Blue Ducks‘ at-home feast
Danielle Alvarez‘s jerusalem artichoke & celeriac soup
Single O parachutes
Loxdown bagels from Kepos Street Kitchen
Mr Niland at Home x David Thompson prawn curry
Friday afternoon Everleigh Bottling Co. martinis
KitKats, daily
What we’re reading:
Classic cookbooks that have a bit of everything, and a lot of comfort dishes,
from Matthew Evans’ The Commons to Karen Martini’s Everyday
Melissa Lucashenko’s Too Much Lip, the darkly hilarious Stella Prize winner
Alice Waters’ We Are What We Eat, A Slow Food Manifesto
What we’re watching/listening to:
David Chang’s interpretation of Remembering Anthony Bourdain on The Dave Chang Show
The trailer for upcoming Julia Child documentary, Julia
Luxe Listings Sydney, because we all need a little reality TV
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 6
And of course, Survivor
