Recipes

Venison jerky is a delicious and healthy snack that is high in protein and low in fat. It is also a great way to use up any extra venison that you may have from hunting. In this version, we used some Jarritos Mandarin to make a truly delicious and unique Venison Jerky. Smoked Jarritos Mandarin Venison Jerky We love making jerky at home. It allows you to control the ingredients and seasonings, resulting in a truly unique and personalized flavor. Additionally, making your own jerky can save you money compared to purchasing pre-made jerky at a store. Overall, venison jerky...

Everyone’s loco for kamaboko! It’s time once again for our most gluttonous of writers to put their tongues to the test and see if a career of food reviews has given them palettes fit for kings or left them with the taste buds of lowly paupers. To do this we will once again hold a Gourmet Writers’ Rating Check in which each writer must blindly taste two of the same foods and determine which one is considerably more expensive than the other. At the end of last year, eight members of our team took on Christmas cake and only half...

 I was asked by a reader this weekend if I'd share my small repertoire of lettuce free salads.  I will happily do so.  I don't know why I haven't shared these before!  They are all quite good.  One or two of these I haven't served at home just yet.  But I have tasted them and know that they are really good.  I won't share something I don't know to be really good!Kidney Bean salad.  I found this salad featured in a Better Homes and Gardens Budget Dinners book that I'd picked up.  I tried several recipes from the book, most of which...

Another day, another longtime Victoria restaurant going out of business. Old Vic Fish and Chips restaurant has announced that it will be shutting down at the end of January after 90 years of serving the community. The official date of the closure will be Jan. 28. “We are sorry to make this post,” the company said on Facebook. “This was a really hard decision for the current owners … We will be closed permanently at this location. We truly appreciate our customers enjoying our food and your kind smiles to our staffs will be remembered. We will keep updating if...

What happens when you give a world-class Japanese chef free rein to cook his favourite dishes for you while you sit and watch him in his kitchen? Welcome to omakase at Besuto Sydney. Stepping from the small lift secreted in a laneway courtyard not 200m from Circular Quay, we find ourselves in the Zen garden of Besuto’s reception. The tinkle of the tsukubai bamboo waterfall into its stone basin plays in our ears heralding the beginning of this omakase experience. We pass through a doorway half concealed by a traditional noren curtain into the dining room. Through the muted jazz...