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A freelance food writer, Melissa has written for The Good Food Shopping Guide 2011, SMH Everyday Eats Guide 2011, Time Out Sydney, Daily Addict, judged the City Search Best in the City for Sydney and hosts The Friday Delicious on FBi Radio. Also a food media consultant, she has worked with clients like Jared Ingersoll and Adriano Zumbo.
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Prawns and how to pick ‘em.

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Food inspired by Vivid Festival at Sydney Operahouse.

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Mother’s Day Guide to Sydney 2011

little sheep, small bars

We’ve covered small bars before, and it’s not a concept…but they’re just so darn cute, and great ones seem to be popping up everywhere in Sydney lately:


121 BC (as covered by me in…
Vale, Elizabeth Taylor

Vale, Elizabeth Taylor

seriously good restaurant desserts

Everybody knows (especially women) that a great meal out at restaurant isn’t complete without dessert. It just wouldn’t be right. And, from a gastronomic point of view, it balances the palate and…

6 hour beef rendang



Like many classic dishes from The Straits that my mother cooked when I was a kid, I’ve been putting off cooking beef rendang for years because I was paranoid about not being able…

Oh Dita.

Oh Dita.