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Queen vanilla paste

Anyone who loves to bake will also love vanilla, and Australia has one of the world’s best vanilla companies – Queen. You can find a range of their vanillas, flavourings and decorating gear in the shops, but my favourite product is definitely the vanilla paste

Gold Coast Food and Wine Expo 2012

The Gold Coast Food and Wine Expo is one of the great foodie events in south-east Queensland. If you’re after my recipe from the show, follow the links here.

the courage to be amazing

For all the challenges that each of us face in our lives, always remember that somewhere close by somebody else is doing it tougher and more courageously than any of us…and so I was lucky to meet Levi.

AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST MORNING TEA

Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea is a great way to raise money for Cancer Council Australia.

ALLSPICE

The many variations of Allspice.

ALMONDS

We call them nuts, but they’re actually a seed. The seed of a leathery sage-coloured plum.

Apricots

There are a range of apricot varieties that will appear across late Spring and into Summer, but always choose deep-orange fruit with an obvious perfume.

AQUACULTURE

For the record, I am a big supporter of fish farming. It is a necessary industry in which Australians have initiated world’s best practice.

ARTICHOKES

Who’d have thought I’d be so vogue?

ASPARAGUS

Asparagus is the undeveloped shoot of a fern-like plant that, once mature, produces a fine frond and red berries.

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