The French Film Festival in Sydney has just a few days left to catch some of the best French movies of the year. Pair your film with a meal at Atelier, located at the Sofitel Darling Harbour hotel, the official accommodation partner of the festival. Atelier has plush leather banquettes and an open kitchen, as well as a menu full of classics and a dessert menu worth exploring ..read more

Hot Cross Buns are usually a sweet Easter time snack. But hear me out - how about bacon and cheese hot cross buns! These soft, fluffy bakery style buns are for savoury bread lovers and have the signature cross on top but are also filled with plenty of bacon and cheese. Fill them with a fried egg for the perfect Easter treat! This is a pushy recipe Dear Reader ..read more

This wholesome curried legume soup uses borlotti beans and lentils for a richly flavoured, chunky soup full of goodness! With a tomato base and added celery, zucchini and carrots this is a nourishing and wholesome soup for lunch or dinner that is cost-effective and delicious ..read more

Limes are in season at the moment and what better way to make the most of this tangy, zingy fruit is to make them into savoury and sweet dishes! Today I have the top 5 savoury lime recipes on the blog. There's a wonderfully tender Vietnamese lamb shoulder with lime and mint, a 3 citrus ceviche, a lime and chilli butter roast chicken, crab curry with coconut and lime and a 5 minute lime and chilli hummus ..read more

Cafe Crop is an outdoor cafe right next to Strathfield train station. If you're suffering with this extended summer heat they serve up the best antidote: bingsu or shaved ice. But their presentation is...well unlike any other shave ice ..read more

The Portuguese Madeira Club in Marrickville is a cultural institution. Founded in 1968 this hidden gem offers an authentic experience of Portuguese culture, with its food, wine and music all in a simple but comfortable setting. The club is hidden away, located down a street in a light industrial part of Marrickville ..read more

These cannellini bean chips are a revelation! If you love crispy, chunky fries or chips then give these chips a try! They're ridiculously moreish and crunchy golden. These chips are made using a humble tin of cannellini beans and risoni that is cooked together and then sliced up, fried and then topped with grated parmesan and truffle mayonnaise. They taste like they came from a restaurant. This is a pushy recipe Dear Reader ..read more

As summer lingers a bit longer and tomatoes are still sweet, try these 5 cherry tomato pasta recipes! Cherry tomatoes are perfect to accompany pasta and here are some recipes that pair them. There's a caprese spaghetti with burrata, a pasta shell bake, nduja corkscrew pasta with a roasted cherry tomato sauce, classic tomato crab spaghetti and of course the TikTok uunifeta pasta (but an upgrade ..read more

Ever since my first visit to Honolulu I have been fascinated by the The Cheesecake Factory. Every time you walk past the restaurant in Waikiki, no matter what the time of the day or night, there's a huge queue of people waiting to get in. So what is the big deal about The Cheesecake Factory? Why is it so popular? What is the food like? Is there anything apart from cheesecake? And does Penny from The Big Bang Theory work there ..read more

There's something new happening at Nobu Sydney: breakfast and brunch is now being served. Nobu Sydney at Crown Sydney is the first and only Nobu restaurant in Australia to offer a breakfast menu. This was created in collaboration with Nobu's founder Chef Nobu Matsuhisa. The Sunday breakfast can be booked ahead of time and is available to everyone, from in-house guests to the general public. So what is on the Nobu breakfast menu ..read more