Belvedere Stonemill’s Passatelli recipe
Burleigh Heads’ latest dining addition is owned by husband and wife team Chef Fabio Rocco Ricciardo and his wife Federica Scalambra. Former chef to Ferrari’s Formula 1 team for three years, Fabio left the circuit to move to our shores, opening Belvedere Stonemill on the ground level of the Swell building. Hailing from Modena and […]
Corn and Zucchini Fritters Recipe, The Shack Café Mudgeeraba
There’s nothing like a local coffee shop to make you feel at home. You know the sort of place, where you’re greeted by name and the barista says, “Want your usual?” You start chatting about the weather, footy, kids…anything you have in common… Local cafés have become a meeting place where coffee culture meets social […]
Pancakes for Shrove Tuesday
One of Easter’s celebration days, Shrove Tuesday, celebrated this year on 5 March, has unusual beginnings. Also known as Pancake Day, it began as a way to use up the luxury ingredients in the household ready for people to fast during Lent. Eggs and milk (prized items in poorer times) combined with some flour make […]
Zeus Street Greek’s Tzatziki recipe
If you dream of holidays in the Mediterranean, there’s probably a little restaurant beside that azure sea serving delicious Greek food and wine: succulent flame-grilled lamb and seafood, great flatbread and delicious dips. The team at Zeus Street Greek brings traditional Greek food with a modern twist to the Gold Coast, their new outlet in […]
Shitake mushroom and asparagus nori rolls
Many years ago, one of my dinner party recipes was a nori-lined spring roll stuffed with marron we’d caught while visiting a local dam, the heads poking out of the end of the spring roll for presentation. It’s an recipe easily adapted to prawns and asparagus or, in this case, to shitake mushrooms and asparagus […]