When you’re dining at home, you ought to do it in style – Perfect for the one who has everything.

Silver Condiment Sleeves

Prices start from £95. Think of it as haute couture for your ketchup, and your Tabasco has never been hotter.

You can check out his store in London or shop online here.

Theo Fennell
169 Fulham Road
London
SW3 6SP

Recently I purchased from Pastry Perfection: It is an online site who not only offers next day delivery to Sydney CBD, but the delivery fee is also free of charge!

Chocolate bete noir cake

This Bete noir cake is a “Decadent gluten free chocolate cake filled with a rich chocolate ganach and garnished with chocolate straws” and it was simply AMAZING. We normally buy all our cakes from the Lindt Cafes and although this Bete noir cake may not be as pretty and perfect as Lindt, all 9 of us have collectively voted this one better than Lindt.

You should try it two days old, warmed up with a microwave too. We’re not ashamed to admit we love it.

Ease of online shopping? Check. Free delivery? Check. Next day delivery? Check. Gluten free? CHECK! 

Visit: http://www.cakesdelivered.com.au/

“The new Vegemite experience is based on learnings we gathered from more than 300,000 Australians who engaged in our How Do You Like Your Vegemite census. They told us that they wanted a Vegemite that doesn’t require combining it with butter, and one that’s easier to spread,” continued Talbot.

“The new Vegemite experience has been developed with this in mind it offers a completely different eating experience, and has been created for snacking occasions anytime during the day. It is great with celery, carrot sticks or crackers and crisp breads.

“With such a well-loved, iconic brand we wouldn’t create something using the Vegemite name unless we were absolutely sure that Australians would love it and original Vegemite will always remain a family favourite for breakfast,” said Talbot.

The new Vegemite experience will be made in Australia, by Australians.

Australians will be able to have their first taste of the new Vegemite experience from Sunday July 5, with one million samples being distributed across the country from this date.

Source: B&T & Foodweek (Thanks Henny!)

Our US classic … grain-fed beef burger stacked with pickle, diced onion, relish, iceberg lettuce, Swiss cheese & mayo

BITE ME DOUBLE

Bite US(A) … with 2 grain-fed beef burgers

mmm… full sized cheese – bigger than your head!

Vegetable centre pieces

Live human “paintings”

Gizmodo says “Their new Izona Cooksurface looks more like a ceramic electric hob than a gas one, and dumps the four-burner pattern that nearly every other range uses. Though this gives you fewer cooking stations, it at least means you won’t set your sleeves on fire reaching for the back ones anymore. Most cleverly, it’s got retracting pot supports, burners and controls, so when it’s off its glass surface is easy to clean —handy for splash-it-all-around cooks like me. Add in extra-precise temperature control and LED displays, and you really do have a 21st Century gas cooking range…”

I wish I had a large kitchen… and enough money to remodel!

Remember being told that chocolate gives you acne? Everyone knows that’s just a myth!  In fact, we now know that the antioxidants in dark chocolate have many health benefits. Frutels gives you the opportunity to indulge in a delicious dark chocolate nutraceutical that will help you achieve clear skin from the inside out.* So enjoy!

How Frutels Chocolates Work.

We took the same nutritional formula used in our popular acne care gummies and blended it with a premium, sugar-free dark chocolate. It’s a difference you can taste!

Frutels chocolates are a nutritional supplement to give you clear skin from the inside out. The patent-pending Frutels formula supports your body against the causes of acne, which we know are hormonal imbalances, stress and a diet high in simple sugars. Simply eat 2-4 Frutels chocolates a day, depending on your skin.*

Has anyone in the states tried this? I’d love to know your thoughts.

Where’s Wally? Barry MacDonald on the very right. Go Bazza.

We started off with our favorite aperitivo – Campari. I honestly cannot find another place in Sydney who serves $8.50 Negroni’s! I fell in love right away.

The tuna carparccio with shaved fennel and tapenade ($22) was absolutely divine. This was made with just one whole slice of fresh, raw tuna. The fennel were thin, delicate ribbons dressed with just the right amount of citrus and baby chives, and the tapenade gave the flavours an interesting italian character.

Cod Pate, poached egg, brioche, mussel dressing (S18) was very special as I haven’t tasted anything similar to this before. The cod pate had the same consistency of hummous, and against the sweet brioche it was an absolutely divine combination of sweet and savoury. The mussels added the extra layer of texture with thinly sliced spanish onion.

Farfalle with smoked chicken, leek and grain mustard ($18) was very creamy and heavy. It tasted sensational for the first few mouthfuls – the grain mustard really making the cream sauce. After a quarter of the way through, it became too rich for my palate.

Pork Belly with water spinach - oh need I say more. You should try the crackling on this (I know, bad cholesterol – I only had two bites of Chris’ plate, I promise!) – just heavenly. A must try!

Funnily enough, my favorite dish of the night was the side of rocket and parmesean ($6). Not a lot of restaurants toss the shaved parmesean right through, and the balsamic vinegar used was top quality from Modena. Every mouthful had the right amout of flavour – the sharpness of the parmesean, the acid sweetness of the balsamic, and such fresh baby rocket, straight from the markets. Yum.

The prices for each dish (and drinks!) were so reasonable – a very filling two course meal with alcohol for two people ended up less than $110. I will definitely make a repeat visit on another stormy night.

This is where they get you, after each meal, I cannot resist the temptations at the store… and I walked out with $37 worth of groceries. Yes, I resisted the $47 packets of Iberian Ham.

And along with my secret collection… the second reason why I’m flat broke.

On the same day I bought my gun, Angelina also revealed to the press about hers. Conincidence? I think not.
We were meant to be together!

Angelina Jolie brings out the big guns
Sunday, June 1st 2008, 11:34 AM

Angelina Jolie has a gun – and she’s not afraid to use it.

The pregnant mother of four told the U.K.’s Daily Mail that she owns guns similar to the ones she used in “Tomb Raider.” Jolie and partner Brad Pitt are not against having weapons in their house for security reasons, she says.

“If anybody comes into my home and tries to hurt my kids, I’ve no problem shooting them,” she said.

Jolie, 32, has starred as a heat-packing vixen in several action movies – two “Tomb Raider” films, “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” and the upcoming futuristic thriller, “Wanted.”

“I can handle myself,” she said. “There’s a side to me that people know is humanitarian, and there’s a side to me that’s a mommy. But there’s also the side that likes to get down and dirty and run and jump around and fire guns.”

Take notes, wannabe intruders.

Dom Pérignon 7 Sensualities Dinner at Universal Restaurant
Thursday 24th July 2008
 

Dom Pérignon is hosting a week of magnificent indulgences from the 21^st to 27^th July 2008. A highlight of the week will be the Dom Pérignon 7 Sensualities Dinner hosted at chef Christine Manfield’s Universal Restaurant on Thursday 24th July. The exclusive 7 Sensualities dinner menu will be created to enhance the seven character traits of the newly released Dom Pérignon Vintage 2000.
Including Pure, Tactile, Glowing, Carnal, Fusional, Ethereal, and Complex.
7 Sensualities is an expression of pure luxury with flat-wear and china, designed specifically for the event, shipped from Epernay, France.
This sensual experience will take place at a magnificently dressed table adhering to the Dom Pérignon 7 Sensualities guidelines.

The 7 Sensualities Dinner is limited to 12 guests at a cost of  $1,100 per person.

Wishful thinking, huh!

After my gluttonous behaviour during my recent trip away I decided to listen to my doctor and put my health back in check before I abuse it all over again. I’ve been trying a few different soy milk products (ergh, how I hate soy milk!) to have with my cereal in the morning and I have finally decided that Vitasoy makes the best one, with the least taste, and the best consistency/creaminess. I couldn’t think of another quick and easy breakfast option during office hours, as toast is out of the question.

Furthermore, I would never bring myself to have a soy coffee (Blergghhhh!). It’s almost a blasphemy as it totally ruins how a latte should taste. I decided to quit coffee altogether and drink peppermint tea in the mornings instead. I’d rather have no coffee than a bad coffee.

I have also sampled Soylife’s apricot and mango soy yogurt to accompany my museli. I’ve come to the conclusion that there’s just no replacement for real yogurt. It’s really quite awful…

However there is a bright side to everything - Soy milk has a fridge-life of 4 weeks! I can’t say I’ve ever finished a carton of milk by myself before, so that is always a plus.

Has anyone else tried other diary replacement products that were tasty and worth mentioning?