Sunday 19 May 2013

Saturday 18 May 2013

kitchen by mike






KITCHEN BY MIKE*  85 DUNNING AVENUE ROSEBERY   Open 7 days for breakfast & lunch

Stunning space and truly delicious food by Mike McEnearney, formerly an Executive Chef at Rockpool. The menu changes daily, everything available for lunch is displayed on the counter and looks so fresh and delicious. Mike's sourdough bread is baked daily and is sold by the slice or as a loaf. The rosewater and pistachio meringues look amazing. But the pear puff pastry tart is a dream. I bought one to take back to work, but it didn't stand a chance, I ate it on the way!





Saturday 11 May 2013

Fergus Henderson. The Complete Nose To Tail Eating



















FERGUS AND MARGOT HENDERSON AT HOME   BON APPETIT*

NOSE TO TAIL FERGUS HENDERSON   THE BLUE HOUR   BRIAN W FERRY*

ST JOHN   THE BLUE HOUR   BRIAN W FERRY*

ST JOHN   PRESSED PIGS EAR

ST JOHN   APPLE SORBET AND POLISH VODKA

ST JOHN BAKERY*

PORT MAGAZINE  FOOD ISSUE  GUEST EDITOR FERGUS HENDERSON*   & GIORGIO LOCATELLI

JUSTIN GELLATLY   CO AUTHOR   & CREATOR OF THE LEGENDARY ST JOHN DOUGHNUTS*

ST JOHN HOTEL   NOWNESS*

ST JOHN HOTEL CHINATOWN*   FERGUS HENDERSON AND BUSINESS PARTNER TREVOR GULLIVER


Today I bought THE COMPLETE NOSE TO TAIL EATING; A BRITISH KIND OF COOKING by Fergus Henderson and Justin Piers Gellatly, photography by Jason Lowe. It's a really beautifully designed book, love the beautiful photography, love the writing. I just love it! This is not a totally new book as such but a compendium of his previous books. It's been updated with some new pictures, a couple of recipes have been tweaked and more recipes have been added. The original first edition of his book Nose To Tail Eating is a collector's item and is considered a cult masterpiece. I've been reading wonderful reviews about Fergus Henderson's ST JOHN restaurants for so many years now. His food is legendary popping up in publications and blogs regularly. While I was searching for info on the book I came across some really great photography at THE BLUE HOUR*, the blog of photographer BRIAN W FERRY*, who cannot get enough of the wonderful ST JOHN food. The lovely dinner above, photographed in their home in Covent Garden, is from bon appétit* and includes the recipes. Also a wonderful article in the AUSTRALIAN GOURMET TRAVELLER March 2013* by Fergus Henderson on Italian food.

from  Roast Bone Marrow and Parsley Salad....
 " Do you recall eating Sultana Bran for breakfast? The sultana to bran-flake ratio was always a huge anxiety, to a point, sometimes, that one was tempted to add extra sultanas, which inevitably resulted in too many sultanas, and one lost that pleasure of discovering the occasional sweet chewiness in contrast to the branny crunch. With administering such things as capers, it is very good to remember Sultana Bran."
Fergus Henderson





Wednesday 8 May 2013








ADAM KATZ SINDING  Le 21ème*

BONES PARIS*

SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE   AMY GLENN SS2013*

CATHERINE WILLIS*   PETIT MOBILE EMPLUME 2009

CATHERINE WILLIS*  FULL FATHOM FIVE 2010


Monday 6 May 2013

Yellow House. Macleay Street. Potts Point











YELLOW HOUSE   57-59 Macleay Street Potts Point   Resident's entrance 2012

MARTIN SHARP   ARCHIBALD PRIZE 2012*  The Thousand Dollar Bill, Portrait of Actor David Gulpilil.

YELLOW HOUSE COLLECTIVE    ENTRANCE 1971   Photo by GREG WEIGHT*

MARTIN SHARP 1971   Footsteps Room Yellow House   Photo by GREG WEIGHT*

MARTIN BROWNE FINE ART

MARTIN BROWNE CONTEMPORARY*   15 Hampden Street Paddington


It was here in 1970 that artist MARTIN SHARP formed the artist's cooperative YELLOW HOUSE ARTIST COLLECTIVE*. The house was a living work of art and every wall, floor and ceiling became part of the gallery. Open 24 hours a day the multi-media performance and art space may have been Australia's first 'happening'. The Sydney Sunday Mirror said about the opening night "The guests wore really wild gear, and many looked like they had come from a performance of HAIR" which was playing at up the road at The Metro Theatre in Kings Cross at the time. I wonder if they received the noise complaints that seem to plague the area at present. More recently it was home to MARTIN BROWNE FINE ART GALLERY which is greatly missed on Macleay Street. MARTIN BROWNE CONTEMPORARY* is now in Paddington and always a great pleasure.

"Life's a total experiment. You never know what's going to happen and you've got to be able to move fast"
Martin Sharp






ARCHIBALD PRIZE 2013 WINNER   Del Kathryn Barton, Portrait of Actor Hugo Weaving*

WYNNE PRIZE 2013 WINNER   Imants Tillers

SIR JOHN SULMAN PRIZE 2013 WINNER   Victoria Reichelt



ARCHIBALD, WYNNE and SULMAN PRIZES EXHIBITION

AGNSW  23 MARCH - 2 JUNE 2013


Also at the  AGNSW*

The fashion of HELMUT NEWTON and BETTINA RHEIMS  until May 19  2013

and coming soon  BILL HENSON LANDSCAPES  May 30 - September 22  2013