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Jennifer Menzies likes to walk in the morning so she can think about what to eat for breakfast. After breakfast, she plans her lunch.... As someone who needs a steady supply of good, interesting, nourishing and adventurous food, she thought there might be others out there interested in sharing the walking, thinking, eating space. New Farm Food Stories moves from local restaurants to national trends and throws in a bit of politics if the outrage levels are high enough. For the rest of the day, once meals are settled, Jennifer Menzies is a public policy consultant with an interest in political leadership and intergovernmental relations.
April 25, 2014New Farm Food Stories

Easter in the ‘nongs

The Dandenongs are always about 4 or 5 degrees colder than Melbourne, which means about 15 degrees colder than Brisbane over Easter. It was great. Scarves and boots worn with long neglected coats pulled out of the back of the wardrobe. My friends David and Janet have a couple of acres near the toy town […]

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April 14, 2014New Farm Food Stories

What to eat?

Like many people, I don’t know what to eat anymore. Having decided to renovate my diet at the start of the new year, I now go around in circles before every meal. Do I eat too many carbs? Should I give up sugar? More protein? Less protein? Gluten Free? Are oats gluten? Is quinoa a […]

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April 8, 2014New Farm Food Stories

Hot Times at the Tinderbox

OK, I’ve been holding out. I was through the door at the Tinderbox pretty much when they opened in November last year and have been a regular ever since. Tinderbox is the noisy baby brother of PJ McMillan’s Harveys and sits just behind it off James Street. Tinderbox doesn’t take bookings, except for large groups, […]

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October 6, 2013New Farm Food Stories

Turkish Delight at Beachwood Cafe

Beachwood Cafe’s ten tables are scattered across the footpath just off the main street in Yamba, and could be called a hidden gem, except the cafe is well marked on the gourmet traveller’s map. Owner Sevtap Yuce worked for Bill Granger before opening her first Beachwood in Angourie in 1994. Now the author of two […]

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October 2, 2013New Farm Food Stories

What’s on at Wato’s?

Without local knowledge, you would probably head down to Wato’s Fish and Burger Bar in Yamba for fish and chips. But with local knowledge , between Tuesday and Saturday night, you can walk into Wato’s and say the magic words ‘the chef’s special, please’ and a whole different world opens up for you. Chef Tony […]

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August 28, 2013New Farm Food Stories

The Cheapskate Date goes to…..Swampdog Fish and Chips

The Cheapskate Date has many rules about Friday night dinner. It should be cheap, but value for money, and in the neighbourhood. I knew we were breaking at least one of these rules when we drove across the Story Bridge for dinner at Swampdog Fish and Chips in Vulture Street. The slightly cocked eyebrow said […]

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July 29, 2013July 29, 2013New Farm Food Stories

The Cheapskate Date Goes To…Casa Italia

The Cheapskate Date was sceptical, and I was still traumatised from eating at the Spaghetti House, so we tentatively poked our heads around the door of the Casa Italia Community Centre. Italians, lots of them, eating and drinking and generally making merry on a Friday night. Fabulous. It has been a couple of months since […]

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July 17, 2013New Farm Food Stories

10 Food Questions – Jenny McCown

1. Food for you is what? Comfort 2. What was your favourite food/meal as a child? Pollo cooked for my birthday. A Persian chicken dish cooked with crunchy rice on the bottom. 3. What did you have for dinner last night? Beef ragu with maize tagliatelle with a mixed green leaf and fennel salad. 4. […]

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June 6, 2013New Farm Food Stories

Around the Corner at Sixes and Sevens

Once you get over the dissonance of an Americana bar situated within a Queenslander, it is easy to get comfortable at Sixes and Sevens, on the corner of James and Arthur Streets. A brother bar to the Cru Bar in James Street, Sixes and Sevens is so crowded on the weekend, with a lively and […]

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May 29, 2013New Farm Food Stories

The Spaghetti House

It was my brother’s birthday and he thought we should try the Spaghetti House in Boundary Street, West End. It opened earlier in the year and was always full, he said, and the place is so popular they recently expanded into a next door shop. Getting a booking is an energetic exercise. There is an […]

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