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Like the wonderfully delicious gyoza dumplings he makes, Sho Chen, the owner of Shoza Gyoza in Byron Bay, also comes from China. Sho has come to love all things Japanese, though, after living in Japan and meeting his now wife, Jireh Dixon, at a language school there....
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There were so many “wants” at the Sample Food Festival in Bangalow. My difficulty was choosing between what I “want” and what I “need”. I decided to focus on my new passion for Aboriginal bush ingredients and find out how chefs are using them in their cooking today....
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Grilo, which means “cricket” in Portuguese, is a Byron Bay company with the mission to promote better health and sustainable food in an unusual way—through cricket powder and cricket energy bars. Grilo is run by the Brazilian sisters Martina and Camilla Meyer and...
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If you missed the Sample Food Festival last weekend, you can still have a taste of the delicious food products the region has to offer. Here are five of the best from my visit to the festival; available from the region’s weekly farmers markets, general stores,...
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Byron Bay to New York is a long way to travel to realise a life-long passion. It was a journey that changed everything for Heidi Briggs of the plant-based food company Heidi Flora. From a very young age, Briggs knew that being a chef was her calling. “My culinary...
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Imagine being handed a mystery box of ingredients and being asked to prepare two courses in 30 minutes. Now imagine doing the same thing in front of a giant crowd. This is precisely the challenge that Zeb Gilbert of Wasabi Restaurant in Noosa, Michelin star chef Luca...
