Bakeries
Chester Street Kitchen, Newstead
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Damian Griffiths opens Chester Street Kitchen in Newstead

11 Oct 2012

Taking over the space where Greek pie shop Spanakopita dwelled in Newstead, hotelier and foodie Damian Griffiths has created Chester Street Kitchen – a neighbourhood cafe serving up rustic, home-style food. With an air of a gourmet bakery, Chester Street Kitchen offers breakfast provisions like Granola with Yoghurt and Compote and All Press coffee, with lunchtime taste-pleasers of Beef and Vintage Ale Pies, Spiced Pork Quiche and fresh salads like Chickpea, Pumpkin and Eggplant with Dukkah Dressing gracing the cabinet. more

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How to make your own sourdough
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Make sourdough like a pro at The Box

27 Sep 2012

Events at new gallery space The Box in West End have kicked off with fervour, with this long weekend’s addition a sourdough bread-making workshop. Slow Food enthusiasts and lovers of a hot crusty baguette straight from the oven will relish the handy hints divulged at the ‘How to make your own sourdough workshop ‘on Monday October 1. Run by The Art of Eating’sAngela O’Toole and The Box’s Sam Seljak, this foodie session includes a sourdough starter kit, tastings and recipes, shedding light on how to create warm, crisp loaves of your own at home. A second sourdough workshop is also being held on October 15. More details here. Image via Bewitching Kitchen. more

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Tartine Bread
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Watch: Tartine Bakery & Cafe makes its San Fran loaf

20 Sep 2012

Using the simple ingredients of flour and water and by stripping back the process of breadmaking to its most primitive form, Chad Robertson crafted a much sought-after Country Loaf at his San Francisco bakery, Tartine. This beautifully shot short documentary shows the processes and precision that goes into each lovingly moulded loaf, and hints at the years of training under French and American artisan bakers and the trial-and-error development behind Chad’s perfect loaf. In addition to running Tartine Bakery & Cafe and restaurant Bar Tartine in San Francisco with pastry chef wife Elisabeth Prueitt, Chad has written two cookbooks, including Tartine Bread, so you too can feel this famous dough beneath your fingertips.   more

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Poppy Cakes
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Poppy Cakes pops up in Rowes Arcade, Brisbane City

20 Sep 2012

Emporium cupcakery Poppy Cakes has a city pop-up shop on the go, serving nine types of the sweet and scrumptious treat. Open from 8:00 am each weekday until sold out, the Poppy Cakes pop-up shop is nestled inside Rowes Arcade. Proving popular as an elevenses pick-me-up or lunchtime sugar fix, the Poppy Cakes menu ranges from traditional vanilla and chocolate cupcakes to decadent Chocolate Peanut Butter and Red Velvet. Lemon Poppy Seed and Vanilla Passion are available for those on a ‘health’ bent, while Salted Caramel will tempt indulgence. A low-gluten cupcake is available in the Vanilla Vanilla flavour, while the Coconut Lime Cupcake is this season’s special. The crumbs are usually cleaned by around 2:00–3:00 pm, so make sure to swing by early in the day. Poppy Cakes ‘Pop Up’ Shop Rowes Arcade Enter via 215 Adelaide Street, Brisbane City Open: Monday to Friday 8:00 am until… more

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Flour & Chocolate carves a niche at Morningside
Food & Drink

Flour & Chocolate carves a niche at Morningside

08 Mar 2012

Lachlan Scott learnt his pastry tricks of the trade from an old German baker he worked with during his days at Jupiters Casino. Since then, Lachlan has been the head chef at New Farm’s Jocelyn’s Provisions, before shifting to Brew Bakers at Albion to re-hone his bread-making skills. more