Recipes
Craft hot, fresh crumpets for chilly mornings
Food & Drink

Craft hot, fresh crumpets for chilly mornings

The sun may be taking longer to rise each morning, but that doesn’t mean us working bees can. As the mornings cool down and bed becomes harder to leave, we’ve been inventing crafty new ways to coax ourselves out of the covers and into the cold. And what better incentive than a hot breakfast? Soft curls of butter and sweet honey oozing through the cavities of hot crumpets ought to do it. Toddle into the kitchen and make yourself a cuppa as you flip some fresh crumpets for breakfast on a chilly Brisbane morning. more

The Grocer
Sutton’s Cider Festival launches
Food & Drink

Sutton’s Cider Festival launches

Flowing cider and roast pork rotating on the spit may sound like a beatific vision, but team it with a matched menu, knowledgeable experts and live entertainment set in an apple orchard, and you have yourself a deliciously educational day at Queensland’s first cider festival – Sutton’s Cider Festival. more

Recipes
TWE Tiki Bread
Food & Drink

Tiki bread melds spiced rum, banana and coconut

Coconut milk, pineapple, banana and spiced rum – with a few added surprises, this base banana bread recipe gets upgraded to tiki bread status. We’ve baked this one in a cake tin instead of a loaf tin to yield triangular slices, but either rendition will work out fine. more


The Grocer
TWE Camu Camu Powder
Food & Drink

The Grocer: Camu Camu Powder

While we might not get a real winter by global standards here in sunny Queensland, that doesn’t mean we don’t feel the cold snap when it sets in. If you’ve been feeling a little lacklustre this week, stock up your larder with vitamin C in the form of our latest superfood find, camu camu powder. more

Food News
TWE Lime Me Up
Food & Drink

Eyeball the latest creations from the Cronut inventor

Baker extraordinaire Dominique Ansel may have won us over with his incredible creation the Cronut, but it seems the inventor isn’t ready to rest on his laurels just yet. He’s been hard at work in the kitchen, crafting delicious goodies like the Waffogato and an interactive dessert, the Lime Me Up tart. Tasters are invited to finish off the dessert themselves, adding their own sea salt, brown sugar and juniper to suit personal taste. Meet the social media star and eyeball his new invention in the short film above. more

Food News
TWE South Bank dining
Food & Drink

Discover the newest dining dens at South Bank

Sometimes it feels like we’re constantly playing catch-up trying to make it around to nosh and swill at all the new dining destinations that have opened in Brisbane – along with still making time for comforting visits to old favourites. With Live Fire, The Charming Squire and a new Creole-inspired joint expected to open at South Bank in the coming months, play catch-up this weekend with our round-up of the most recent additions to this foodie precinct. more

Coffee
TWE One Kiln coffeemaker
Food & Drink

Make your morning coffee with One Kiln by Threetone

Using simple geometry, the One Kiln coffeemaker is a minimalist design pourover structure by Japanese design studio Threetone. The coffee-making set is manufactured at a remote ceramics studio in Kagoshima, with each piece crafted by hand, harnessing the wabi-sabi aesthetic. The designers wanted to create a traditional coffeemaker that would not only look good when kept on the kitchen counter, but also operate with superior functionality. The set comprises two mugs, a stand and the dripper cone, which is made from Hasami Porcelain. The brand also crafts a range of tableware and servingware from glass, wood, porcelain and fabric. more

Coffee
TWE Rouge Coffee brew guide
Food & Drink

Rouge Coffee teaches you to brew at home

You’ve purchased the gear, torn the seal on a bag of locally roasted beans, now … the making. If you’re ready to sate that inner yearning to become the next world aeropress champion, but feeling a little overwhelmed at how to go about perfecting the art of filter coffee brewing, Rouge Coffee has written up a few notes to keep at hand. Walking you through a step-by-step process to brewing up the perfect Chemex or aeropress coffee, Rouge’s brew guide is complete with photos and details like water temperature, coffee measurements and timings. more

The Grocer
TWE The Pickle Bear pickles
Food & Drink

Get briny with The Pickle Bear pickles

While some of us may have the energy to get elbow deep in vinegar after a long day at the office, sometimes it’s easier to just crack the lid on someone’s else lovingly fermented creations. The Pickle Bear pickles are the creation of Luke Mangelsdorf, who began preserving cucumbers in chilli, garlic and dill earlier this year. The Pickle Bear’s briny jars of dill pickles are unpasteurised, preservative free and made from hand-cut, locally sourced produce. more

The Grocer
TWE Bettertarianism
Food & Drink

Embrace sustainable food philosophy Bettertarianism

As the importance of making informed food choices becomes clearer, it’s fundamental that we understand the impacts that our food choices have on our health, the environment and animal welfare. Armed with the right knowledge and power to make informed choices we can start to make a difference. more