Island Menu is a food and photography blog written by two friends with a strong focus on the use of wonderful fresh Tasmanian produce available. We don’t claim to be the greatest cooks in the world – far from it – we just love creating recipes and taking photos.
It’s almost Thanksgiving, which means holiday parties are being planned as we speak. I can’t be the only one that loves hosting parties, but not the chaos that can be a big part of it all. Not to mention the mess that needs to be cleaned up afterwords. Makes me tired just thinking about it. I’d rather be focused on friends, family and the raw joy of the season. I’ve brainstormed some really easy ideas using SOLO® products for creating a memorable get together without all the stress! Sounds pretty good, doesn’t it?
The banquet chef or garde manger can take advantage of many opportunities to enhance the foods’ presentation and, at the same time, enhance the guests’ experience. Food presentation is the banquet chef’s chance to emphasis the theme and showcase the talents of the garde manger staff.
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Desserts in China are different from in the West. When you're out at dinner, there is no such thing as "different courses", and dishes you have ordered will turn up whenever they're ready. This is fine in China since you will be sharing all dishes anyway. The same goes for desserts: order a sweet dish in a restaurant and it will turn up in the middle of your meal.
Urban foraging is all the rage. In pollution filled cities it is a bit unappealing (dog pee on your wild rocket anyone?) but wild harvested goodies from the Adelaide Hills sounds far more inviting. The volunteer run Transition Film Festival aims to let you see the change you want to be in this world. Showcasing films about environmental & social [...]
Earlier this month, I had the incredible opportunity to travel to Carmel, California to attend the Dole Taste of Spain Salad Summit with a group of fellow food bloggers. Anyone who knows me well knows that the farmer's market is my "happy place" so you can bet I was thrilled to visit America's farm stand: the lettuce fields of Dole.
During the workshops in food photography I give and also through email a lot of people ask me how to work with artificial lights. Now I love daylight and it would probably always be my preferred lightsource but in a lot of situations there is either no daylight at all or it is so dark …
When it comes to aperture a lot of people kind of heard about it, but don’t really understand how it works. Yes it has something to do with light, but what exactly? So yes, it does have a lot to do with light but aperture does more than just that. When you talk about the …
Well maybe the title of this blog is not really appropriate considering the fact that we are now sitting on our balcony in an incredible noisy hotel. It’s a huge hotel and I think they are filling it in the off season with noisy schoolkids! Lucky us. Yesterday was bad but I think today is...Read More »
 Catering to the Next Generation of Travellers, Aloft Brand Set to Amp up Social Buzz in India’s Silicon Valley. Starwood Hotel’s & Resorts Worldwide Inc. opened the doors to its newest property in Bangalore, India. I was amongst the various bloggers and media persons invited to cover the launch of this latest business hotel....Read More »
 If they know one thing really well (they know more than that ofcourse, but that is besides the point) in Oostende it is how to prepare fish, so when we heard we would be in Oostende during the two day culinary event centered around fish I did a little happy dance. The number of...Read More »
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