I talked to a range of smart people recently for this RACV RoyalAuto story about how Melbourne might be able to live with COVID-19 without a vaccine. It was published on 1 September 2020 and, since then, […]
Category: People
Domain Review cover story: Elliot Perlman
My interview with Melbourne lawyer-turned-author Elliot Perlman featured on the Domain Review cover this week. COVID-19 restrictions have delayed the print edition, so here’s a link to the story (also pasted below), as well as pics […]
Jill Baker’s debut book on cancer, grief and her best mate, Harry
Australian journalist Jill Baker, author of A Dog Called Harry, and Harry the pup. Photo: Julian Kingma. Here’s my review of former newspaper editor Jill Baker’s book on serving grief and cancer with the help of one […]
Where to eat and drink in Wellington, New Zealand
Wellington’s Hiakai pop-up restaurant specialises in hangi-cooked dishes using indigenous ingredients. Photo: Amber-Jayne Bain. The second of two chef interviews I did last year for Good Food at the Estrella Damm Gastronomy Congress ran this week […]
di stasio’s guide to eating and drinking in venice
“If Rome is a living museum, then Venice is a dream,” says Rinaldo “Ronnie” Di Stasio. The Thornbury-born son of Italian migrants is a hospitality legend in Melbourne, best known for the groundbreaking restaurant Rosati in the […]
Dave Parker’s guide to the best eating and drinking in Argentina
Dave Parker fell in love with Argentina in 2004. As a law student, he had taken time off uni to travel Europe and South America. In Brazil he met an Argentinian girl who invited him […]
Monash Life
Earlier this year I got to research and write a couple of stories for Monash University’s great alumni magazine, Monash Life. It’s the first time I’ve worked for this title and I was chuffed to […]
Gary Mehigan’s Mumbai
I chatted to MasterChef’s Gary Mehigan in this week’s Food traveller column in Epicure/Good Food. Read on below or see the article on goodfood.com.au. By Peter Barrett Best known as one of the judges of […]
RoyalAuto cover story
My story on people and their passion for particular objects made the cover of RACV’s RoyalAuto magazine this month (June, 2018). Have a read below or see the story on the RACV website here. There […]
Martin Benn’s guide to eating and drinking in Tokyo
Chef Martin Benn. Photo: Supplied. In case you missed my Epicure Good Food interview with Sepia chef Martin Benn, here again is his guide to eating and drinking in Tokyo, Japan. Indespensible intel on how […]
