This will be the ninth year Howard & Sons pyrotechnician Rusty Johnson has been involved in putting on Melbourne’s New Year’s Eve fireworks display. Photo: Jason South. By Peter Barrett For the ninth consecutive year, Rusty Johnson […]

This will be the ninth year Howard & Sons pyrotechnician Rusty Johnson has been involved in putting on Melbourne’s New Year’s Eve fireworks display. Photo: Jason South. By Peter Barrett For the ninth consecutive year, Rusty Johnson […]
Calan doesn’t think his golf has necessarily improved as a result of his green. Photo: Eddie Jim. By Peter Barrett The latest home landscaping trend has arrived and it has a decidedly man-child feel to it: […]
Chris Sadowski on his near perfect front lawn at his Oakleigh South home. Photo: Joe Armao. By Peter Barrett It’s nice to keep your front lawn nice and tidy. But one Oakleigh South resident has […]
Joan Roca (left) in his home kitchen with daughter and mother. Photo: Joan Pujol-Creus. Well folks, this wraps it up from me for this column. Kitchen spy is winding down and Fairfax is commissioning no more […]
Ashley Palmer-Watts, executive chef at Dinner By Heston Blumenthal, shares his kitchen must-haves. Photo: Pat Scala. He was the head chef at the Fat Duck in Bray, UK, when it received three Michelin stars, and […]
Our overseas adventure continues. This week we bring you a letter from Mai Chau, in north-west Vietnam, where we toast to the bride and groom at a local wedding, meet a Hmong shaman and learn […]
A glimpse of Thai street food from David Thompson’s TV show for SBS. Photo: SBS. 5 July, 2016 By Peter Barrett Earlier this year Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants recognised David Thompson with a lifetime achievement award. […]