Sunday, 5 July 2009

The curious incident of the fiddleheads that arrived frozen in a bag

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The other day one of our regulars, a French Canadian who had just returned from a holiday in Quebec, came to the counter and propositioned m...
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Sunday, 21 June 2009

Frequently asked questions #2. What’s in a Hummingbird cake?

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“Banana, pineapple, cinnamon, walnuts with a cream cheese icing” has become a mantra for staff at Lantana as it is our automated response to...
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Thursday, 11 June 2009

Aussie snubs Mayor

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Last Saturday saw the rainy return of the Charlotte Street Festival after an 8 year sabbatical. We were in the middle of our mid morning rus...
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Wednesday, 3 June 2009

In Vogue

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While some women may secretly fantasise about having their face on the cover of Vogue I've always dreamed about having a cafe in Austral...
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Sunday, 24 May 2009

A national treasure

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They say you should never meet your heroes as they will only disappoint. But when I met Maggie Beer at an event at Australia House last week...
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Monday, 11 May 2009

Dragged kicking and tweeting into the technolgy age

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Two years ago I was one of the 34 people in the world who didn’t have a mobile phone. It was partly a social experiment to see how long I co...
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Monday, 27 April 2009

Cocktail hour at Lantana

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All those thirsty people in Fitzrovia, including me, who don't want to sit on the footpath outside the rammed pubs on a summer evening w...
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