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Flowerdale Farm: A Guide to Edible Flowers

By Jamie Durrant December 9, 2020

Flowerdale Farm is an innovative Australian-owned family business based in Flowerdale, Victoria, around an hour North East of Melbourne. They’re growers and suppliers of…

Probiotics at Work: Unleavened Pizza Dough made with Kefir

By Megan Chalmers July 5, 2020

Kefir is fermented milk and an amazing source of probiotics. Blue Bay Kefir, from Mornington, Victoria (in our opinion) is Australia’s best, as it’s…

Fresh Lodgings: The Surf House, Byron Bay

By Jamie Durrant July 4, 2020

For those lucky enough to either make a road trip or book newly-launched Qantas flights from Sydney to Byron Bay this winter, a recently…

Back Vintage Tastings at Yileena Park Wines, Yarra Valley

By Jamie Durrant June 26, 2020

Once the hidden gem of Steels Creek, near Yarra Glen, Yarra Valley boutique winery Yileena Park has become one of the region’s must-visit cellar…

Escape to the High Country, Bond Villain Style

By Jamie Durrant June 26, 2020

Unlike other ski resorts, Victoria’s Dinner Plain has a year-round community with a life of its own, and it’s quintessentially Australian. There are no…

Australian Wine: Tallis Wines Riesling

By Jamie Durrant May 15, 2020

Winemaker and proprietor Richard Tallis of Tallis Wines in Dookie, Victoria, is a mighty talented, down-to-earth bloke whose knowledge, understanding and connection to the…

Pickling & Preserves: Rewarding Pickling Ingredients Explained

By Jamie Durrant May 6, 2020

It has to be said, if you’re buying store-bought pickles you’re simply missing out. Often commercially packaged pickled vegetables are made with minimum, simple…

Dare to Dream: International Travel Destinations We Miss the Most

By Jamie Durrant April 18, 2020

Dare to dream – we suggest you do it. For us, simply imagining a time in the future when it’s again safe to jump…

Glenrowan Property ‘Longview’ a Rare Gem

By Jamie Durrant April 15, 2021

As Australian metro property prices continue to soar, we’re not surprised to hear so many reports of city dwellers on the hunt for a…

Crepes Suzette Flambé with Vanilla Mascarpone

By Megan Chalmers April 14, 2021

Complimenting the European wine varietals at High Country Victoria’s Ros Ritchie wines cellar door, Essentials Megan Chalmers has put together a collection of French…

The Great Barrier Reef – Up Close and Personal

By Jamie Durrant April 6, 2021

Up close and personal, the Great Barrier Reef offers just as much to marvel at as I imagine an astronaut might see from space.…

Chestnut Pappardelle with Wild Mushrooms

By Jamie Durrant April 1, 2021

Autumn has arrived and so too has the cooler weather. It’s early morning: Essentials chef Megan Chalmers begins exploring the forests of her native…

Grossi Fungi Dinner with Alison Pouliot celebrates wild mushroom season

By Richard Cornish April 1, 2021

With the first rains of autumn falling on the still-warm earth, wild mushrooms and fungus sprout from the soil around the state. To celebrate…

Melbourne: Breweries join forces to launch the new Collingwood Beer Trail

By Jamie Durrant March 26, 2021

Five Collingwood breweries have teamed up with the City of Yarra to launch the Collingwood Beer Trail, a brewery trail that celebrates the revival…

Banoffee Buttermilk Pancake Stack

By Megan Chalmers March 18, 2021

There comes a time when decadent desserts are the order of the day. Essentials’ Megan Chalmers unleashes her creativity to deliver a sweet and…

Swanpool Creek: Broken River Valley Shiraz that’s leading the pack

By Jamie Durrant March 11, 2021

From a small vineyard in Victoria’s Broken River Valley comes a cool climate shiraz pair leading the region in subtle textures and flavour nuances.…

The Whitsundays: Ocean Rafting, Hill Inlet & Whitehaven Beach

By Jamie Durrant March 9, 2021

One of the Whitsundays’ most celebrated and long-established businesses is Ocean Rafting. It was the first to operate return day trips cruising the north…

Smashed Queen Garnet Plum Pavlova

By Jamie Durrant March 7, 2021

Now available in stores nationally until the end of March, The Queen Garnet plum is one fruit variety we love, as its combination of…

Scandinavian-inspired Hot Smoked Salmon & Plum Salad Bowl

By Jamie Durrant March 5, 2021

The Queen Garnet plum is considered by many the crown jewel of Australian plums. Jam-packed with seven times more antioxidants than other plum varieties,…

Roadtest: Bass & Flinders’ at-home gin masterclass kit

By Belinda Jackson March 4, 2021

Australian botanicals are the scented stars of this custom gin blending class by the esteemed Mornington Peninsula distillery, writes Belinda Jackson. What do Ginona…

The Ultimate in Antioxidants: Queen Garnet Plums are the hot foodie item this March

By Jamie Durrant March 4, 2021

If you’re a lover of plump, ripe and juicy Australian Queen Garnet plums, then now’s the right time to indulge in this high-in-antioxidants, versatile…

Three Blue Ducks at URBNSURF, Melbourne

By Jamie Durrant February 19, 2021

How is it possible? Part of the outer industrial estate of Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport has been transformed into an oasis, of sorts… Essentials’ Jamie…

Inside Brisbane’s Art Series Hotel – The Fantauzzo

By Jamie Durrant February 10, 2021

At a time when uber cool black hotel interiors are the order of the day, Brisbane’s new Art Series Hotel – The Fantauzzo uses…

Post Covid Lockdown Tourism Boom Comes to Mudgee, NSW

By Anabel Dean February 1, 2021

Anabel Dean joins the socially-distanced crowed of pandemic escapees to explore the streetscapes and epicurean delights of Mudgee, regional NSW. ‘Zest me a lemon?’…

Byron Bay Hotelier: Francesca Webster

By Jamie Durrant January 15, 2021

Since the tender age of 19, Francesca Webster has been building a career in the luxury service industry. From early beginnings at Sydney’s Park…

The Artisan Roaster

By Jamie Durrant December 31, 2020

With more than two decades of experience in the coffee industry, Sydney based coffee aficionado and book author David Rosa has crafted what can…

Negroni fairy comes to Melbourne’s rescue: JimmyRum celebrates Negroni Week

By Belinda Jackson September 16, 2020

For one day only, Thursday 17 September, a Mornington Peninsula rum distillery is delivering its rum rescue remedies to Melburnians, writes Belinda Jackson. For…

Mansfield Coffee Merchant

By Jamie Durrant September 7, 2020

Mat Picone, proprietor of Mansfield Coffee Merchant, has a solid hospitality background matched with a sense of creative business flair. He’s done his time…

Australian actress Georgia Blizzard on her career breakthrough: The Singapore Grip (Part 2)

By Jamie Durrant September 1, 2020

Essentials’ editor Jamie Durrant talks with Australian actress Georgia Blizzard on her new starring role in the BBC First/Foxtel Now Australia TV Series, The…

Australian actress Georgia Blizzard on her career breakthrough: The Singapore Grip (Part 1)

By Jamie Durrant August 31, 2020

Essentials’ editor Jamie Durrant talks with Australian actress Georgia Blizzard on her new starring role in the BBC First/Foxtel Now Australia TV Series, The…

Singapore Focused on a Clean Tourism Recovery

By Belinda Jackson August 27, 2020

Singapore’s tourism businesses are currently reopening under the government’s SG Clean Quality Mark. While looks like Australians won’t be jumping on Asian flights any…

Get into the Swing of the Sydney Sling

By Belinda Jackson August 23, 2020

The story of the gin-based Singapore Sling is well known: invented by bartender Ngiam Tong Boon at the Long Bar in Raffles Hotel around…

Fullerton Hotel Sydney: From Singapore with love and maraschino cherries

By Belinda Jackson August 22, 2020

From clock towers to afternoon tea towers, The Fullerton Hotel Sydney lives up to high expectations. Was there ever a drink more intrinsically linked…

The Rise of the Homecation

By Shelley Boyd August 4, 2020

Designer Shelley Boyd, founder of Boyd Blue on why you don’t need to leave home to have a great holiday. With trips abroad out…

Return to NSW Southern Highlands

By Anabel Dean July 18, 2020

It’s a frigid winter afternoon in the Southern Highlands and the Wingello Village Store is closing. ‘Come back tomorrow,’ calls a chirpy adolescent through…

Australian Architecture: Constructing an icon, Art House Townhouses, Bright, Victoria

By Jamie Durrant July 17, 2020

Steve Graves is one of High Country Victoria’s most respected and awarded builders. His company Bright Alpine Builders has a long history of working…

Australian Prosecco: The Ultimate Affordable Luxury Wine

By Richard Cornish July 17, 2020

A generation ago, no one dared pop open a bottle of Italian sparkling wine for the fear of being considered a common, uncultured suburbanite.…

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