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Alison WalshDeputy editor Qweekend

Alison Walsh is Deputy Editor of Qweekend magazine in Saturday’s The Courier-Mail. The features editor and writer is also a restaurant reviewer.

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Ashleigh and Scott's wedding. Pictures: Danielle Knight & Co Photography & Film

‘I was removing leeches from my ankle when he proposed’

It supposed to be one of the most romantic moment’s in a couples life. But this bride talks us through the moment some unexpected creepy-crawlies interrupted the moment.

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One bride, three gowns: See the transformation

How many wedding dresses are too many? See this bride’s three stunning gowns she wore on her wedding day.

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Our honest verdict of the ‘hottest restaurant right now’

It seems to be the most difficult restaurant in Brisbane at which to get a booking, but is the wait worth it? Here’s our verdict.

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Mitch and Eliza Sargood. Photography by: Edwina Robertson Photography

‘He put the ring in a stubbie’: Aussie bloke’s hilarious proposal

A proposal plan involving cutting a stubbie in half and glueing it together again with a ring inside came unstuck when the bride-to-be wouldn’t drink from it.

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Qweekend - Pucca at Noosa Junction for restaurant review. Dishes: fish curry . Pic Mark Cranitch.

Awkward moment power goes out during food review

It’s every restaurateur’s worst nightmare, a power outage during a food review. Luckily the story didn’t end there for this coastal hotspot.

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QNPBCMQWNaga Thai Restaurant and Bar at Eagle Stree Pier in the city, showing off the completed fit-out from at least three different aspects (restaurant review style), as well as the following three dishes: SHARK BAY TIGER PRAWNS w GREEN MUNG BEAN NOODLES; TAPIOCA & YOUNG COCONUT PUDDING and MASSAMAN BEEF IN A HOUSE-MADE MILK BUN. Thanks very much.

$7.50 must-try Thai dish that’s right on trend

A chunk of meltingly soft massaman beef wedged in a house-made milk bun stars on the menu at a new riverfront Thai city party palace. How does the rest of the menu measure up?

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We’ve called it: This place has 2020’s most beautiful dessert

There’s been few highlights in 2020 but we think we’ve found one of them. This decadent dessert from a Brisbane restaurant is a must try.

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Re-Sourced: New Mexican hotspot takes over prime Teneriffe site

A Mexican restaurant has moved into a prime position in the warehouse space formerly occupied by Sourced Grocer, offering a fresh take on the cuisine beyond corn chips drenched in cheese.

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‘It’s the Nick Kyrgios of restaurants’: Inside Newstead’s bright newcomer

This inner-city newcomer’s hot pink decor is designed to attract attention but do the food and wine deliver?

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NEWS - Portrait of Boonah writer who is the EMBARGOED winner of the Courier-Mail People's Choice award at the QLD Literary awards to be announced Friday night. Pictured with her 12-year old dog 'Lion' the Chihuahua who features in the book.Picture: NIGEL HALLETT

FULL LIST: QUEENSLAND’S BEST BOOKS REVEALED

An author’s treechange to Boonah in the Scenic Rim provided the setting for the novel that won The Courier-Mail People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year at last night’s Queensland Literary Awards.

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