Producers steamed up over the Taste
They had a “wildly successful” first Taste of Tasmania last summer and the Deep End Farm team are hoping to be back as the festival calls for entries for this summer’s event.
Food and Wine
New cafe is sunny spot in your day
Walking into Hobart’s new warm and wholesome cafe, Sunbear on Collins St, feels like getting a big sunny bear hug.
Another corker of a grape season
Tasmania’s wine grape harvest is the pick of the crop as the state pulls in another record to defy the national trend.
Five of the best dishes named after people
It was once the height of fashion to name a dish after its creator or a celebrity. These days it’s more common to pay tribute to a local personality or favourite customer. Here are five dishes named after people.
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Lion cans 39 jobs at Boag’s Brewery
THE axing of 39 jobs as part of a major shake-up of the Boag’s Brewery operation in Launceston has been described as a huge blow by Tasmania’s peak union body.
Markus makes his mark
GERMAN-born Tasmanian chef Markus Schulz is delighting locals with a speciality from his homeland – just don’t call it pizza.
Drama of dram dream
AN investment with the Nant Barrel Holdings has left a bitter taste in the mouth of Ouse farmer Pip Allwright.
Shene hosts whisky wedding knees-up
EVERYBODY loves a wedding and so when Tasmanian couple Poltergeist gin and Mackey whisky merge to form Shene Estate Distillery, there is sure to be much letting loose amid liberal libation.
Local lettuce lovers can rest easy
TASMANIAN health authorities have reassured consumers that packaged lettuce sold in this state is not the subject of a salmonella-sparked recall.
Babycino woman speaks out
THE woman at the centre of Tasmania’s $3.50 babycino storm has broken a silence, speaking to the media about the controversy for the first time.
Storm over a $3.50 babycino
UPDATE: Debate continues to rage on social media over a Hobart café charging $3.50 for a “deluxe” babycino, attracting national and international headlines.
Experts tracking oyster virus source
IT is unlikely that the oyster killing Pacific oyster Mortality Syndrome virus was transported to Tasmania on infected oysters or equipment, a shellfish pathology expert says.
Tasmanian cheese wins Grand Champion
A TASMANIAN cheese has wowed the tastebuds of judges at this year’s Australian Grand Dairy Awards.
Bans on Tassie oysters as new disease hits
UPDATE: TASMANIA’S oyster industry has been confronted with a major new threat.
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