March 27th, 2012
Chocolate lovers rejoice: new research suggests that people who eat the treat a few times a week (or more!) weigh less than those who don't indulge as often. Losing weight isn't as easy as trotting off to the dairy for a block of Cadbury's, but new research from the University of San Diego has found that those who eat small ammounts of chocolate regularly experience health benefits ... Read more
March 27th, 2012
The Cookbook 2 will help satiate Aussie's appetite for My Kitchen Rules recipes. Thousands of Google searches a month reveal that as much as Australians like to lap up the drama on the reality TV cooking show, they are also hungry for recipe ideas. It seems we're all up for Confit murray cod with spring onion, ginger and fennel, King george whiting, shellfish mousseline and champagne sauce, and ... Read more
March 27th, 2012
Godfreys is recalling the Turbo Dust Interceptor after a customer raised safety concerns. Certain Turbo Dust Interceptors - a vacuum cleaner attachment - have been found to contain unstable internal pins. If the pins become exposed, they pose a potential risk of electric shock, burns or in some circumstances electrocution. A recall notice advising customers has been issued on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. In September 2010 the NSW ... Read more
March 26th, 2012
The majority of Australians could be cranking up the heater earlier than expected, according to temperature outlooks from the Bureau of Meteorology. The east coast of Australia is more likely to experience cooler days this Autumn thanks to the warmer than normal waters over the Indian Ocean. The report said that the cooler Pacific waters associated with La Niña "have had a lesser impact". On the east coast there ... Read more
March 23rd, 2012
Ask a local Tasmanian if he reckons the island kind of looks like an upside down Australia and he'll say, "What? You mean to say, Australia looks like an upside down Tasmania." On a recent visit to a little known island off Tasmania I discovered that the only thing more delightful than a Tasmanian's down to earth character, is it's oysters. You either love or loath the slimy ... Read more
March 23rd, 2012
A recipe for the perfect dinner party has equal measures of food and mood. Dinner parties involve effort, they are intimate and very rewarding. The essential ingredient though, is you. My Mum is an exceptional entertainer and I have been raised in the throes of more dinner parties than I care to remember. But there's one I don't forget. Mum was hosting dinner for six acquaintances, not yet friends. ... Read more
March 22nd, 2012
For fun's sake, old is new - and delicious - again in the kitchen. Cooking like a master chef doesn't mean you have to make meals in a monotone, industrial looking kitchen. All that stainless steel can be so serious, so boring! If cooking is a creative art you might be inadvertantly dulling your culinary craft. What better way to get your creative mojo flowing than with a playful, ... Read more
March 22nd, 2012
Woohoo! It's Australian Bacon Week at last! The little piggy can get a bit of a bad wrap sometimes, what with all the fat and all, but don't be rash...pork is also a powerhouse meat and an excellent source of: Protein vitamin B12 vitamin B6 thiamin Niacin You don't have to take my word for it - a true bacon buff, one Homer Simpson, thinks pigs are a "wonderful, magical animal!" Let's mix things ... Read more
March 21st, 2012
There's no escaping it! The leaves are turning, the nights are cooler, the southerlies have just that little bit more bite. With the exception of the Northern Territory and those lucky sods in Queensland, the rest of us are well into autumn and preparing for the inevitable winter witch that follows. But it's not all that bad! It means that it's time for the opposite of a spring clean. It's ... Read more
March 19th, 2012
There are dozens of ways to renovate a house and it's good to consider all of them, even those that don't immediately seem plausible due to size or budget restrictions. "You'd be surprised at what some councils allow," says heritage building designer Peter Latemore. "It's best not to assume anything and explore all your options." Types of renovations: Go in: Internal works like rearrangements can "open up" a house completely. ... Read more
March 19th, 2012
Wunderkids of the tech world, the Japanese will forever impress and surprise us with their inventions. There's the bullet train, robots, and camcorders, or butter in a stick, tankless toilets, and the subway sleepers. Now Panasonic has combined two great Japanese loves: smartphones and rice. Recently revealed, the SR-SX2 is a smartphone integrated rice cooker (incidentally, the Japanese - Mitsubishi - first invented the electric rice cooker in the ... Read more
March 16th, 2012
There once was a young man named Crocket, Who kept putting his fingers in sockets. They reviewed him one time at Appliances Online, Now everyone wants one in their pocket! Happy St Patrick's Day! Did you know that St Patrick's Day marks the arrival of Christianity in Ireland hundreds of years ago? With all the green beer, parades and parties, who would've thought? Here are a few St Patrick's Day appliances to ... Read more
March 16th, 2012
Research, clarifying ideas, family discussions, finding a building designer and builder are all steps along the way to renovating your existing home. Now, at the building stage there are some more important things to bear in mind. The most important thing to consider is natural light. "You can move your house, but you can't move the sun," says heritage building designer Peter Latermore. "Natural light makes you healthy," he insists. "Orientation ... Read more
March 15th, 2012
Whirlpool has received a Gold Award at the iF Design Awards in Germany. The iXelium cooktop has been honoured in the product design category and it marks the first Gold Award to ever be given to an appliance. The slimline hob combines technology and a crisp, sophisticated design, with a "delicate expression", according to the judges at iF. The appliance's most noteworthy feature is the nanotechnology which has been ... Read more
March 15th, 2012
Leave it to the Italians to design a wickedly unique kitchen that's actually a ball. It's called the Sheer Kitchen and is made by Gatto Kitchens in Europe's style capital. In the tradition of Italian manufacturing, the kitchen is hand made, with some of its carbon fibre parts coming from the same plants Formula 1 chassis are put together. It is a futuristic, circular, freestanding unit that splits in ... Read more