These posts cover our experiences of entertaining in our holiday rentals during our travels.
When we spent Christmas in Australia last year we shared some Christmas cooking and gift tips from Australia’s finest chefs. As we recently left Sydney, where we’d been researching Sydney’s small bar scene, among other things, we thought we’d share some Christmas cocktail recipes and tips from Sydney’s best bars. We hoped it might make your holiday entertaining a … Read more
We’ve been doing a bit of entertaining the last few days at Lara’s uncle’s house in Bendigo culminating me cooking a five-course meal yesterday for some of our old friends. It got me thinking about entertaining when you’re on holidays, particularly if you’re staying in a home that’s not yours or a holiday rental. So … Read more
I don’t know about you, but we haven’t done anything about preparing for Christmas lunch yet. We’re at Lara’s uncle’s house in Bendigo in Victoria, Australia, and if this Christmas is like others, there’ll be friends and neighbours dropping by. We’re in need of some last minute Christmas tips. If we’ve left it so late … Read more
One of the things we love most about holiday rentals over hotels is that we’re able to cook and eat ‘at home’. Because unless you’re Keith Floyd (one of my inspirations as a wannabe cook in my 20s), you can’t just rock up to a hotel kitchen and whip something up. You can, however, do … Read more
When I put out a call on Twitter for ideas as to what I should cook while we were in Edinburgh for my series The Dish, about the quintessential dishes of the places we settle into, Scottish chef Gary Robinson, former personal chef to Prince Charles and chef of Mezzanine, one of our favourite restaurants in … Read more