Our resident China correspondent, Mike Knuppel, goes local wetmarket style in Shanghai and realizes the communion is, above all, about food. Read More >
Shanghai – A day in the…no, an hour in the life of a local
Mushroom Madness on the Mornington Peninsula (Southern Victoria, Australia)
Our Wandering Palate Melbourne correspondent, Matthew Wilson, goes mushroom hunting down on the Mornington Peninsula armed with a bucket load of local pinot noir. Read More >
New World Pinot Noir, On the Wine Route, Produce | Related to: Australia, Mornington Peninsula, Mushrooms, Pinot Noir, Winery Visits |
Simple pleasures: Bread
The Wandering Palates Melbourne correspondent, Andrew Jenkins (Jenks), espouses the virtues of artisan baked bread and has a sourdough story of his own Read More >
Shanghai Duck Run and Red envelopes
Our Shanghai correspondent, Mick Knuppel, resurfaces and reports on the TarraWarra Estate Pinot Noir Australasia Duck Run Read More >
Meat, Beer and Tuscan Wine
I wrote this piece for a Singapore magazine although it never made it to print. The editors wanted to change things, even though it covered the brief to the letter, and I refused to change things.
Did I tell you how much I dislike editors! They are an antibiotic for creativity; a writer’s condom and its strictly missionary position only. It’s a strange interpretation of the English language, in Singapore, where newspapers and magazines for the adult audience are written in primary school prose. Read More >
The ills of Styrofoam and the alternatives for a better world
A recently met with Green Tree Packaging, www.greentreepackaging.com.sg a Singapore based company that specializes in eco-friendly packaging and solutions to reduce municipal waste and championing biodegradable products. Much of their focus is on corn, sugar cane and plantation fiber that would otherwise be waste, but now a vital component in producing biodegradable packing and eco-friendly paper and materials. Read More >
Books for Cooks … a cornucopia of culinary catalysts
Our Wandering Palate Melbourne correspondent, Matthew Wilson, finds himself in gourmet nirvana and arguably the best Cookbook store in the World. Read More >
Cutting out eating could lengthen your lifespan, Wandering Palate study finds
It irritates me greatly when News Channels and Newspapers seize upon ground-breaking studies that will purportedly change our lives, possibly ‘lengthen’ or maybe even save or our lives? Read More >
The Wandering Palate Best Cookbook Discovery of the Lunar Year
Papaya Flower – Manadonese Cuisine Provincial Indonesian Food by Petty P Elliot
Having recently met Indonesian food writer, Petty P Elliot, my curiosity in Indonesian cuisine and culture has been reawakened, moreover enlightened and fascinated with her book, ‘Papaya Flower, Manadonese cuisine Provincial Indonesian food’, inciting a compulsion to discover more on this (undiscovered) cuisine. Read More >
Polystyrene for Breakfast anyone!
The Wandering Palate Friday morning ritual, breakfast at my favourite Prata stall, Mohd Faisal Eating Stall – Ghim Moh Market stall 01-61, then a visit to Mr Chua, the best fishmonger in Singapore, http://www.thewanderingpalate.com/produce/singapores-best-fishmonger/ as we have friends coming over for dinner tonight, and I’m cooking spaghetti marina. Read More >
