Recipes
Samantha Gowing

Chicken quinoa san choi bao

Here’s a healthy take on a Chinese favourite. Perfect for a beach picnic on Christmas Day or to use up leftover turkey on Boxing Day. 

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Club Med
Samantha Gowing

Club Med Phuket CSR

Agrisud is an organisation who educates local farmers with best farming practices to eliminate the use of pesticides. Club Med partners with Agrisud to support

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Festivals
Samantha Gowing

Primex lamb salad with pomegranate

Primex returned to Casino, NSW in November over three fabulous, days. The Paddock To Plate pavilion showcased some of the region’s finest producers. Chefs Darren

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Melbourne Cup
Samantha Gowing

Cup Day Chicken Sandwiches

  Melbourne Cup Day always holds mixed emotions for me. It’s one of the days that I miss my Dad immensely, and his Melbourne Cup

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Dumplings
Samantha Gowing

Sìchuān pork & peanut dumplings

The art of stuffed noodles dates back to the days of Marco Polo and his family, who were Venetian travellers that journeyed toward Constantinople. However

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How to make teriyaki salmon
Japanese
Samantha Gowing

How to make teriyaki salmon

  Many moons ago when I was still a wayward, moped-riding teenager, I managed a great Japanese restaurant in Melbourne. A glamourous izakaya bar with

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Immunity
Samantha Gowing

Broccoli, silverbeet and seaweed soup

The Brassicacasae, or cruciferous vegetable family as they were formerly known due to their crucifix-like appearance, include mostly pungent vegetables such as Brussels sprouts, cabbage,

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Pantry
Samantha Gowing

The Wellness Pantry

Acai  Colombia/Brazil Acai (ah-sigh-EE) is a high antioxidant energising berry that grows only in the Brazilian Amazon and on Colombia’s Pacific Coast. Serving: Add 1

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Breakfast
Samantha Gowing

Powerfood pink breakfast bowl

This beautiful breakfast bowl will have you zinging all through spring with all the added goodness from our friends at Brookfarm. Featuring their Keto Premium

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Festive
Samantha Gowing

Byron Bay Love Cake

This is the cake that doesn’t quit sugar. It’s always in full bloom and is as rich and sexy as it sounds. Nearly every visitor

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Macadamia Nuts
Samantha Gowing

About Macadamias

Macadamia nuts are native to Australia, the macadamia tree is an Indigenous Australian rainforest tree which grows along the eastern coast of New South Wales

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Snapper
Samantha Gowing

King snapper with macadamia pesto

Above: King snapper with macadamia pesto and greens was part of a masterclass feast that also included Hasselback pumpkin with ginger seaweed salad, Watercress, nashi,

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Immunity
Samantha Gowing

Best ever broccoli soup

This winter warming soup has the goodness of umami-rich anchovy to boost the flavour. The Brassicacasae, or cruciferous vegetable family as they were formerly known

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Plant-Based
Samantha Gowing

Maldivian Love Cake

Macadamias, coconut & lime – sublime! This beauty has been upscaled to her new five-star spa home at Six Senses Laamu, in the glorious Maldives

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Restaurants
Samantha Gowing

Livi’ing my best life

Way back in April 1985 my friend and food critic Rita Erlich declared that the new Gowings Restaurant had “The air of a place about

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Christmas
Samantha Gowing

How to confit ocean trout

Ocean trout is my favourite fish. I love the flavour, texture and ease of which it cooks. So whenever I see a few shiny tails

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Covid-19
Samantha Gowing

Covid respiratory remedy

Nigella sativa to the rescue for antiviral protection & restoration for the lungs and other airway disorders may help to reduce headache, infection, inflammation, hypertension,

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Bliss Balls
Samantha Gowing

Festive Jingle Balls

These luxuriously rich and healthy balls will have you zinging all the way to Christmas Day with bells on. Start out with the nuts, some

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