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Local producer? Be on the Harvest Food Trail
Northern Rivers Food (NRF) will run their third annual Harvest Food Festival next year over 3–6 May 2018. Harvest Food Festival is an annual local food event to help connect people with real food on real farms and honour our... Read More →
8 days ago | The Echo | 0 Byron Echo, The Good Life -
Byron Bay Brewery burgers and beer
You might think that this young diner at the Byron Bay Brewery is smaller than the big burger, but that’s because objects closer to you appear larger than those farther away! No way! This Friday October 6, the Brewery are... Read More →
15 days ago | The Echo | 0 Byron Echo, The Good Life -
A food story
Story and photos by Vivienne Pearson ‘I like the idea of my food being a story, as it’s not all from one region,’ says Jacqui Lanauze. ‘I’ve drawn a lot of inspiration from my travels.’ Jacqui Lanauze with her Food... Read More →
15 days ago | The Echo | 0 Byron Echo, The Good Life -
Stone & Wood celebrates Pops’ 70th birthday
Stone & Wood brewer reaches milestone Neil Whitton has been brewing beer for more than 45 years, and was celebrated recently when the crew dropped tools and closed laptops to celebrate what they called ‘a legend who inspires, coaches, makes... Read More →
15 days ago | The Echo | 0 Byron Echo, The Good Life
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Award-winning Maha Feast for locals
Having recently returned with a gold medal from the inaugural International Maccabi Culinary Games, local celebrated chefs, Ronit from Open Table Catering and Zohar from Luscious Foods, will be recreating their winning feast on 28 October for all to experience.... Read More →
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The Espresso martini
Espresso martinis are only $12 each from 9.30pm at the Balcony Bar & Oyster Co, but even if your love affair with the late-night favourite is deep and longstanding, why not broaden your horizons a little? From 23 October till... Read More →
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Experience Vietnam with Insider Journeys
Travel by local boat in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Vietnam’s natural beauty, contagious energy and unforgettable cuisine make it a perennial favourite, but it is the unfailingly friendly local people who make Vietnam a place to visit. Combining the past... Read More →
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Artful cakes
By Vivienne Pearson I have to touch one before I can believe it isn’t real. Before me is a garland of leaves, flowers and berries, with each element as delicate and nuanced as the real thing. I am in a... Read More →
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Italian ice-cream in Mullum
It promises to be a long hot summer, but some of the coastal coolness has come inland to Mullumbimby with the arrival of traditional Italian ice-cream in town, with Puremelt chocolate now serving Bernardi’s ice-cream. Bernardi’s is a family-run business... Read More →
8 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
New Poinciana chef
By Vivienne Pearson Jerome Clarke at Poinciana Poinciana’s new chef Jerome Clarke comes to Mullumbimby with a wealth of local experience, having worked at Rae’s on Wategos, Top Shop, The Roadhouse and Brunswick Heads Milk Bar. ‘I’ve done pretty... Read More →
8 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Music to dine to at Billi’s Indian
By Vivienne Pearson Billi’s Indian, already offering authentic Indian dishes, stepped it up a notch recently with an evening of live Indian classical and folk music. Dubbed ‘Sounds of India’, the music was bansuri and tabla, a delightful combination. A... Read More →
8 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Local producer? Be on the Harvest Food Trail
Northern Rivers Food (NRF) will run their third annual Harvest Food Festival next year over 3–6 May 2018. Harvest Food Festival is an annual local food event to help connect people with real food on real farms and honour our... Read More →
8 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Vegan DJ at launch
Vegan DJ Ricky-Lee from the Gold Coast, sunset cocktails and a vegan spread on the Santos Balcony in Mullum: that’s the launch scene for Anthea Amore’s vegan cookbook ‘Hungry’. The president of the Vegetarian and Vegan Society of QLD will... Read More →
15 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Byron Bay Brewery burgers and beer
You might think that this young diner at the Byron Bay Brewery is smaller than the big burger, but that’s because objects closer to you appear larger than those farther away! No way! This Friday October 6, the Brewery are... Read More →
15 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
A food story
Story and photos by Vivienne Pearson ‘I like the idea of my food being a story, as it’s not all from one region,’ says Jacqui Lanauze. ‘I’ve drawn a lot of inspiration from my travels.’ Jacqui Lanauze with her Food... Read More →
15 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Stone & Wood celebrates Pops’ 70th birthday
Stone & Wood brewer reaches milestone Neil Whitton has been brewing beer for more than 45 years, and was celebrated recently when the crew dropped tools and closed laptops to celebrate what they called ‘a legend who inspires, coaches, makes... Read More →
15 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
New look for bigger Byron Farmers Market
Byron Farmers Market has been growing the growers! And to accommodate their new stallholders, they have a new-look market layout – with a bend at the end. Recent additions to the market include The Bay Smokehouse (smoked local wild-caught fish... Read More →
22 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Old School Roast
By Vivienne Pearson What could be a better new addition to an old-school restaurant than a good ol’ Sunday Carvery? That’s what’s on offer at Old School Restaurant, located in the Mullumbimby Ex-Services Club. For only $16.50 you have a... Read More →
22 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Luckily not light years away
By Vivienne Pearson It is hidden but not light years away. Light Years is an Asian restaurant that has taken the place of Lemongrass, tucked in at the end of Lawson Arcade. The transition was an amicable one. Hung Van... Read More →
22 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Giant pig now smaller
By Simon Haslam A few weeks ago we ‘reported’ on the giant pigs at The Farm, pointing out quite sensibly that giant pigs were big enough to eat children on school excursions and probably would do so again given half... Read More →
22 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Yotam Ottolenghi recognition for local chef Belinda Jeffery
Local Mullum chef Belinda Jeffery is getting further well-deserved recognition on the international stage at the moment. Two of Belinda’s recipes from her book Mix & Bake have been adapted by Yotam Ottolenghi and Helen Goh and appear in their... Read More →
22 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Big Celebration Day this Tuesday
This Tuesday 3 October is a special celebration day at New Brighton Market. If you are thinking, is this really a suitable thing for my kids to attend, the answer is YES. The markets are great for families, and this... Read More →
22 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Happy Birthday New Brighton Farmers Market
By Sandra Haslam The New Brighton Farmers Market turns 10 this week and there is much to celebrate! The farmers markets are the best shopping experience anyone could have. The lighting is natural, the air is fresh and breezy, the... Read More →
22 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Workshops at The Farm
There will be a number of workshops at The Farm Byron Bay this weekend 23 and 24 September 2017. Backyard Farming The Heirloom Way celebrates old school farm fresh produce from a garden of any size and will cover backyard chickens, establishing a beehive at home... Read More →
26 days ago | Simon Haslam | 0 -
Dream jobs: Stone & Wood beer run
By Simon Haslam It’s certainly been a very dry start to spring, perhaps even a dream run if you are a beer brewer. Some people would say it’s not exactly a hard life selling beer, but in a bid to... Read More →
29 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
A new place to find shelter in Lennox
By Vivienne Pearson First, let’s get the Three Blue Ducks connection out of the way. All three co-owners of Shelter, new in Lennox Head, have strong connections with Three Blue Ducks (which, to save valuable column inches, will henceforth will... Read More →
29 days ago | The Echo | 1 -
Foxy Luus: Red-light street food
A quirky new eatery opens its freshly painted doors in Byron Bay. Foxy Luu’s combines two exciting faces of Asia, ‘pungent, fresh street food’ and ‘sultry red-light district’. Two years ago, a street merchant in Hanoi called Luu inspired the... Read More →
September 12, 2017 | The Echo | 1 -
New Zealand style hangi lunch at Harvest
Harvest are holding a series of lunches inspired by the great cultural diversity of the Harvest workers. Quite a few of them, including executive chef Bret Cameron, chef Rani Hewson, deli Jo Ralls, barista Tania Strange and gardener Janene Price... Read More →
September 12, 2017 | The Echo | 0 -
A velvet latte anyone?
Story by Vivienne Pearson. Photos by Kirra Pendergast A new addition to the Byron Bay cafe selection is Velvet. Allow murals to be your guide to finding Velvet. The official address is 30 Fletcher Street but its entrance is on... Read More →
September 5, 2017 | The Echo | 1
