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Make money growing native food
The northern rivers region is a terrific place to grow food, and its progressive restaurants, many of which are looking to showcase sustainable and locally grown produce, are a ready-made market. Anyone wanting to get into the food-growing market for... Read More →
One week ago | The Echo | 0 Byron Echo, The Good Life -
Great dining at The Northern
Cocktails at the Hotel Great Northern – photo Jeff Dawson By Vivienne Pearson After being closed nearly a year ago, the dining area at Hotel Great Northern (aka The Northern) is well and truly open for business. A huge renovation... Read More →
One week ago | The Echo | 0 Byron Echo, The Good Life -
The farmers and the chef
Executive chef Blake Seymour has invited three growers from Ballina Farmers Market to join him to present the evening dinner on Friday 25 August from 6.30pm in Spinnakers. Guests will be in for a real treat! Several grazing courses, a... Read More →
One week ago | The Echo | 0 Byron Echo, The Good Life -
Harvest: hot chef magnet
Cormac Bradfield and Phil Marchant of Gauge hard at work Best new talent nominee in the Gourmet Traveller awards, Cormac Bradfield from Gauge restaurant on Grey Street in South Brisbane, will be visiting Harvest Newrybar for the guest chef dinner... Read More →
One week ago | The Echo | 0 Byron Echo, The Good Life
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Make money growing native food
The northern rivers region is a terrific place to grow food, and its progressive restaurants, many of which are looking to showcase sustainable and locally grown produce, are a ready-made market. Anyone wanting to get into the food-growing market for... Read More →
One week ago | The Echo | 0 -
Great dining at The Northern
Cocktails at the Hotel Great Northern – photo Jeff Dawson By Vivienne Pearson After being closed nearly a year ago, the dining area at Hotel Great Northern (aka The Northern) is well and truly open for business. A huge renovation... Read More →
One week ago | The Echo | 0 -
The farmers and the chef
Executive chef Blake Seymour has invited three growers from Ballina Farmers Market to join him to present the evening dinner on Friday 25 August from 6.30pm in Spinnakers. Guests will be in for a real treat! Several grazing courses, a... Read More →
One week ago | The Echo | 0 -
Harvest: hot chef magnet
Cormac Bradfield and Phil Marchant of Gauge hard at work Best new talent nominee in the Gourmet Traveller awards, Cormac Bradfield from Gauge restaurant on Grey Street in South Brisbane, will be visiting Harvest Newrybar for the guest chef dinner... Read More →
One week ago | The Echo | 0 -
Right on Targa for winter-warmers night out
By Vivienne Pearson In a town built for summer, it’s not always easy to find a spot cosy enough for a winter’s night out. I found one recently at Targa. I’ve always loved the multi-coloured cube sign but, until now... Read More →
14 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
A mocha that will rock your winter socks off!
When those crazy bearded men at the Byron Bay Brewery decided it was time to brew a winter ale, a solution came to mind that would kill two birds with one stone. ‘When I think of a wintery beer I... Read More →
14 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Discover slow magic at Slo-Mo Joes
Story and photos by Vivienne Pearson Slow-cooked food is worth the time it takes to prepare. Slo-Mo Joes is worth the time it takes to find it. It’s one of those places that can be tricky to find the first... Read More →
14 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Festival of the Seven Seas
The inaugural Festival of the Seven Seas will be held at Byron Bay Brewery on Sunday 20 August. Festival of the Seven Seas is a fundraiser for local conservation groups Plastic Free Byron and Positive Change for Marine Life and will work to raise awareness of the... Read More →
14 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
A taste of Malaysia
By Vivienne Pearson Taste of Melaka brings traditional Malaysian food to Byron Bay. Open for just a couple of months and currently only for dinner, come 6pm the restaurant is always busy. The small space is comfortably set up with... Read More →
14 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Aloha Hawaii
Hawaiian Airlines flies three times weekly from Brisbane to Honolulu as the carrier of choice to Hawaii. On board, guests enjoy Hawaiian’s famous signature mea ho’okipa (translation: I am host) hospitality – a warm celebration of the culture and Aloha... Read More →
14 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Harvest Newrybar wins Best Small Wine List
By Simon Haslam Sommelier Russ Berry of Harvest Newrybar has a small wine list, but it’s a good one. In fact it’s the best one according to Gourmet Traveller, it’s won Best Small Wine List of the year (50 wines).... Read More →
14 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Plants love dessert too
By Vivienne Pearson Maybe because we tend to consider desserts as intrinsically bad for us, we are less careful about how sweet treats are made and what ingredients they have in them. A brand-new course offered by Byron Community College... Read More →
21 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Hungry for funds
‘Eating vegan plant-based food is one of the simplest but most powerful and effective things you can do as an individual to help reduce environmental devastation,’ says local Anthea Amore, publisher of the cookbook Passion. She is asking for $40,000... Read More →
21 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
The Italian Job at Elements of Byron
Executive chef Simon Jones (far right) with some of his 24 chefs – photo Daniel Witchey On Thursday 17 August a very special culinary event will occur at Elements of Byron. In association with Paradox Wines the resort will host... Read More →
21 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
The Terrace, Bruns, Open for Business
By Vivienne Pearson The Terrace food businesses band together during roadworks The Byron Shire is in the grip of roadwork mania. There are either potholes needing filling, potholes being filled, rates being raised to raise funds for pothole filling... Read More →
28 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Byron Bay chefs win gold
Local chefs, Zohar Flantz of Luscious Foods and Ronit Robbaz of Open Table Catering, have just returned to Byron Bay having won gold at the inaugural International Maccabi Culinary Competition in Israel as part of the 20th World Maccabi Games.... Read More →
28 days ago | The Echo | 1 -
New life for Rae’s
By Simon Haslam Byron Character Despite having lived around Byron for nearly 30 years, I am still in love with it. Although I spend most of my time on the wide, long beaches, the area near the lighthouse has ‘character’.... Read More →
28 days ago | The Echo | 0 -
Wine, women and 5-course menu
An online wine club for women, the Fabulous Ladies Wine Society, is hosting a wine soiree at the beautiful Byron at Byron resort. The evening will feature a 5-course menu created by head chef Gavin Hughes and two 100 per cent certified organic McLaren Vale wines: ... Read More →
July 18, 2017 | The Echo | 0 -
Salt of the Earth Lunch
If you went to last year’s Sample Food Festival lunch, then you’ll probably be buying tickets to this year’s Sample Food Festival lunch, that will be held at the Byron Bay Golf Club. Sarah Swan of 100 Mile Table is... Read More →
July 18, 2017 | The Echo | 0 -
Poké in Byron
By Vivienne Pearson Consider this story your guide to a new eating concept in town: the poké bowl. Poké is the Hawaiian name for diced and marinated raw fish. A Poké Bowl is a dish of poké combined with rice... Read More →
July 18, 2017 | The Echo | 0 -
Four-in-one on Jonson
By Vivienne Pearson There is not one but four new places to check out on the southern end of Jonson Street. Okay, the four are all one business, but the variety within the physical space as well as on the... Read More →
July 18, 2017 | The Echo | 0 -
The Poinciana Cafe helping to reduce takeaway coffee cups
Keeta at The Poinciana Cafe in Mullumbimby helping to reduce takeaway coffee cups. Photo Sophia Marles
July 11, 2017 | The Echo | 1 -
Special Vietnamese lunch at Harvest
Harvest Newrybar are doing a series of lunches called the World Tour of Lunches, inspired by their culturally diverse team. After kicking off with the best of British food in June, Harvest Newrybar are now on the second leg of... Read More →
July 11, 2017 | The Echo | 0 -
Level One
Ben Franklin MLC had the honour of unveiling the plaque at the official opening of Level One at Ballina RSL on 7 July. Mr Franklin spoke of the importance of maintaining traditional values, while highlighting the support provided by the... Read More →
July 11, 2017 | The Echo | 0 -
Juggling baristas
By Vivienne Pearson While researching the story ‘Localising the war on coffee cup waste’ (28 June), The Echo heard about an innovation in the coffee industry that reduces waste a step before your coffee gets into a cup. The waste... Read More →
July 11, 2017 | The Echo | 0
