‘QUEEN OF STYLE’ MELISSA PENFOLD IN HER LIVING ROOM CRADLES OUR TRADITIONAL ROWLAND CHRISTMAS PUDDING SHARE THIS STORY BY The entire Peter Rowland team adore Christmas so when we have the opportunity to collaborate with somebody who loves the festive season it doubles...
SHARE THIS STORY BY While plenty of fashion styles have come in and out of favour over the years, one thing that has remained a timeless fixture of Melbourne’s annual Spring Racing Carnival over the years is the Peter Rowland chicken sandwich. Since making its first...
SHARE THIS STORY BY Like most nonnas, cooking is a devoted daily affair for Mary Calombaris. Drop in on Mary any day and she might be whipping up anything from a simple weekday lunch of pan-fried John Dory with fennel and potato mash to a 500-strong batch of...
SHARE THIS STORY BY In the fourth instalment of our Nonnas of Melbourne series, our Maltese nonna Doris whips up a batch of her mum’s baked pasta recipe. Like all our nonnas, Doris Camilleri, who came to Australia from Malta in 1964, has a passion for cooking – and...
SHARE THIS STORY BY In the third instalment of our Nonnas of Melbourne video series, Maria Maisano shares her crowd-pleasing recipe for Italian meatballs in a rich ragu. We’d happily claim any of the gorgeous nonnas in our new cooking tutorial series, but Maria...
SHARE THIS STORY BY Chinese-born chef, author and presenter Elizabeth Chong AM opens her home kitchen to us for the second instalment of our Nonnas of Melbourne video series.‘Chinese-Australian icon’ is both an apt description for por por Elizabeth Chong and one...
SHARE THIS STORY BY Turkish-born Fatma and her restaurateur son Kemal share some secrets from the Barut family kitchen in the first instalment of our Nonnas of Melbourne series. Among the most valuable items Fatma Barut brought with her to Melbourne when she migrated...
SHARE THIS STORY BY The nonnas, yia yias and po pos next door are the new celebrity chefs. We celebrate five of our favourites in the Nonnas of Melbourne series. There are a million reasons why we love nonnas (and yia yias and po pos and all the other grandmas we...
CROWNED THE ‘QUEEN OF STYLE’ BY THE AUSTRALIAN MEDIA, JOURNALIST, AUTHOR AND TASTEMAKER MELISSA PENFOLD IS ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S FOREMOST AUTHORITIES ON STYLE AND ENTERTAINING. SHARE THIS STORY BY Our founder on nearly 60 years of cocktails, canapés and conversation...