Fork In Review

Jan Hume

Category: Food in the Media

Food Trends

Right when I’m half way through writing this piece another feast of novelties arrives: the launch of the SMH Good Food Guide 2015.  I greeted it with alacrity; it’s always good to know what sounds exciting enough to try. Or, have confirmed that a critic has had the sense to reward a hardworking chef’s efforts, […]

Restaurant Reviewing

Remember the saying “I don’t know much about art, but I know what I like”? It seems that the same holds for restaurant reviewing, but with a twist: “I don’t know much about food, so I will show you a photo. Oh, and troll around in other websites !” There has been some media commentary […]

Book Review: “You Aren’t What You Eat” Stephen Poole

Remember when you just cooked a meal and ate it? If there was a special occasion you referred to a cookbook. For something really special you could get some ideas from one of a huge number of TV cook shows, or one of Jamie Oliver’s cookbooks for example. Currently, some TV cooks take beautiful ingredients […]