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Taste.com.au
December 2019From Australia’s favourite food and lifestyle website comes an exciting food experience – Taste.com.au magazine. The magazine brings to life all-new and exclusive recipes that are a joy to make and eat, whether you're after a quick and easy midweek meal, a healthy lunch or something decadently indulgent. Plus, each month the magazine features some of Australia's favourite foodies including Matt Preston, Manu Feildel and Marion Grasby, showcasing irresistible new recipes and ideas from their kitchens. Here comes food like you’ve never seen it before. With food beautifully heroed on high-impact pages, you can almost taste it. Plus, as you read the magazine, enticing extras are always at your fingertips, a simple click away, bringing the pages of the magazine to life.The new Taste.com.au magazine digital edition is now available to download! Select the single issue or subscribe today.
IN THIS ISSUE
christmas crazy
The faster the world spins, the more I relish Christmas. The weather’s warm. The fruit is fresh. Who needs a white Christmas when you can spend the day in your swimmers instead? This year on taste.com.au we saw festive recipes surge in interest much earlier than before — in August! I’m not alone in looking forward to so obviously enjoying life, food and good times with the people I love. For me, it’s all about recipes that help me wake up on Christmas Day feeling ready, relaxed and proud of what I’m putting on the table. I’m captivated by Cheat’s Christmas (p86), packed with hacks and food so good you’ll be fighting over leftovers on Boxing Day. Last year our family was split between three continents. This year my daughter is home and…
taste.com.au
EDITORIAL editor-in-chief Brodee Myers brodee.myerscooke@news.com.au editor & books editor Cassie Mercer food director Michelle Southan creative director Giota Letsios food editors Miranda Payne & Tracy Rutherford art director Natasha Barisa senior food consultant Alison Adams chief subeditor Alex McDivitt subeditor & digital producer Shelley Sing nutrition editor Chrissy Freer editorial coordinator Elizabeth Hayes multimedia/video Jade Dunn & Mim Stacey DIGITAL group digital editor Laura Simpson senior producers Rosalie Gordon & Rebecca Nittolo social media editor Stephanie Hua head of product & strategy Clementine Levingston senior product manager Sheryl Deubler ADVERTISING managing director, national sales Lou Barrett general manager, newsamp Renee Sycamore marketing services & integration director Rebecca Sherrard nsw marketing services & integration managers Melinda Deluca & Donna Hodges (02) 8045 4734 donna.hodges@news.com.au nsw marketing services & integration specialists Pamela Jap, Anna Steele & Lucy Tootill (02) 8045 4674 lucy.tootill@news.com.au vic group marketing services & integration manager Eugene Loane (03) 9292 2286 vic marketing services &…
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cook the cover
“December is about those treats you have once a year, so we’ve turned white Christmas into a bowl filled with cheesecake! Make the bowl up to four days ahead.” Michelle Southan let’s go! white christmas cheesecake bliss bowl serves 4 | prep 20 mins (+ 6 hours chilling) | cooking 20 mins 70g (2 cups) Kellogg’s Rice Bubbles45g ( 1 /2 cup) desiccated coconut40g ( 1 /4 cup) dried cranberries, chopped40g ( 1 /4 cup) pistachios kernels, coarsely chopped10g freeze-dried strawberries, coarsely chopped2 tbs icing sugar mixture250g good-quality white chocolate, chopped100g dark choc melts50g white choc melts14 Lindt Lindor White Chocolate ballsChocolate-dipped pretzel stars, to decorate1 fresh or maraschino cherry vanilla cheesecake 250g pkt cream cheese, at room temperature, chopped70g ( 1 /3 cup) caster sugar125ml ( 1 /2 cup) thickened cream2 tsp vanilla extract2 tbs…
season’s eatings
Michelle Southan, food director: Family favourites “If the fam is descending on your place this year, just breathe and set to work on this spectacular spread of classics with a twist. They’re going to love it!” Miranda Payne, food editor: Vegetarian “Packed with a rainbow of fruit and veg, this combo means vegetarians will have a festive feast too. You can even make the menu vegan by following our recipe tips.” Chrissy Freer, nutrition editor: Gluten free “The clever use of fresh, fragrant herbs and spices makes these dishes very merry indeed, whether you’re trying to avoid certain ingredients or not.”…
cook the cover & win
"I'm on the search for a star who can shape a sturdy crackle bowl, lightly caramelise the meringue and create a super stack of Lindor balls." matt preston CELEBRITY JUDGE transform the kitchen into your favourite ice-cream shop with the Breville Smart Scoop! It is the first ice-cream maker to automatically sense the hardness of the mixture based on your selection from 12 settings, including sorbet, frozen yoghurt, gelato and ice-cream. It will also keep your frozen flavours perfectly churned and chilled for up to three hours, and it'll beep to tell you when to add your ice-cream extras like chocolate chips, fruit or honeycomb. Make our white Christmas cheesecake bliss bowl, send us a pic and you could win this awesome summer holiday appliance! SEND IN YOUR ENTRIES BY 29 DECEMBER Terms and…
