Australian Gourmet Traveller - (07)July 2019 (1)

Winter

warmers

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Bicheno,Tasmania;

HelenAnderson,traveleditor

ThemostthrillingwaytoseeTasmaniais

at 1500 metres,ona helicoptercommute

withUniqueChartersfromLauncestonto

a piersidelunchatFreycinetLodge.

@handersonglobal

Where we’ve been

Alternatively,stayinandcurl

upwithourhibernationguide,

packedwithseasonalinspiration

forplaying,readinganddreaming.

Meanwhile,weheadwaysouthto

Antarctica– a placethat“belongstono

oneandeveryone”,writesourtravel

editor,HelenAnderson.Ina warming

world,theimportanceofthefrozen

continentanditsvulnerability are

moreurgentthanever.

Stay warm,

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T

hebestthingaboutcooking

inwinteris thebalanceof

effortandeffectshiftsa

little.Intheseasonofstews

andsoups,braisesandbroths,one-pot

wondersandself-saucingpuddings,

evena shortstintinthekitchenis

rewardedexponentially– withrich

flavour,quantitiestofeeda crowd,and

thefullsuiteofemotionstriggered

bysharinggoodfoodandgoodwine

withgoodpeople.

Inthisseasonoflong,chillnights,

weslowdownwithset-and-forget

braisesandsensationalsoups.We

asksomeofthecountry’stopchefs

fortheirwinterpick-me-ups– andwe

tossintothepottheirfavouritejaffle

fillings(loveDanielleAlvarez’swicked

jaffleofblacktruffleandcamembert).

MaxAllensurveystheburgeoning

Australianwhiskeyscene,andwe

pullupa stoolatthelatestwine

barsacrossAustralia,newplacesto

ordernext-levelsnacksanda glassof

something beyond the comfort zone.

KarijiniNationalPark,Western

Australia;MaxVeenhuyzen,WAeditor

It’sa specialthingtobeontraditional

Banjimaland,doublysowhenin camp

with rovingnativefoodpop-up,Fervor.

@maxveenhuyzen

Stokehouse,Melbourne;

HarrietDavidson,writer

& editorialcoordinator

Bollingerpouredfroma hanging

hulahoop.Howelseto

celebrate 30 yearsofservice?

HappybirthdayStokehouse.

@harriet.olive

Editor’s letter

PHOTOGRAPHY ROB SHAW.

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