Australian Gourmet Traveller - (10)October 2020 (1)

Editor’s letter

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Pekingduckathome,LeeHoFook

VictorLiong’sfinish-at-homePekingduck

packcombinesa dry-aged,air-pumped,

glazed-skinbirdwithpancakesandsix

saucy,crunchy,saltytrimmings.

leehofook.com.au

Michael Harden, contributor

What we’re eating...

Breakfastfishcakes,Shelter

Fishcakesforbreakfast?Aye,aye,

captain!Theselightyetcrispcakes

pairperfectlywitha zingycossalad,

capersandtwowell-poachedeggs.

41 PacificPde,LennoxHead,NSW

Karlie Verkerk, deputy editor

Burrata,XOcarrotandshitake,

’ndujaoilandpickles,BartJr

Thisdecadentcheeseandpickle

flavourbombis bestorderedwith

a blood-orangeMargarita(ortwo).

92 PittSt,Redfern,NSW

Grace MacKenzie, intern

work.It hasremindedmehowcurious

andcreativethehumanmindcanbe.

Mostimportantly,it hasintroduced

metonewvoicesandtalentacross

thefoodandwineindustries.Voices

thatareuniqueandvaluable.

Therecipesfeaturedinthismonth’s

coverstorycomefromsevenyoung

chefs,startingtomaketheirmarkon

theworld.I can’twaittoseewherethey

goandwhattheydoinyearstocome.

Creatingthisissue,I havebeen

remindedthatthefutureis bright.

I hopereadingit sparks the same

feeling in you.

I

f thisyearhastaughtusanything,

it’sthatyoucan’tpredictthe

future.Nothingis forcertain.

Thinkingaboutthefuturecan

bea trickybusinessat thebestoftimes.

Onoccasion,it canbethoroughly

overwhelming.Butthisyearhasalso

servedas a potentreminderthat

humansarenothingif notadaptable.

Ourcapacitytoproblemsolve,

changeperspectiveandcourse

correctis immense.

Whenwefirstpencilledinthe

themeforthisissue– backinthe

halcyondaysof2019,beforefireravaged

thecountryandCoronawasnothing

morethana summertipple– wewere

planningtoexplorefuturetrends;

lookingat whatthenextfiveyears

mighthaveinstoreforus.

Thentheworldturnedupside

downandthefuturebecamea much

gnarliertopictotackle.Buttackleit we

did– andtheresultis somethingmore

meaningfulthanweeverenvisaged.

Workingonthisissuehasbeen

invigorating.It hasremindedmethat

thereis somuchweneedtodo– and

so many people already putting in the

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Kangaroo

with beetroot

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PHOTOGRAPHY ALANA LANDSBERRY (PORTRAIT) & JAMES MOFFATT (KANGAROO).