Australian Gourmet Traveller - (12)December 2019 (1)

CARLIPHILIPS

writer

Whitehotcity,p

Australian-borntravel,design

andlifestylewriterCarli

PhilipstravelledtoTelAviv

forathree-weekholidayand

stayedfornearlyfourmonths.

Inthisissue,sheexploresthe

city’sburgeoningfoodscene,

whichreliesalmostwhollyon

localagriculture.“Chefshere

jokethatthere’snoneedfor

fridges,asproduceisoften

eatenjusthoursafterithas

beenpickedfromtheorchard

oranearbykibbutz,”shesays.

FERGUSHENDERSON

chef,restaurateur,author

Lightmyfire,p

FergusHendersonMBE

co-foundedLondon’sStJohn

restaurantin 1994 withTrevor

Gulliver,andputBritishculinary

traditiononthemap.Alover

ofo‹al,wineandallthings

pudding,heshareshisrecipe

forChristmaspuddinginan

extractfromhisandGulliver’s

cookbook,TheBookofSt.

John,andalsoaddedfurther

musingsonthesubject:“The

perfectpuddingissteadying,

withacomfortingdensity.”

LAURENELDRIDGE

pastrychef

Thesweetlife,p

LaurenEldridgeisthegroup

pastrychefforTheVanHaandel

Group,whichincludesthe

StokehouserestaurantsinSt

KildaandBrisbane.Forthis

issue,shesharesrecipesfor

Christmasdessertsinspiredby

theclassics–andperfectforthe

Australiansummer.“Christmas

diningisfun,indulgentanda

testofendurance,”shesays.

“Thesedessertswillbesure

towakeanyonefromtheir

post-lunchfoodcoma!”

WILLHORNER

photographer

Theyearthatwas,p

Aftergraduatingwithadegree

inphotography,WillHorner

immersedhimselfinLondon’s

advertisingscene.There,he

masteredtheartofportraiture,

askillthathastakenhim

aroundtheworld.Forthis

issue,hecapturedTania

HoughtonandMattMoran.

“Hearingtheirstoriesenabled

metodiscoveradi‹erentside

totheirbusylives,whichin

turn,helpedmecapture

theirtruecharacter,”hesays.

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coeeand

macadamiatrie

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PHOTOGRAPHY MARK ROPER ™LAUREN ELDRIDGE & TRIFLEž & GETTY IMAGES ™FERGUS HENDERSONž.