Kirsten Lawson

Kirsten Lawson

Kirsten Lawson is the editor of Food and Wine magazine, which publishes weekly in The Canberra Times.

No bones about it

Kirsten Lawson The paleo diet, with its focus on meat protein, is arguably more prominently on the radar than its virtual opposite, a vegan diet, but it's a vegan cafe that is making the noise in Canberra at the...

Wright liquidation leaves O'Leary less than happy

15th November 2011, Canberra Times, Food and Wine pic by STUART WALMSLEY. Restaurant Dieci e mezzo in Civic.

Kirsten Lawson Nick O'Leary is unhappy about the representation of his wines at the Dieci e Mezzo liquidation auction on Monday, pointing out that the wines are not his eponymous and highly successful label, but a...

Website offers plenty to get the teeth into

good food

Kirsten Lawson Fairfax launches a new food website, goodfood.com.au, this week. Here you will find all our content, plus searchable databases of restaurant reviews, recipes and wines, and extra features like an...

Aubergine in purple patch with second nod

Kirsten Lawson Ben Willis has taken Aubergine restaurant to the top of the pile in Canberra and, for the second year running.

Bakery cleans up its act

21 May 2012,   Canberra Times photo by RICHARD BRIGGS,  Bread Nerds owners  Shane and Sharon Peart at their boutique bread making  shop  in Hume.        Food-Claire Low

Kirsten Lawson A prohibition notice was issued by ACT health authorities forcing the Bread Nerd premises at Hume to close and clean up early yesterday.

Kirsten Lawson

Magnificent seven make a meal of it at war memorial

Peter Harrington, owner Sage restaurant.

Kirsten Lawson Seven of the country's top young chefs are in Canberra tonight, cooking a meal based on ingredients collected in a five-day tour of the region.

Truffle prizes up for grabs

Australian truffles.

Kirsten Lawson It’s truffle time again, and this year we’re convinced you’re all truffle-savvy enough to have some excellent recipes on hand.

Anzac biscuits put to the test

Food and Wine, Anzac biscuits

Kirsten Lawson Today is not the day, nor Food and Wine the forum, to risk irreverence on the subject of war, so although I'm drawn to parallels between the mistakes piling up in the splatter of my kitchen and the...