Pat Nourse, one of Australia’s leading food writers, is features editor and Sydney restaurant critic for Gourmet Traveller. He has contributed to most of Australia’s food publications and has also been a correspondent for worldwide editions of Time Out and Lonely Planet. He claims that the food in Sydney "is even better than you’ve heard." He also claims to be a distant relative of Colonel Sanders.
Pat Nourse
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travel + culture
Australia’s Tiffany Butcher
A new meat emporium on the outskirts of Sydney might just be the world’s fanciest—and maybe the best.
08.27.09
- Keywords
- sydney,
- australia,
- travel,
- culinary culture,
- pat nourse
chefs + restaurants
Sydney: Rockpool Bar & Grill
(SYDNEY) - Drivers, start your Martinis.
04.24.09
- Keywords
- sydney,
- australia,
- restaurants now,
- pat nourse
travel + culture
Devouring Sydney
Australia’s harbor city is known for its crashing waves, iconic architecture, and sun-drenched afternoons. Not surprisingly, its world-class restaurants are equally big, bold, and brash....
04.08.09
- Keywords
- sydney,
- restaurants,
- travel,
- culinary culture,
- pat nourse
magazine
Pigs with Class
At The Agrarian Kitchen, a paddock-to-plate cooking school, you really learn everything there is to know about pork preparation.
April 2009
- Keywords
- cooking school,
- pork,
- cooking + technique,
- travel,
- pat nourse
travel + culture
How to Help Australia
The devastating fires this month have ruined lives and livelihoods. Here’s how to help.
02.20.09
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- pat nourse,
- culinary culture,
- australia,
- agriculture,
- australia
travel + culture
Australia’s Tim Tam Slam
Hugh Jackman and Oprah start a craze for “bikkie.”
12.15.08
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- pat nourse,
- cookies,
- culinary culture,
- hugh jackman,
- oprah winfrey
chefs + restaurants
First Taste: Bei
Some of Beijing’s most interesting modern Asian food is being cooked not by a Shanghai or Hong Kong player, but a New Orleans-born New Yorker.
10.02.08
- Keywords
- pat nourse,
- first taste,
- china,
- beijing,
- travel
chefs + restaurants
First Taste: Royal Mail Hotel
Dunkeld, a tiny town of 450 souls, is the unlikely repository for what is probably Australia’s best cellar.
09.15.08
- Keywords
- pat nourse,
- first taste,
- australia,
- wine,
- hotels
chefs + restaurants
First Taste: Cumulus Inc.
This whimsical restaurant has taken Melbourne by storm, but the kitchen is serious when it comes to quality.
09.02.08
- Keywords
- pat nourse,
- first taste,
- australia,
- andrew mcconnell,
- pascale gomes-mcnabb
magazine
Cooking Schools: Sydney Seafood School
Short of the famous Tsukiji market in Tokyo, it’s hard to think of a more fitting location for a seafood school than the Sydney Fish Market.
May 2008
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- pat nourse,
- cooking school,
- travel,
- seafood,
- cheong liew