Stephanie Wood

Stephanie Wood

Reporter

Sydney Morning Herald

Food trends

The death of the neighbourhood Chinese restaurant

Life loves. Pork and chive dumplings from Chinese Noodle House at 8 Quay St, Haymarket.
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Stephanie Wood Sticky lemon chicken and sweet & sour pork are a portal to a different Australia.

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Table for one

Table for one

Young woman eating meal in cafe

Stephanie Wood These days, if you dine by yourself, you're not alone. But at what price to our health?

Food maps

On letting go of lists

Corkboard with colorful Post-It notes and pins

Stephanie Wood A food lover, a road trip and an attempt to ditch the list of restaurants to try.

Thermomix

In which I invite the mother of all gadgets into my kitchen

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Stephanie Wood And we must ask, is the Thermomix worth all of the hype?

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Fuschia Dunlop

This woman changed the way we think about Chinese food

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Fuschia  Dunlop, author and Chinese cooking 
specialist.

Stephanie Wood And other reasons why you should have a food crush on Fuchsia Dunlop.

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Food waste

Why we have to change the way we eat

autumn reds, apples and shoes

Stephanie Wood Horse meat in the meatballs? 800,000 tonnes of food going to landfill in NSW alone? Need more proof?

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Kitchen appliances

A fond farewell to my Sunbeam mixmaster

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Stephanie Wood Nostalgia has no place when it comes to kitchen appliances.

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Pretentious eating

The food snob's days are limited

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Stephanie Wood The pushback against the food as art/window to your soul/personal brand is nigh.

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Christmas traditions

The joys of a modest Christmas

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Stephanie Wood Generosity of spirit doesn’t have to equal a gluttony of appetite. But there must always be pudding.

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Flavour saviours

Sauces of inspiration

Stephanie Wood There has been a revolution in the art of dressing food. Here's how to master it at home.

Spiky seafood

Are you afraid of cooking with sea urchins?

Spaghettini with sea urchin, from Giuseppe, Arnaldo & Sons, Shop 25, Crown Promenade, Southbank. Photographed by Marina Oliphant for TAMM, Dish it Up, May 2008.

Stephanie Wood Stephanie Wood on why braving the spikes of sea urchins is completely worth it.

Restaurant etiquette

Has Instagram ruined our table manners?

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Stephanie Wood The new rules of restaurant etiquette, with thanks to Emily Post.

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Eat like a cave woman

Paleo diet, or faileo diet?

Depot on Beaumont St for WEEKEND MAG
I kilo Tomahawk steak for two, slow cooked with romesco and trio of condiments. With blistered truss tomatos, basil, pine nuts and aged balsamic.
December 17th 2010
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Stephanie Wood The paleo diet is something akin to a religion for its followers. But does it actually work and is it healthy?

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Dinner party throwbacks

10 tips for a sexist and misogynistic soiree

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Stephanie Wood STEPHANIE WOOD consults her collection of vintage cookbooks for party planning ideas.

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Recipe books

The secret histories of cookbooks

Good Living  Bills  Gluten Free  chocolate cake  taken 17th August 2006  SMH,features pic Natalie Boog SPECIALX 54864

Stephanie Wood There's often special story behind the recipes in a cook book.

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Recipe books

We research this season's cookbooks for you

Fromage blanc, recipes and images from The Gourmet Farmer Deli Book, by Matthew Evans, Nick Haddow and Ross O'Meara (Murdoch Books, September 2012, $50).

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Stephanie Wood Stephanie Wood reviews the latest recipe book offerings - from make your own snags to limoncello.

Recipe books

We research this season's cookbooks for you

Stephanie Wood Stephanie Wood reviews the latest recipe book offerings.

Video tutorial: Lamb

Video tutorial: how to make the most of lamb

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Stephanie Wood Stephanie Wood learns some tips from master butcher, Colin Holt. (probably not for the squeamish or vegan among us).

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