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Food & Culture You Crave

Q: What do you get when you combine Sydney, festivals, and food? (Hint: this is *not* a trick question) A: A very happy Heather. I haven’t mentioned “City Heather” before, but I kind of like her. When I’m “City Heather”, I’m one of the best versions of myself. I walk with a confident spring in […]

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Close Enough to Perfect

The last four months have brought a few days that were either completely wonderful or totally craptastic — but mostly days that were nice and normal and somewhere in between. Today was one of those days that was close enough to perfect. First, one of my best friends in the entire world was by my […]

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Australia road trip: How to eat your way through Queensland

Upon returning to Cairns from our adventures at the Great Barrier Reef, I realized I had worked up quite an appetite. Thankfully days 6-9 of the epic road trip took care of all of my cravings and then some. After several days of frequent noshing on granola bars, fruit, and nuts, Brooke and I were […]

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Brisbane. Brissy. Brisvegas. Brisneyland.

In true Aussie fashion, Brisbane has been given its fair share of nicknames. No matter what you wish to call Queensland’s capital city (and the 3rd most populous in Australia), I called it the perfect place for me to visit toward the end of month two. Return to Brissy When I visited Australia four years […]

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A Virginian & Vegemite

I could only avoid it for so long. That dark brown, thick, slightly smelly yeast spread that Aussies spread on toast. That Aussies *love* to spread on toast. After eight weeks in the country, it was time to give Vegemite a go. Aussie dad Darren volunteered to both host and film the experience. When I […]

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2 weeks of food in Adelaide

After a 2-week stay in the culinary capital of Australia, who knew I’d write a post saying I was more excited about the food I had in Adelaide?! Radelaide FTW! Let’s get straight to it, shall we?! (See, I can hardly contain my excitement!) First up, brekky: The Big Table at Adelaide Central Market has […]

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Culinary Corner: Melbourne

Last week I mentioned that many consider Melbourne to be the culinary capital of Australia, and if you’ve seen my Twitter feed or recent Flickr photos, you’ve already figured out that I love food. While I’m no foodie, and I am definitely on a budget traveler’s meal plan, I do appreciate being in a city […]

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Sumo Salad: 11 meals in 15 days

For years I’ve had a salad for either lunch or dinner almost every day of the week. Now by salad, I don’t mean lettuce, tomato, cucumber, and onion alone like you’d have for a side salad in the restaurants back home. I prefer spinach as my base, always include a protein like chicken or turkey, […]

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Melbourne: Good Food & Wine Show

After falling in love with Sydney four years ago and again last week, I wondered how Melbourne would fare in comparison. Everyone says there’s a rivalry between the two cities — for lifestyle, food, atmosphere, you name it. I figured at the very least I would like Melbourne…how could I not when I heard it […]

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C’ville Eats Tour

Everyone knows where I’m heading, but most people reading this probably don’t know where I’m from! My Twitter profile simply states, “Virginia, USA”, and that’s where I’ve lived for all but eight years of my life. To get more specific, for 12 of the last 14 years I’ve called Charlottesville, Virginia my home. I love […]

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