Lyndey Milan and Ian Hemphill (Herbie) have just released their latest cook book. With winter coming on, there are some great menu ideas. In this book there is a lot of great information on spices, some fantastic recipes and loads of informative tips on wine and wine matching making it a great resource. Lyndey is known for her fun, fast and fabulous approach which is evident in the book www.lyndeymilan.com. Ian Hemphill is one of Australia's foremost culinary spice experts. Go online to www.herbies.com.au and order your spices as they have a great mail order service.
For the launch, Trio's chef Geoff Cohen cooked the below from the book:
Salt & Pepper Calamari Baharat Spiced Salmon (book uses ocean jacket) African Berbere Chicken Thighs Lamb Neck with North African flavours Couscous with cumin-spiced pumpkin & vegies Sticky Fig & Dates in espresso syrup Chilli cardamon chocolate truffles
Lyndey Milan, chef Geoff Cohen and Ian Hemphill
African Berbere Chicken Thighs
Salt and Pepper Calamari
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Martin Duncan is the owner of Freestyle Tout and Freestyle Escape, and is passionate about the hospitality industry.
He is regularly featured in the media promoting the hospitality industry and also consults to others in the industry.
Martin is continually helping to promote QLD food events, such as the Celebration of Australian Food & Wine Noosa Style, Hilton Masterclass and Smartfood.