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10:56PM Monday 06 October, 2008 Sunshine Coast weather Late thunder min 18° - max 30°

Food and wine

Time for tea?

Time for tea?

High tea is just as likely to be seen on the Coast as it is in dear old England with Australians drinking more than 270 cups of tea each year on average.

Pie's the limit

It might be a pie in the sky dream for most bakers, but Coolum’s Dough Fusion has been crowned the maker of the best meat pie in Australia.

Secret life of herbs

Whether it is their flavour, intense aroma or ease of use in warm weather, many chefs and home cooks cannot get through the spring and summer without herbs.

How do you Veg out?

The Vegemite Census has captured the imagination of people everywhere, with more 100,000 people across Australia registering their favourite ways to eat Vegemite.

Winery to die for

A once-deserted morgue has become a strangely successful setting for fine wine and fake fright nights in Yandina.

Noosa restaurants shine

Sunshine Beach restaurant Wasabi won two awards at the Queensland Restaurant and Catering Awards.

Modern menu

Don’t ask for bread at Eumundi restaurant Modern Primitive - chef-owner Steve Ferris refuses to fill his patrons with dough when they have come out for a meal.

Passion for paella

A Sunshine Coast couple is bringing the ancient Spanish dish paella to local parties, functions and festivals.

Money for jaffle

Call it a melt, jaffle, a toasted sanger, a hot sarnie or cheese on toast – Aussies love a cheese toastie! To celebrate this Aussie icon, the COON national consumer promotion is once again giving consumers the chance to win $1 million.

Dining solo

There are plenty of benefits to dining solo. You can enjoy good food, you don't have to do the dishes, you can eat what you want, choose your own wine and sit for as long as you want.

Holidays of wine and cycling

A trip to Adelaide for the 2008 Tour Down Under provided the perfect excuse to indulge not just in some cycling for exercise but some “vinicultural research” for enjoyment.

Wasabi is hot, hot, hot

Wasabi is the Sunshine Coast 2008-’09 Restaurant of the Year and the Best Seafood and Best Asian Restaurant, reflecting the passion and hard work of chef Shinichi and owner Danielle.

Coast cooking mums at Riverfestival

Coast women Rachael Bermingham, left, and Kim McCosker will cook up some of the recipes from their popular 4 Ingredients cookbook at Riverfestival’s Sunsuper River Barbecue on August 31.

Le Baroque is beaut

Buderim restaurant Le Baroque allows diners to take their tastebuds on a culinary tour of France, complete with creme brulee, blue cheese souffle, fish mousse and cassoulet.

The Gourmet Coast

Fourteen of the 29 Queensland restaurants listed outside Brisbane in the prestigious Australian Gourmet Traveller's 2009 restaurant guide call the Sunshine Coast home, including nine at Noosa.

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