Cooking with Kids: Ramz and Xavier Make Edible Spiders

These days, you hear a lot about “seasonal produce” – it’s something people like to throw around in a haze of marketing buzz, but when the dust settles, there’s actually a truth to it. Seasonal produce is far better for a number of reasons – the two main benefits being flavour and cost.

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Introducing 4 Pines beers

Here at The Grounds, we like to align ourselves with people who match our commitment to quality. Enter Manly-based brewery 4 Pines Brewing Company – handcrafted beer brewed naturally. Over at 4P, they value the customer experience and innovation just as highly as we do. That’s why our own cellarman chose to add them to our beer taps. Well, that plus the fact it’s just really good beer (people ‘pine’ for this stuff).

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7 Summer Ingredients to pluck before it’s too late!

These days, you hear a lot about “seasonal produce” – it’s something people like to throw around in a haze of marketing buzz, but when the dust settles, there’s actually a truth to it. Seasonal produce is far better for a number of reasons – the two main benefits being flavour and cost.

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The Grounds Macadamia & Mango Tart

As the Summer months roll on, the long, lazy Sunday lunches are continuing to flow and the pressure to create an amazing spread grows. For a beautiful, delicious and texturally exciting finish to your meal, I wouldn’t recommend you go past this Macadamia and Mango Tart; here are a few reasons why.

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The 5 BBQ Commandments

If you were to survey a bunch of people on the street and ask them to name the first word they thought of when you said “Aussie Summer”, I’d bet you a burnt sanga that most of them would say “BBQ”.

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