Australian radio presenter, Bang On podcaster and ABC TV host Zan Rowe returns to our screens with a third season of Take 5 next month, serving up revealing in-depth conversations with a hit list of artists including Dannii Minogue, comedian Bill Bailey and singer Casey Donovan. One uptick of the job is asking guests for travel dining tips —from Keith Urban’s Mas Taco Bar stop in Nashville to the rigatoni pork sausage at London restaurant LUCA , Rowe has a culinary black book that’s the envy of any food blogger. Zan took time out from her busy schedule to share some of her favourite places to eat and drink in hometown Melbourne, Sydney and overseas.
She also lifts the (olive jar) lid on her go-to dish to make at home. Arlechin's midnight spaghetti recipe EATING IN Signature dish and go-to at home I love pasta puttanesca. Pasta is my go-to if I need comfort and am feeling a bit tired after hectic work time.
It’s the pantry pasta staple – the one with ingredients you can grab from jars and cans such as olives, capers and anchovies. I love tomato-based pastas, and like all Italian food, is good and not too complicated. My guilty pleasure If I have a good block of comte in the fridge from a good deli, once I start, I can’t stop.
I used to love getting mine from Maria’s on Nicholson Street, North Carlton, when I lived in that area. I recently purchased a great comte cheese from La Manna Essendon Fields . The kitchen wisdom I cling to Clean as you go.
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