Taste.com.au magazine - Sept 2013

Notice how, when you're looking for a recipe for quiche, or sticky date pudding, or authentic French toast, you Google it and taste.com.au will come up, right at the top, with the recipe of your (food) dreams?

Well. You are in luck. Your fave food site has now come to life. Here is the cover of the first issue of Taste.com.au magazine:

Taste.com.au magazine is an extension of the hugely successful Taste.com.au platform which in just six years has become Australia's number one food site.

Brodee Myers-Cooke - the magazine's editor-in-chief - said: “Taste.com.aumagazine is food like you’ve never seen. Every issue features all new content purposely created for the magazine packed with great Aussie food for easy weeknights, lazy weekends, healthy twists and wow desserts.”

Taste.com.aumagazineis a fully integrated magazine experience - it's even interactive: watch the pages of the magazine come to life with the free Blippar app, featuring new videos, how-to cooking demonstrations, additional recipes and fun photo-sharing templates.

An exceptional team of Australia’s most renowned and respected chefs, foodies and personalities will appear every month delivering unique content to the magazine that reflects what they are well known for.

In the first issue of Taste.com.aumagazine:

MANU ‘TABLE FOR TWO’

Each month, Manu Feildel will reveal the secrets of fine dining and will present his dream dishes for a romantic dinner for two. This month: Manu’s herb crusted rack of lamb.

TRY THE ZONUT CHALLENGE

ZOMG! The zonut! Adriano Zumbo wants us to try his stunt dish of the month. Adriano is releasing his take on the pastry craze that has swept through New York.

LET’S COOK WITH MARION GRASBY

Marion Grasby, thedelightful 'Masterchef' finalist, will lead readers step-by-step through her favourite recipes, revealing little known cooking secrets and introducing new dishes for the whole family. In the first issue, Marion talks all things spring rolls.

NAUGHTY & NICE

Chef and restaurateur Colin Fassnidge will go head-to-head with food and nutrition writer and cookbook author Louise Fulton Keats (Margaret Fulton’s granddaughter). This month, they will whip up the best fish fingers - one 'naughty', one 'nice'.

RETRO REVIVAL

Matt Preston will dive into classic dishes like mac ’n’ cheese and look at where they came from, what restaurants are doing with them now, and predict up the recipes' next evolution. This month, Matt and Taste.com.au magazine food director Michelle Southan tackle a new hook for tuna mornay.

SMART CASUAL 
Darren Robertson will serve up in ‘Smart Casual’ every month. The talented chef from Three Blue Ducks believes food should be honest, uncomplicated... and really tasty. In the first issue of Taste.com.aumagazine, he dishes out the secrets for recipes that keep the locals coming back. 

Also in Taste.com.au magazine:

COOK IT NOW – New ideas for quick and easy dinners and desserts for any time of the week.

SKINNY SWEETS – Yes, you can have your cake and eat it too. These light desserts are yours for the taking.

POWER GRAINS – Treat yourself to healthy grains with Taste.com.aumagazine’s new recipe ideas. 

FUN COOKING – From five seconds to five hours - recipe challenges and food dares are here.

KNOW HOW – Be a hero in your own kitchen. Get the lowdown on appliances, gizmos and kitchen design. Brilliant page!

TASTE LIFE – Your seasonal handbook including herbs, vegies, health and insider shopping info.

You can go behind-the-scenes with your smart phone device at Taste.com.au magazine’s foodies’ photo shoot and get to know the team in a fun video. Instantly vote whether they’ve been naughty or nice in Colin and Louise’s fish fingers feature.  

Watch Zumbo’s “how to make Zonuts” video, with his fab top tips. Plus, share a picture of your version of the Zonuts across social media.

The first issue of Taste.com.aumagazine is on sale now.