making tomato chutney. It’s a gesture of optimism in these dark times, it’s my small way of saying there will be a future. Tomato chutney is not for now, it needs to be kept for a few months at least,... Read More

like many, thinking about the state of the hospitality industry in Melbourne – although I think the problem is more widespread. There has been much talk (and unjustified abuse) of George Calombaris and his so-called empire, as if he was... Read More

to host a special lunch and dinner to mark the centenary of the birth of the Italian Jewish writer Primo Levi on November 27.  They are part of a program of events, and the meals will be at Massi, 445... Read More