Local victory at the branded lamb competition at the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW Fine Foods show last week.

Hillside Abattoirs took out a Gold (Q Lamb), 2 Silver (both Dorper Lamb) and a Bronze (Hillside Tender Meats) medals in the Branded Lamb competition for their cap-on french lamb racks [and if you don't know what they are you need to listen to Vince].
In the medal count, Dorper Lamb got silver in two categories of Grass fed and Grain fed. The judging was based on "the texture and visual appearance of a raw rack of lamb and then on the aroma, tenderness, juiciness and overall eatability of the cooked rack."

Hillside and Q Lamb and their founder Peter "Polly" Trefort are featured in this Spring's issue of Spice

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I know, I know e-commerce* is about as novel as letting you know we've got an iPod (we have you know - it's a beauty 3000 songs!!!) but you can now subscribe to SPICE for yourself or a loved one at iSUBSCRiBE.
The regular options are still available -via the mag, printing out the subs form here or you can call us on 08 9433 1190 - operators are standing by etc.

*you wouldn't belieeeeeeeve what a drama it is to set up your own e-commerce site as a small business

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It's a hands-on spring. How to turn around a moribund meat industry, what to do with artichokes, how to use a knife well without losing bits of your fingers, how to build a raised vege garden, what to do with milk-fed lamb, when to stop pouring an espresso, how to look after worms, how to not drink wine (for a few years at least), how to keep a family sausage making tradition going, how to make labneh, how to work in a food community - to cover just a few.

And of course all the usual, fantastic recipes. Fronting this issue is Dennis Mifsud of Wino's Margaret River who's done a seasonal menu with our feature ingredients of lamb, yoghurt, mushrooms and artichokes.

Subscriptions are here. Back issues are here. Advertising is here. Available in all good newsagencies across Australia and overseas and also at the following stockists after the link:

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Blackwood Kitchen (Bridgetown)
Cape Kitchen (Busselton)
Clayton's Quality Meats (South Perth)
Coode Street Continental (South Perth
Cook/Book (Highgate)
Fancy Pantry (Attadale)
Food for Me (East Vic Park)
Frank's Gourmet Meats (South Freo)
Fresh Provisions (Bicton, Claremont, Mt Lawley)
George Street Merchants (East Freo)
Gourmet Centro (Myaree)
Kailis Fishmarkets (Leederville)
Kakulas Sister (Freo)
Kitchen Warehouse (Osborne Park, Myaree),
Loose Produce (Como)
Love Me Tender Butchery (Palmyra)
Malibu Fresh Essentials (Safety Bay)
Margaret Riviera (Cowaramup)
Margaret River Venison (Cowaramup)
Market Tastes of WA (Mt Claremont)
Matters of Taste (Bicton)
Mill Point Fresh Food Market (South Perth)
Mondo Di Carne (Inglewood)
Narrogin Nursery and Café (Narrogin)
O2H (Nedlands)
Pemberton Wine Centre(Pemberton)
Prima Fresh Market (Stirling)
Princi's at Romano's (Beaconsfield)
Rising the in the Yeast (Myaree)
Rumps Gourmet Butchery (Mandurah)
Super IGA (Nedlands)
Swansea Street Markets (East Vic Park)
Taste of Balingup (Balingup)
The Fruit Basket (Mt Pleasant)
The Good Olive (Margaret River
The Grocer (Nedlands),
The Herdsman (Churchlands)
The Home Provedore (Freo, Claremont)
The Source Real Food Store (Denmark)
Vanilla Gifts and Homewares (South Freo)
The Wine Deli (Yallingup)
Wine Liasons (Freo)

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