We're Radio National tragics here and let out a collective woohoo when we heard an interviewee, Peter McClelland, explain his "cheese change" from Perth to Albany as;
"I happened to pick up this local magazine called Spice, it's a gourmet foodie magazine, and I was reading an article about the Albany Farmers Market and I gave them a call to organise to be introduced to some of the producers."

You can listen to the whole Life Matters episode here (and go woohoo at the appropriate point).

This issue's cheesy goodness is Ringwould Goats Cheese - Albany cheesemakers and successors to the Kervella goat stock.

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To be in the running to win 20 litres of Fini extra virgin olive oil simply take out a subscription to SPICE between 1 March and 30 May 2009.

The Winner of the Air Mauritius travel and holiday at Constance Le Prince Maurice was C Armstrong.

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1. Information on how to enter and prizes form part of conditions of entry. Enter as many times as you wish, but each entry must constitute a fully paid subscription. Entries not completed in accordance with these terms and conditions are ineligible. 2. Entry is open to anybody over the age of 18 years except employees of Spice Publishing Pty Ltd, Fini Olives, and their immediate families. 3. The winner will be drawn at random from all subscriptions received and paid for (including any relevant clearance period) between 1 March, 2009 and 5pm on 30 May 2009. 4. Prize includes one twenty litre drum of Fini Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Prizes are not transferable or redeemable for cash. 5. The draw will take place at the offices of Spice Publishing Pty Ltd, Shop 9, The Biscuit Factory, 330 South Terrace, South Fremantle WA 6162. 6. No correspondence will be entered into. 7. Winners will be notified by phone and/or mail and their names published on the Spice Magazine website. 8. All entries become the property of Spice Publishing Pty Ltd ACN 114 002 050. The entries may be entered into a database for future promotional, marketing and publicity purposes, unless otherwise stated by the entrant. 9. The prize (or vouchers) will be posted or delivered to a street address within Australia as agreed with the winner. 10. Spice Publishing Pty Ltd shall not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever suffered, including but not limited to direct or consequential loss, or personal injury suffered or sustained during the course of prize winning trips or in connection with any prize.

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It's all food all March in the City as the City of Perth offers some compelling reasons to go and have a good look at its favourite eateries and drinking establishments.
Cooking, dining, competitions, chefs and mouth-watering experiences are all on offer so for more information on City Food and Wine month events and activities
visit: www.perth.wa.gov.au/foodandwine or contact 9461 3368.

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Long time readers, familiar with our red and golden hued Autumn spines, will be surprised to find it's a pistachio green this time round. Gracing the cover is maker of heavenly sweet treats, Rochelle Adonis. On the inside, we sample the richly diverse and growing Western Australian olive oil industry and show you how to make pasta from scratch and talk to the people who'll make it for you if you can't be bothered because you've had an especially long day at work. Wine tasting from Geographe, beer notes from Duckstein, and restaurant reviews from the city. Season a frying pan as easily as you might a slightly bland bowl of soup. Plant some root vegetables, cook kangaroo, and visit the Geographe region secure in the knowledge you'll know where to go. Lattes in the laneways and wine in the street. Stunning recipes from local chefs Graeme Shapiro, Stephen Clarke and Ben Andrijasevich. And more...

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:

Black Duck Gourmet Pantry (Albany)
Barker & Hale (Cottesloe, Floreat)
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)
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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The State Government is to push legislation to buy out the last of commercial fishing in the Swan River. If you're imagining Japanese driftnets pillaging the Swan leaving sad families holding empty crab nets, then you're wrong. The extent of commercial fishing is Neil Oliver and his dinghy catching around 10 tonnes of crabs year - approximately a fifth of what's caught by recreational fishing.

To have a decent local food culture, there has to be local food. Having local provides a sense of place and history (licences date back to European settlement) and being able to buy it means it's available to everybody, restaurants and consumers.

WAFIC has more at its Seafood Lover's site. If you're after the Minister for Fisheries, he's here.

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In our Autumn issue 2009 the address for Rochelle Adonis is 193 Brisbane Street not 183 and the shop is open until 4PM on weekdays and Saturdays, not 5PM.

Also, the 2007 Ferguson Hart Estate Shiraz retails at $28 not $23.50 as listed.

SPICE takes full responsibility for the errors and apologises for any inconvenience caused.

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No, not a tough vintage; it's actually to raise money for the Royal Flying Doctor Service and the Busselton Medical Research Foundation.

The Great Wine Estates is an internationally recognised union of Western Australian Wineries including Cape Mentelle, Cullen Wines, Devil's Lair, Houghton, Howard Park, Xanadu, Vasse Felix, Howard Park, Leeuwin Estate Moss Wood, Pierro, Pantagenet, and Voyager Estate.

There'll be an informal tasting as well as the auction, so you'll have a fantastic opportunity to try some limited and unreleased vintages as well as being able to buy some wines in support of a good cause.

WHERE Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, Peppermint Grove
WHEN March 12th
TICKETS $35 per person, all inclusive
CONTACT melissa@robinbirch.com.au or 0418 90 2121.

The fundraising auction will start at 7.45pm, and will be conducted by specialist wine auctioneer, Andrew Caillard MW from Langtons in Sydney. 25 lots will go under the hammer. The lots include original artworks, large format bottles, museum parcels, vertical selections, as well as food, wine and tasting experiences.

Also in fundraising. The bushfires in Victoria received $500,000 from Burswood Entertainment Complex, $80,000 from the Fraser's Restaurant Fundraiser Event, and a donation of a cheque and some well-consideredcases of beer for the Country Fire Authority in Victoria from the Perth Slow Food Convivium.

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