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    Episode 41: Healing in the Kitchen With Chef Nims Zavackas
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Apr 3, 2020
    • 5 min
    Food

    Episode 41: Healing in the Kitchen With Chef Nims Zavackas

    Chef Nims Zavackas LISTEN HERE Many people are finding solace in the kitchen during these difficult times and, in this new podcast...
    Episode 40: Tips for Perfect Packing With Nikki Parkinson
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Mar 17, 2020
    • 2 min
    Life

    Episode 40: Tips for Perfect Packing With Nikki Parkinson

    Fashion blogger and designer Nikki Parkinson draws on her experience to help you be an expert packer. Listen here With Covid-19 playing...
    Episode 39: Mindful Travel
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Mar 3, 2020
    • 1 min
    Environment

    Episode 39: Mindful Travel

    LISTEN HERE Pic: Mark de Jong Flight shaming, vountourism, mega cruise ships, sustainabilty – all current hot topics in the travel world....
    Episode 38: Creating a Zero Waste Kitchen
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Feb 20, 2020
    • 1 min
    Environment

    Episode 38: Creating a Zero Waste Kitchen

    LISTEN HERE Did you know that one-third of all food produced to feed people goes to waste? That equates to a horrifying 1.3 billion...
    Episode 37: Crisis Travel – a special report from China in the midst of the Pandemic
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Feb 19, 2020
    • 1 min
    CoronaVirus

    Episode 37: Crisis Travel – a special report from China in the midst of the Pandemic

    LISTEN HERE Melbourne man, Morry Morgan considers himself a ‘crisis tourist.’ While most travellers shy away from visiting areas where...
    Episode 36: How You Can Help Save Your Favourite Restaurants and Cafes
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Feb 3, 2020
    • 1 min
    CoronaVirus

    Episode 36: How You Can Help Save Your Favourite Restaurants and Cafes

    LISTEN HERE Photo by Rod Long on Unsplash Your favourite restaurant or cafe may be one of many that face closure in 2020. Delivery apps,...
    Episode 35: Bewildered – Six Months in the New Zealand Wilderness
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Jan 20, 2020
    • 1 min
    Life

    Episode 35: Bewildered – Six Months in the New Zealand Wilderness

    LISTEN HERE Ever wanted to run away from home? Or leave your entire life? After 10 years on the corporate treadmill and suffering from...
    Episode 34: Fifty Hot Places to Visit in 2020
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Jan 9, 2020
    • 1 min
    Travel

    Episode 34: Fifty Hot Places to Visit in 2020

    LISTEN HERE Looking for some inspiration for your travel plans in 2020? How about cruising in Russia, seeing the northern lights in the...
    Episode 33: Your Guide to Champagne
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Dec 30, 2019
    • 2 min
    Drinks

    Episode 33: Your Guide to Champagne

    Listen Here There’s nothing quite like the sound of a bottle of Champagne being opened. When you hear that unmistakeable pop, you know...
    Episode 32: Food and Travel Books
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Dec 18, 2019
    • 1 min
    Christmas

    Episode 32: Food and Travel Books

    Christmas Special Part 3 – Book Suggestions for Gifts and Holiday Reading Listen Here In Part 3 of our ExtraVirgin 2019 Christmas...
    Episode 31: Christmas Menus
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Dec 18, 2019
    • 2 min
    Christmas

    Episode 31: Christmas Menus

    Christmas Special Part 2 – What’s for Christmas Dinner? Listen Here In Part 2 of our ExtraVirgin Christmas Special, we talk Christmas...
    Episode 30:  Festive Drinks
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Dec 18, 2019
    • 2 min
    Christmas

    Episode 30: Festive Drinks

    Christmas Special Part 1 – Cocktails and Wine Listen Here Boy oh boy, have we got a gift for you – three pre-Xmas episodes of ExtraVirgin...
    Episode 29: No Limits! Travelling with a Disability
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Nov 27, 2019
    • 1 min
    Travel

    Episode 29: No Limits! Travelling with a Disability

    LISTEN HERE We all love to holiday, but for people with a disability, there can be extra challenges. Our guest on episode 29 of...
    Episode 28: Hot Tips for Dining Around the World with Food and Travel Writer Janne Apelgren
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Nov 26, 2019
    • 3 min
    Food

    Episode 28: Hot Tips for Dining Around the World with Food and Travel Writer Janne Apelgren

    LISTEN HERE Janne Apelgren takes her food seriously. She’s the sort of person who makes international restaurant reservations then goes...
    Episode 27: Why You Need to Put This South African Destination on Your Must-Visit List
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Oct 8, 2019
    • 1 min
    Environment

    Episode 27: Why You Need to Put This South African Destination on Your Must-Visit List

    LISTEN HERE Fancy a holiday with a conscience?  In this episode of ExtraVirgin, Natascha visits the private eco-reserve of Grootbos in...
    Episode 26: Life as a Chef in (Very) Remote Australia
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Sep 24, 2019
    • 4 min
    Environment

    Episode 26: Life as a Chef in (Very) Remote Australia

    Click to Listen Imagine living in one of the most remote parts of Australia and being tasked to procure and create world-class food for...
    Episode 25: “Would You Like a Free Meal With That?” The Phenomenon of the Foodie Influencer
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Sep 10, 2019
    • 2 min
    Food

    Episode 25: “Would You Like a Free Meal With That?” The Phenomenon of the Foodie Influencer

    LISTEN HERE “The hospitality industry is as much to blame for supporting this monster as anybody else,” John Lethlean, Reviewer, The...
    Episode 24: Meet the Aussie Behind one of the World’s Leading Social Enterprises
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Aug 28, 2019
    • 1 min
    Food

    Episode 24: Meet the Aussie Behind one of the World’s Leading Social Enterprises

    Vietnamese-born Jimmy Pham grew up in Australia but, on his first visit to his birthplace, he was shocked by the poverty and the plight...
    Episode 23: From Bordeaux to Byron Bay – a Winemaker's Mission to Bring Modern Mead to the Masses
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Aug 13, 2019
    • 1 min
    Food

    Episode 23: From Bordeaux to Byron Bay – a Winemaker's Mission to Bring Modern Mead to the Masses

    LISTEN HERE He was born deep in the heart of one of France’s premier wine making regions yet in 2012, winemaker Louis Costa found himself...
    Epsiode 22: The Secrets of Australia’s Best-Known Restaurant Critic, John Lethlean
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Jul 23, 2019
    • 1 min
    Food

    Epsiode 22: The Secrets of Australia’s Best-Known Restaurant Critic, John Lethlean

    LISTEN HERE John Lethlean is Australia’s best known (and some would say, most feared) food critic. He’s been writing about food in...
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