The Grocer - Fine Food and Wine
Email Food NewsletterOctober 2008
October Update
In this Issue
With so much going on this Spring we thought a quick update would be a delicious way to start October.
Keep reading to learn about a unique opportunity to taste some of Italy’s rarest wines, get a glimpse of our newest WA product and don’t miss the Food Festival at The Mezz this weekend where Ben O’Donoghue will be cooking up a storm.
We’ll be in touch again before Christmas to let you know of all the goodies which have arrived to get us through the festive season.
Tastefully yours
Louise Miller
Food Festival This Saturday
This Saturday The Mezz in Mt Hawthorn is holding an all day food festival. There’s going to be cooking demonstrations, food tastings and heaps of in-store specials and prize giveaways, live music and face painting for the kids.
Ben O’ Donohue (from Surfing the Menu) will be there doing demonstrations and signing his new book Outdoor at Liquorice between 3 - 4pm.
The festival runs from 9am – 5pm this Saturday 18 October at The Mezz, 148 Scarborough Beach Rd, Mt Hawthorn.
If you have started planning your Christmas gift list, don’t forget to look at the range of exquisite Grocer Gift Boxes we have designed this year.
Each box is beautifully wrapped and contains a range of artisan produced foods from around the world including recipes and serving suggestions. You can also choose to complete the hamper by adding a bottle of wine.
Click here to view the range available.
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Unique Opportunity to Taste Rare Italian Wines
Together with Julio’s in West Perth, we are holding an Italian Degustation Evening to give you the opportunity to taste some of Italy’s most rare wines. These wine are usually only available to enjoy at restaurants, but we’re also giving you the opportunity to purchase these wines either by the bottle or the case on the evening.
Egidio Squillace, an Italian trained chef and formerlly head chef at Il Principe, has recently taken over Julio’s and breathed new life into the iconic restaurant. Gail Williams’ recent review described his fine Italian food as being innovative and delicious.
Some of the rare wines which will be served include:
Torrincino Greco Di Tufo 2005
Ceretto Arneis Blange 2007
Micieli Passito Di Pantellieria ‘yanir’ 2005
You will also taste two of Italy’s most premium wines:
Mastrojanni Brunello Di Montalcino 2003
Produttori del Barbaresco 2001
A glass of each wine will be matched to Egidio’s traditional Italian food.
To book call Julio’s direct on 9481 0089.
Wednesday 22nd October 7.30pm
$160 per person (inclusive of wine).
A Littlle Peice of Paris in Perth
Macarons (the French word for macaroons) are the best 
selling biscuit in French pastry shops. In Paris obsessed fans drive all over the city to pick up their favourite macarons from dedicated macaron patissieres who offer the biscuits in almost unlimited flavours.
Made simply from egg white, ground almond and sugar, they are notoriously difficult to make at home, requiring a perfect technique and lots of patience. Each biscuit must have a very thin, delicately crisp shell, with a soft slightly chewy centre and be perfectly filled with a flavoured butter cream or ganache.
Emmanuel Mollois is a French trained pastry chef who makes these macarons each week here in Perth and we’re thrilled to be able to offer them at The Grocer.
Each box contains ten macarons of mixed flavours (chocolate, coffee, hazelnut, pistachio, vanilla, lavender, orange and lemon). They contain no flour and are gluten free.
They come packed in a traditional French red box with a window so you can see the beautiful range of colours and flavours, making them the perfect gift.
They look absolutely gorgeous displayed on a tiered plate – just what you need for your next afternoon or morning tea!