Roasted onion, garlic, lemon and rosemary add an amazing flavour hit to this wonderful autumnal dish. Teamed with baked salmon and earthy bulgur, it’s guaranteed to be a winner. Cooking time 40 minutes Ingredients 2 br...

Larissa Sinfield lives in Bronte and works as an associate dentist at The Dental Spa in Bondi Junction (where she practises under he maiden name, Larissa Knodler). She shares her local favourites with The Beast… How lo...

Paper wasps have built a nest under eaves at the back of my house and I’ve been watching it increase in size over the last five months of spring and summer. During the day about 25 wasps, 10-15mm in length, attend the ...

JUICED UP IN BRONTE PARK As a great grandfather who enjoys Bronte Park as a safe place for my great grandchildren and other family members, I would like to praise Waverley Police for maintaining their vigilance. There is...

SHIT CREEK – Episode One! from Sundown Picturehouse on Vimeo. A good friend of The Beast by the name of Alex Stamell (you may know her as the reception at the Wright Physio in Coogee or as a barmaid at the now defu...

It was an interesting concept that was posed across the dinner table amongst a group of friends one boozy, delicious and fun filled evening. The concept, which has gained gravitas with me and is worth everyone’s consid...

The first thing that I noticed when I entered Village on Cloey – the hottest café addition to Clovelly Road since forever – was that ‘If I Were A Boy’ by Beyoncé is playing. To be honest, I was pretty happy to ...

A few sprays on social media have spurred me to once again wax lyrical on a topic close to my heart – commercial fishing. It’s with a pinch of sadness that I reflect on the state of the commercial fishing industr...

Up Indian Summer – Hopefully the summer that keeps on giving will continue to do so well into April. We’re not ready for winter yet. Gyuto Monks – These slightly strange-looking folk will be bringing their robes, m...

Last month my dear friend and fellow Beast writer Pearl Bullivant penned a fairly scathing piece titled ‘What is the ‘Australian Spirit’?’ In it she described Anzac Day as “just another day of congratulatory ba...