Ripe ... Cloves

With the promise of honey-glazed ham for Christmas lunch just around the corner, it seems the perfect time to consider pungent cloves. The dried, unopened flower buds of the evergreen tropical tree Syzygium aromaticum pack a punch in flavour. Cloves impart a warm, deep spice to both sweet and savoury dishes, but biting one accidentally is much like chewing on a cardamom pod - awful. Clove comes from the Latin word that means nail, referring to its shape; the rounded end is the flower bud. The ...

Taste Buds

I find our vegie patch to be incredibly easy on the eye but some gardeners eschew homegrown fruit and vegetables in favour of flowers for a more dazzling display of colour.

Great Views To Feast Upon

While Bruce Elder's taste buds party, it's his eyes that are served a real treat.

> Tune In > Tune In

> TUNE IN The Long Way Down, SBS, 8.30pm: Actors and best buds Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman embark on an epic journey from Scotland to South Africa by motorbike.

Just Follow Your Nose

Rob McFarland throws caution to the wind and finds the pungent bulb seduces his taste buds.

Shoalhaven Delights

Enjoy an epicurean escape this June long weekend and treat your taste buds to the culinary delights of two food and wine festivals, writes BREE FULLER. Reclining on a blanket under the warm afternoon sun, sipping a glass of wine and admiring the beautiful surroundings is one way you could spend the June long weekend.

Buds Of Dance Bloom Into Roses

EXPERTS agree that children should be encouraged to develop artistic and expressive skills.

Spring Dinner

Sophistication has no place in a carnival season of buds and roses and horsey pursuits. Selection and styling by Holly Evans.

Bursting With Joy Over Even Buds

A DRY winter, yet warm start to spring has the Hunter's winemakers smiling.

Karaoke Tempts Easy Pray

PICTURE this. You're having a night out with your best buds and you've finally worked up the courage to have a crack at karaoke.

Cooking With Weeds

SOME of the plants we consider weeds are thought to be great food in other countries. The dandelion is one of these "weeds", but it is a vegetable that contains more potassium than bananas and every part can be used. The roots can be steamed as a vegetable or dried and used as an infusion for tea. The leaves are great washed and used in salads or soups. Dandelion wine is made from the flower buds, and you can also saute young flowers in butter or pick out the petals and add them to a salad for ...

What An Earful

Lightweight headphones are better than buds, writes Rod Easdown. Sony MDRA106LP Headphones Digitor C4114 Stereo Clip-on Headphones Koss KSC11 Stereophones

Arabian Delights

Lebanese cuisine is colourful, robust and a feast for the eyes and the taste buds. To source some essential ingredients, head to Sydney Road, Brunswick. By Janet de Silva.

The Raw Prune

THIS year you probably resisted the temptation to prune your roses during June the weather has kept them blooming and producing new buds and growth.

Little Aussie Blender

It might sound unlikely that an olive oil could be different, daring and thrill the taste buds, but an Australian company's first efforts not only have the oil experts in Italy talking, they've received five stars and a glowing report from The Times in London.

Italian Indulgence

A new fruit juice is making its way to Australia after winning over the taste buds of Italy, Portugal and Brazil.

Taste It

Your taste buds have never had it so good. Sydney's food specialists tempt you to try cheese and chocolate, absinthe and oysters. Just not together, mind.

Get A New Bud

Let me give you a handy tip - a cotton bud tip from Model Co. This neat little invention, called Liquid Buds, comes in three versions and is so easy to use and carry around.

West Treble Helps Buds Blitz Azzurri

DOUG West scored a hat-trick as Adamstown Rosebud overpowered Northern NSW State League premiers Highfields Azzurri 4-2 at Lisle Carr Oval yesterday.

Something In The Ear

In-ear headphones combine the tiny size of ear buds with the comfort and quality sound of light headphones. Rod Easdown likes what he hears.