@danivalent

Writer. Eater. Traveller. Cook. Ambassador @fareshare_aus. Host @dirtylinenpod. Bunurong Country. Welcome refugees. She/her.

 Melbourne, Australia
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Joined June 2009
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A Victorian institution has made the shock announcement that it's closing its doors later this week. The original La Porchetta has been serving up pizza and pasta since 1985, but the family behind it all says it's made a bittersweet decision to move on. @NathanJCurrie #9News
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New decorations for the restaurant
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I read @Eater constantly, so I'm thrilled to have written my 1st story for the site. It's a mega-sized article, too, covering '38 Essential Sydney Restaurants'! The city's food scene is so incredibly diverse – there is so much more to it than avocado toast eater.com/maps/best-restaura…

The 38 Best Restaurants in Sydney

From picturesque meals in the Opera House to the buzziest dishes right now, these are the best restaurants in Sydney, according to a local culinary expert.

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This week's Producers podcast is with @JakeWolki - it's a great chat about his mind-melting, life-changing approach to farming and feeding. Listen: linktr.ee/DirtyLinenPodcast
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‘Freedom is Beautiful’ film about Manus Island survivors, artists & singers, @FarhadBandesh & @AzimiMoz has sold out at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, Cinema Nova, July 29 👏 A deeply touching tale of resistance, hope. An additional screening now available, July 30.
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You’ve gotta see this. In full. Football is football. Sport is sport. End of story. Get into sport played by women, and the phenomenal athletes in the @FIFAWWC Copyright @orangefrance
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Kristin@mikaelakristin8 Jul 2023
Thanks @danivalent for this round-up of French bistros in Melbourne for Bastille Day (14 July). 🍽 🇫🇷 smh.com.au/goodfood/eating-o…

Eight of Melbourne’s best (proper) French bistros for Bastille Day and beyond

Is a bistro still a bistro if it has bread plates?

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Will Guidara’s new book, Unreasonable Hospitality, cleverly re-arranges the table settings of Danny Meyer’s Setting the Table, but ultimately does little but preach more hospitality evangelism at a time when the industry needs a new paradigm. restaurantmanifesto.com/why-…
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For Refugee Week, @danivalent has been talking to women who've arrived here as refugees on her @DirtyLinenPod – such as Shahnaz Albokhalifeh, who runs Free To Feed, and Atena Kashani, who works with her dad (he invented Melbourne’s longest kebab)! deepintheweeds.com.au/show/d…
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The ace @danivalent is here now taking your calls and supporting the @ASRC1 #WorldRefugeeDay #telethon. DONATE 👇🏼 💜 Online 👉🏼 bit.ly/3PcLKUX 💜 Call 1300 692 772 (1300 MYASRC)
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Succession was honestly downplaying the situation at Fox.
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Friend going through an unbelievably rough loss asked me for comfort watch recs, no love or violence. OK, I said, try this Korean show about broth, in which three gentle people travel around eating different kinds of broth and learning how it is made: netflix.com/title/81607869
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Please RT What is the Indigenous Voice to Parliament? Here's how it would work and who's for and against it - ABC News A simple, clear explainer 👍 abc.net.au/news/2023-05-15/w…

There's a lot of talk about a Voice to Parliament. Here's what it is and who's for and against it

We break down everything to do with the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum.

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Joe Barton@JoeBarton_1 Jun 2023
Very much enjoying that this Mediterranean washing machine has special settings for if you spill tomatoes, wine or olive oil on yourself
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Writers! Grants up to $20,000 now available from the City of Melbourne. Residencies too. As an assessment panel member, I can tell you that more writers should apply - too few do, so the odds are in your favour! Closes 13 June. Get on it. @MelCityofLit melbourne.vic.gov.au/arts-an…
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This was fun: @goodfoodAU asked me and @CallanBoys to deliver duelling essays on the topic of Melbourne Vs. Sydney: which city is the better dining destination? I'm sure you know my answer. theage.com.au/goodfood/eatin…

Melbourne v Sydney: Which city’s dining scene reigns supreme?

Callan Boys and Besha Rodell argue the case for their respective cities.

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Fascinating
@fasc1nate23 May 2023
This photo from 1902 shows French knife grinders. They would work on their stomachs in order to save their backs from being hunched all day. They were also encouraged to bring their dogs to work to keep them company and also act as mini heaters by having them rest on their owners’ legs. They were also called ventres jaunes (“yellow bellies” in English) because of the yellow dust that would be released from the grinding wheel.
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My periodic plea to stop calling food addictive. Oxy is addictive. Fried calamari is not.
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matt@matt_levinson8 May 2023
Classic of the genre
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