Happy New Year

As Sydney celebrated the coming of a new year with a bang, may we remember those in need, yet remain hopeful for a bigger and brighter year ahead for us all.

May your year, dear reader, be filled with culinary capers, epicurean feasts and many a gastronomic adventure!

Happy 2005 everyone!


Sydney New Years Eve fireworks 2004.
The fireworks were preceded by one minute's silence as a mark of

2004 Food Blog Awards

Yay! Grab Your Fork has been nominated for Best Food Blog - City in the 2004 Food Blog Awards kindly organised by The Accidental Hedonist.

Cast your vote for this award and other categories here:
http://www.accidentalhedonist.com/pollbooth/city.php.

Votes are restricted to one per IP address so feel free to vote on as many computers as you can find. Feel free to get your friends to vote too ;-)

Takayama photos--Miyagawa market pics are up

Click here for more Takayama pics... the Miyagawa morning markets.

Takayama photos--Jinya-mae market pics are up

Finally finally... the next lot of Japan photos are up.

Click here for photos of the Takayama Jinya-mae morning markets.

I've also revised a number of captions from the Tsukiji fish market photos thanks to fish fish.
Click here to find out what all the strange seafood really was!

Tsunami tragedy

It would be remiss of Grab Your Fork to ignore the current tsunami devastation in south-east Asia. The news footage seems more appropriate for a Hollywood blockbuster than current affairs, as we watch in disbelief. To find out the latest tsunami news from the Sydney Morning Herald click here.

If you want to help, donations for the relief effort may be made through the following:
The Australian