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It's been a while


Yes, it's been a while. More than 10 years. 

Thoughts From Becca was my very first blog, in the days before Instagram existed, and started after I wrote the first food tweet in the world (yes ever!).

A lot has changed since then, although my love for cooking remains the same, and has lately been reignited. Alongside writing, I'm even doing some work again as a caterer.

The reason I abandoned you here in 2009 was for my international Inside Cuisine food drinks travel digital magazine of five years. Which provided a lot of happy memories and lots of culinary travel. My focus however is now with my SydneyScoop.com guide to Sydney: food & drink, arts & entertainment, fashion & lifestyle. Est. 2014 now up and running for more than 7 years, with over 2,000 editorial articles, 1,000 Sydney venue listings, and 10,000 calendar events - if you want to take a peek.

Beyond those two biggies, the last 10 years have also seen me eat and travel and write A LOT. There was a weekly column ‘Bar Fly’ (4 newspapers print and digital), and my list of doings includes Editor ‘Best of Sydney’(Alternative Media Group) print and digital, Reviewer SMH ‘Good Food Pub Guide’, Contributor ‘Foodies Guide to Sydney’, Reviewer ‘Eating and Drinking Sydney’, Reviewer ‘Eating and Drinking Melbourne’, freelance journalist includes Sunday Escape (Sunday Telegraph) travel, Asia Bars & Restaurants (Singapore), National Ambassador ‘Electrolux Appetite For Excellence’ Australian Young Chef, Waiter, Restaurateur of The Year Awards 2013, 2012, 2011, Presenter RESCU TV (celebrity chef interviews), Guest Judge ‘World Class’ Australian Bartender Awards, Sydney Writers’ Festival - Print vs Digital debate panelist, Guest radio segments 2GB and ABC, and Eastside community radio, article commissioned by the Smithsonian Institute on Julia Child - which came out of this blog.

So here I am, Rebecca Varidel with the promise of more jottings to come... More on food, local produce, cooking, eating out, and reflections on the rest of my older wiser world. Take a look at my other blogs for more on that.

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