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foodies
Where in the world: Apricots
Although apricots are popular all over the
world, the centre of the fruit’s universe is the
Middle East, where around half of the globe’s
top 1o producers can be found. The world’s
leading producer is Turkey, which generates
around 730,000 tonnes per year.
One of the most popular apricot-based
dishes in Turkey is stuffed apricots – perfect
for entertaining, ideally as an appetiser.
This simple dish sees dried apricots soaked,
and candied with lemon-scented syrup,
before they are stuffed with rich cream, and
garnished with crunchy pistachios.
If that has you salivating, and you want to
bookend your meal with another apricot-
inspired Turkish treat, apricot balls will
often appear at the end of a meal. This dish
once again combines apricot paste with a
pistachio coating, but for a sweeter, dessert-
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Qantas flags
strong future
Structural changes put in
inspired dish. place at Qantas as it dealt
Iran is another of the world’s leading with the COVID-19 pandemic
apricot producers, pumping out 330,000 have left the carrier well
tonnes per year, many of which go into one positioned to maintain strong
of the country’s favourite dishes - chicken profitability into the future,
with apricots & pistachios. Despite this dish according to an Investor Day
being centuries old, it continues to fit in with update this week.
modern tastes, and is popular all over the CEO Alan Joyce highlighted
nation. the “yield premium” of the
Persians are not left out of the apricot carrier’s fleet, in particular
dessert game though. Rice puddings in Iran the new Airbus A350s which
its Project Sunrise ultra-long third terminal
frequently come with apricot worked in, will form the backbone of
and occasionally, as the star of the show.
Described as “luxuriously scented”, a Persian haul flights from Sydney to
apricot pudding is far removed from the kind London and New York.
Once all 12 are in operation,
of rice pudding most are familiar with in the these aircraft will drive an
western world, but served with pistachios and
cream, it is a must-try, particularly under the estimated $400 million in
additional profit for the
blistering Middle Eastern sun.
company, Joyce said.
growth in Qantas Loyalty,
He also highlighted ongoing confirmed that plans for a
aiming to deliver as much
as $1 billion annually to the
airline’s bottom line by 2030.
And while fares are starting
to ease from their recent
post-pandemic highs, the
bad news for travellers is that Garden Island naval dockyard
Qantas is expecting yields
to stabilise at about 150% of
2019 levels - meaning flights
will be expensive for some
time to come.
NSW Govt axes
Long-running hopes of
building further cruise
capacity in Sydney were
dashed last week when
the recently elected NSW
Government formally
News
Botany Bay terminal are now
officially dead in the water.
The move follows five years
of development of the Yarra
Bay Project, putting the
industry back to square one
amid speculation that the
within Sydney Harbour may
once again be in contention.
Cruise Lines International
Association (CLIA) Australasia
MD Joel Katz said while the
organisation understood
the rationale for the
proposal’s abandonment, it
was disappointing that no
alternative was in the offing.
“We need a solution...
Sydney’s standing as an
international gateway is in
jeopardy,” Katz said, urging all
parties to come to the table
to discuss a plan.
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