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Eurovision: the word itself is enough to make some people run screaming for the nearest exit. Yet others (including some of us here at Delivery Hero) celebrate the song contest for the eurotrash bonanza that it is. We embrace the mash-up of traditional melodies and instruments, with kitsch pop cliches and hot new dance music trends (FYI this year it’s dubstep brostep).

Eurovision 2013: Skrillex has a lot to answer for.

In order to make it through the Eurovision marathon, you will need sustenance. So don’t forget to order some appetizers, pizza or even Thai takeaway to fortify yourselves for the onslaught. Of course, you may also need a drink or two to make it through the Eurovision 2013 Grand Final – screening on SBS on Sunday May 19 at 7:30 pm. (more…)

Pssst. You should all know by now that this Sunday is Mother’s Day. But really every day is a good day to appreciate your Mum! She’s the woman who brought you into the world and raised you as the upstanding human beings that you are. Seriously, we have a lot to be thankful for, including our love of food! For most of us that love began at an early age in Mum’s kitchen. Some of those food memories were kick-started with licking the bowl after the chocolate cake went into the oven!

Our love of food began like this. Photo by D Sharon Pruitt

Think about it for sec. Your Mum has cooked literally THOUSANDS of meals for you! She’s made you breakfast, lunch and dinner, plus birthday cakes and desserts! If that’s not worth celebrating, we don’t know what is! Mother’s Day is a time to show your Mum that you care. Hang up her apron, bring her a cup of tea and let her relax. Cook her a special meal or order a takeaway feast!

Babaganoush – roast eggplant dip – with turkish bread is a picnic winner. Photo by jules:stonesoup

Sometimes you just don’t want to order big

You’re hanging out with your friends, enjoying the lovely afternoon and you’re feeling a bit peckish. But you’re not hungry enough to order a family-sized pizza and you really can’t be bothered cooking. What do you do?

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“There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance; pray you, love, remember” – William Shakespeare, Hamlet (more…)

At Delivery Hero, we love food. Maybe sometimes a bit too much.

Last Friday we headed to Essen Restaurant and Beer Cafe for our weekly team lunch. Authentic northern European cuisine and beers are on the menu, but what seems to bring more attention is… the Jurassic Pork. Yes, you heard us. (more…)

What’s not to like? Seriously. Have you ever met anyone who didn’t like pizza? This humble dish has been around for centuries. That’s right: centuries mate. And not just in Italy – in ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt flatbread with toppings were all the rage. Simple, quick food. It’s said that soldiers of Darius the Great (521-486 B.C.) baked a kind of flat bread on their shields and covered it with cheese and dates.

A little later the ancient Romans got in on the action, topping their flat, round dough with olive oil, herbs and honey. This ancient version of pizza had a bit of a makeover in the 16th Century after tomatoes made their way to Europe from Latin America.

In Naples in the 1700s, street food for the poor consisted of flatbread with different toppings like tomatoes, cheese, oil, garlic and anchovies.

That’s Queen Margherita of Italy. Yep, you guessed it, the Margherita pizza was named after her.

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According to futurist Thomas Frey, within 10 years we could be ordering takeaway via our TV remote control. See an ad for pizza? Press a button and it’s on it’s way. Pizza delivery boys and cardboard boxes will be replaced by stainless steel robots. And more importantly, what about the food itself? Will pizza survive in the future? Here are our predictions for the future of takeaway.

The future of food delivery

Remember the Tacocopter? So disappointing. But another team is on the case. Using open source designs, Darwin Aerospace in the US, have created the “Burrito Bomber” – a remote controlled plane, that will drop your burrito safely into your hands via parachute.

So where’s the catch? (more…)

In a few short years, the wide-spread perception of chefs has gone from that of a stressed-out cook yelling at lackeys in a boiling kitchen to a 3-hat genius balancing photo-shoots, soufflés and interviews. From Julia Child’s revolutionary ‘The French Chef’ series in the 1960’s, through to cult shows like Iron Chef and prominent television personalities such as Nigella Lawson and Jamie Oliver, (more…)

Easter is all about the chocolate. And the buns. Hot-cross buns obviously. Every year it’s the same. We’d almost rate Easter over Christmas in terms of the chocolate haul, but if truth be told, it can get a little boring.  Yet there are a few food bloggers out there doing some inspired things with those Easter essentials.

Here are our top 3 Easter hacks.

Easter Bunny Bark

Ok, so we didn’t know what bark had to do with chocolate either, but when we saw Teresa from Blooming on Bainbridge’s pictures of her Easter Bunny Bark, we almost started drooling. And we asked ourselves the question: why has no-one ever thought of this before? (more…)

The mighty curry has been gracing takeaway menus for decades now. Butter Chicken, Tandoori and Vindaloo are all mouth-watering terms that have come to represent Indian cuisine in the wider world. But there’s a deeper and more multi-layered history behind the intricate blend of ingredients that make up the much-loved curry.

At Delivery Hero we’re passionate about food, and so we’ve delved into the rich past of Indian cuisine to find out what separates a Biryani from a Dose, discover if it was actually the Brits that introduced curry to Indian cuisine, and give you a rundown of the best Indian restaurants in the town. Let’s explore further…  (more…)