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When interior designer Kathryn Trentini was enlisted to oversee the renovation of this Port Macquarie family home, she was tasked with creating statement moments in every room. The ensuing design features a series of impactful yet homely spaces that regularly delight the home’s owners – a family of four originally from the UK.

“When I was first brought into the house there was already a lot of colour but it was applied in a really terrible way,” says Kathryn, who set about applying colour in a much more considered fashion. And while

Angostura bitters might be something you keep in your drink cabinet, but have you ever tried cooking with it? Marion Grasby, the Thai-Australian coo, ex Masterchef star and owner of Marion’s Kitchen, partnered with Angostura Bitters to incorporate the seasoning into a sweet and savoury pork dish.

Vietnamese-style sticky caramel pork belly

Marion Grasby

Prep Time 40 mins

Cook Time 1 hr 5 mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine Vietnamese

Ingredients  

• 800 g pork belly skinless, cut into 4 cm chunks
• 3 pieces orange peel
• 1 orange’s juice
• 250 ml chicken stock
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ⅓ cup apple cider vinegar

As the host of Foxtel’s Love it or List It Australia and Selling Houses Australia, it’s safe to say that Andrew Winter is a bona fide residential property expert. So, when the serial renovator reached out with pictures of his new bathrooms, inside his new house, we were keen to take a look and get some design advice at the same time.

“We wanted to achieve a classic