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his is our 30th issue and I hope you enjoy it as much as we have putting it together. One of the very first places I visited when the magazine started was Beethoven Restaurant in Applecross. It opened at the same time as we started and I am so happy to still be friends with the family today. My wife and I even attended owner and operator Helga’s wedding and we named our son after chef Sebastian. What makes this story so special to me is that Sebastian’s new restaurant is featured on the cover of this issue. Seven Sins in the Hills is one of many fantastic places we visited during this issue and I hope you can take the time to visit them all. For this issue Ali from Roasting Warehouse South Fremantle suggested that we do a feature on how to source green coffee beans, and our designer introduced us to a fantastic school initiative to train young baristas. Jeremy took us into the world of dessert beers. I even tried Mash’s Lemon Marang beer with a scoop of ice-cream. It wasn’t too bad either - having a traditional bitter aftertaste that most beers should have. Jeremy also took a look at another new trend in hybrid drinks. I thought it was time I started booking before I eat out, and why everyone should be doing this now. Sarah writes on the reforms of the distilling industry in WA and we break out into a heavily focused health issue with features on Kakadu plum, kombucha and soy. Our seasoned travel writer Carmen has been restricted to local travel for a while now so she has considered the great advantages of the now-popular staycation. I do love staying in a capital city but find it crazy that I have not stayed in my own. Keep writing to us. We love to hear your stories and ideas.