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A gallimaufry
Gallimaufry: "a confused jumble or medley of things" Oxford Langauges "a meat stew called galimafrée" Merriam-Webster There's your new...
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Nov 9
Free, $15, $30 or $600?
"really what the supermarket is trying to do is ensure that for every shop you're trying to go there and spend your money rather than...
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Nov 7
Hospital food
"I ended up going to the canteen and getting a curry and rice for $13!" Last week my youngest grandchild was in hospital for a week, with...
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Oct 1
An Italian day out in the city
It's Italian Film festival time and my friend Clare proposed going to see something with a lunch beforehand. I, of course, agreed and so...
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Sep 28
Who owns our food, especially milk?
I'm probably not telling you anything you haven't read somewhere or heard on the radio or TV, but there is currently a bit of publicity...
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Sep 4
The comfort of Heinz tomato soup
"I can still remember the taste of those Scottish rolls and butter and the warm, tangy tomato soup, a real childhood treat." Man Has a...
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Jul 13
That Choice survey
"When you have limited financial means you can only buy items you need. You have to shop by necessity and this means you may not be...
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Jun 4
Ruminations on what we eat - a project?
"Writer's block is having too much time on your hands." Jodi Picoult I have now been writing this blog for almost eight years, so...
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Jun 2
Hot wing rambles
"One cannot fix one's eyes on the commonest natural production without finding food for a rambling fancy." Jane Austen I do have the...
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Jun 1
Beans, toast, an expanding world
"On toast, they are nothing short of sheer culinary genius. They are, I would argue, at their point of perfection when you can catch them...
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May 31
The pleasures and pitfalls of dining out
"The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going." George Carlin Last night we dined out with...
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May 6
Chicken butter cream - the real deal?
"Who invented the butter chicken? None of them did. It's like asking: Who discovered fire? Butter chicken was probably made at several...
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Apr 24
Blogging success - A Pinch of Yum. (And oops!)
"People sharing information that helps people." Bjork Ostrom First of all the oops. Somehow or other when I wrote my post about not...
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Apr 21
Trying to make a lucky dip interesting
"Writer's block is having too much time on your hands." Jodi Picoult "Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun." Daniel Pinkwater My lucky dip...
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Apr 18
Day for it - a sign from below
"Day for it - Weather conducive for the activity currently being undertaken, common phrase in Australia" Urban Dictionary As I was...
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Apr 5
Hidden potatoes and apples
"Name a dish that isn’t improved, or unaffected, by the addition of a small potato?" Rachel Roddy It's Guardian Feast newsletter day and...
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Apr 3
Are the supermarkets really the good guys?
"Their profits are our profits." The Parrhesian/AFR At the weekends we get the Australian Financial Review Weekend edition. Being...
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Mar 13
The food curriculum - history
"Since Eve ate apples, much depends on dinner.” Lord Byron (1788-1824) History is a vast subject. Every other subject, every tiny...
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Mar 10
So ordinary
This is a dish found in the last Coles Magazine. It's called One-pan prosciutto chicken with tomatoes and honestly there is nothing...
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Mar 8
Butter chicken cheats
Spurred on by that article about Cooking as a game I have decided that this month I shall look at Chicken butter cream, or Butter chicken...
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