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- Nov 14
Take five - from maths to Jamie
I began this post yesterday, inspired by the painting on the left, but I didn't finish it and anyway I was very dissatisfied with what I...
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- Oct 2
Stephanie at lunch in WA
"Each ingredient had been created, harvested or grown by someone with passion for and a commitment to quality. This is what good food...
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- Sep 15
Salted caramel
"Its popularity may come from its effects on the reward systems of the human brain, resulting in 'hedonic escalation'". Wikipedia Is this...
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- Aug 26
Herbes de Provence
"When tidying up your herbs at the end of the summer, cut lots of each, tie them in bundles, dry in a cool, dry, airy place and turn them...
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- Aug 4
Cheating with tandoori chicken
"To be truly authentic it should, of course, be cooked in an earthen oven called a tandoor" Charmaine Solomon I chose those particular...
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- Jul 3
Bargain hunting dilemmas - it's class isn't it?
"When something as total as your whole domestic and local environment has been shaped in one way, to encounter a world in which that...
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- Jun 17
The small print of Woolworths
"Australia's go-to for delicious food inspiration" Woolworths Fresh Ideas Magazine Apologies for taking so long getting to Woolworth's...
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- Jun 13
Ottolenghi's tomato tarts
"The best thing to do to overcome feeling downcast and gloomy is to eat tomatoes a few times a week, say researchers." The Health Site I...
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- Jun 9
'Is Don, is good." Is it?
"I'm a salami writer. I try to write good salami, but salami is salami. You can't sell it as caviar." Stephen King It's a while since I...
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- May 29
The importance of stories - a postscript
"the currency of human contact" Robert McKee Yet again coincidences of trivialities have combined to give me a topic for a blog. Four...
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- Apr 25
Supermodel pasta
"Overall, you can’t go wrong with a pasta recipe, and this one is easy to make and absolutely delicious. Plus, you can make it your own...
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- Apr 24
Specks
"Speck - a tiny patch or spot" Vocabulary.com Speck So these are not really specks - they are too big, but it is Speck with a capital S...
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- Apr 22
A quote
"Danes are right to obsess about food because eating it is what freed Adam and Eve from Eden, allowing humans to think and make...
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- Apr 21
Is Aldi really cheaper than the other two?
Yes - but not as much as you might think - and also ... First thing to say - I know this has been done before. Everything has been done...
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- Apr 17
Being clever doesn't necessarily mean being right
"It's not food if it's called by the same name in every language." Michael Pollan That statement is in Michael Pollan's book Food Rules:...
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- Apr 10
Spam - yes spam
"the ham that failed its physical" American troops WW2 The human animal is a creative soul is it not? Also very adaptive. It can make...
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- Apr 4
The wonderful world of ramen
"For all that Japan has invented in the 20th century, the digital clock, Walkman, Nintendo and Pokemon, the Japanese consider their...
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- Feb 10
Eat food - rule no.1
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." Michael Pollan The above quote is probably the most famous modern quote on food around. It...
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- Jan 11
By the way
"By the way - used to introduce a new subject to be considered or to give further information" Cambridge English Dictionary Yes it's one...
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- Jan 8
Success does not necessarily mean quality
"I work for compensation, not in exchange for product or “exposure.” Long-term relationships with brands and products that I love is...
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