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Mushrooms and Chinese costermongers
This is a first recipe post - one from Beverley Sutherland Smith in her book simply called Vegetables . In this case, however, I first...
Aug 12


Wild rice
I have been reading my chosen book for book group - The Sentence by Louise Erdrich a multi-award winning author - including the Pulitzer...
Aug 6


Nuggets
" nugget - a small piece or lump, especially of gold in its natural state" or "something small but valuable or excellent" Cambridge...
Aug 5


Australian garlic
"So many benefits in this humble little plant" Nick Diamentopoulos Whenever we go to France - no more alas - we always at some point...
Jun 23


I found it - sort of
"Passing time adds false memories and modifies real ones." Stephen King Remember yesterday my despair at not finding the tube of hot...
Apr 26


Growing in the dark, dancing in the light
"the holy grail of rhubarb" Yotam Ottolenghi In his newsletter recently Yotam Ottolenghi told his readers about "the most unexpectedly...
Mar 31


The fish question(s)
"When customers ask for sustainable seafood, restaurants and retailers begin to seek and demand sustainable options from their suppliers....
Jan 2


I forgot the Faroes
“The Faroese food, especially the fermented food, is something you keep to yourself, You eat it, but only if no one is looking.” Poul...
Nov 18, 2024


Party time in the wilds of Nillumbik
Nillumbik is our local council area. It calls itself 'The Green Wedge Shire' - because over 90% of it's 431.94 square kilometres of land...
Oct 21, 2024


Chop-chop
Chop-chop - " used to tell someone to hurry." Cambridge Dictionary Well I am in a hurry today. Dentist and shopping - done, but this...
Oct 16, 2024


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...
Sep 28, 2024


The most wonderful book
"Everything is made to seem so easy – it turns out it is." Caroline Taylor/All That I'm Eating Around the time of my birthday I was in my...
Jul 30, 2024


Then, now, national dishes - Denmark
"Lacking the wild natural surroundings of their northern neighbours in which to climb and hike, the Danes have made eating their...
Jan 7, 2024


Christmas is ... prawns
"When it comes to summer entertaining in Australia there aren't many words that scream 'celebration' more than prawns." Coles Magazine...
Dec 20, 2023


Chaff
CHAFF: "1: the husks of corn or other seed separated by winnowing or threshing. 2: worthless things; rubbish." Oxford Languages Well...
Nov 20, 2023


Views, lunch, wine, friends ...
reflections on a day out in Nillumbik Nillumbik is the name of our Shire - the local council area. In the bottom corner is where we are...
Oct 15, 2023


Apples from Winton
"Passing time adds false memories and modifies real ones." Stephen King Eons ago I studied geography as one of my three A-level subjects....
Oct 13, 2023


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...
Oct 2, 2023


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...
Jun 13, 2023


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...
Apr 24, 2023