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Mashed potato
"The topic of mashed potato started a heated debate among my colleagues. Half of them insisted it had to be creamy, buttery and have...
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- Jan 21
A new favourite thing - baked polenta
"While these days polenta often appears on menus, I don't think I'm the only one who's struggling to get round to cooking it at home....
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- Jan 14
From peas to plin and a cookbook
"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be." Douglas Adams The eternal question -...
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- Jan 12
The umami battle of the 'mites' (mar,vege,pro,aussie...)
"Marmite is a British icon. Vegemite is an Australian icon. Since Brits and Aussies have sporting rivalries, mischievous senses of humour...
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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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- Dec 30, 2022
I have six egg yolks
"they are a magical ingredient that can transform a drab dish into something divine and spectacular." Tom Hunt You might remember that...
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- Dec 16, 2022
So much lettuce
"Lettuce is not mere padding or blank backdrop for more exotic or shouty salad ingredients – it's a summer vegetable as worthy of...
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- Dec 5, 2022
Mint sauce(s)
"when done right, mint sauce is the key to turning casual summer dinners into something special." Salon.com I spent the morning weeding...
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- Dec 2, 2022
Hot off a rock - a Neanderthal falafel
"more and more studies are suggesting an ancient penchant for bitter - and astringent-tasting plant foods from as early as the Middle...
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- Nov 26, 2022
Baked apples - so many ways
"All millionaires love a baked apple" Ronald Firbank This all started with a purchase of a big bag of i'Mperfect apples from Coles by...
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- Nov 22, 2022
Chicken and dates from New York
"The “prunes were very much Marrakech tagines; the green olives were Marbella, Spain.” That sounds about right. But, the sugar is pure...
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- Nov 15, 2022
Game on - well not in Australia
"See! From the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings; Short is his joy! He feels the fiery wound,...
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- Oct 27, 2022
Biscoff for a rainy day
"it is as if the deep flavour of the coffee and unique taste and crunchiness of the Lotus Biscoff biscuit were made for each other." ...
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- Oct 20, 2022
The sugar dilemma
"Australians consume the equivalent of 960 Olympic-sized swimming pools of sugary drinks every year, giving the country one of the...
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- Oct 19, 2022
Picada - a non-Ottolenghi extra
"anyone who has tasted a dish before and after its addition will understand that picada 'seems to fill in all the holes, plug in all the...
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- Oct 17, 2022
A man well ahead of his time
what to do with watermelon and pomegranates Still life with a watermelon and pomegranates is the title of this painting by Paul Cézanne. ...
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- Oct 11, 2022
A great big bunch of fennel leaves
My gardening friend gave me a fennel bulb which I shall use in some delicious way yet to be decided. But it came with this great big...
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- Oct 9, 2022
Should we acknowledge french onion soup in a packet as an ingredient?
"That beefy, caramelized onion flavor is actually really hard to achieve on your own at home. Improbably, the product is vegan, made...
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- Oct 3, 2022
Morello cherries
"où sont les neiges d'antan? (where are the snows of yesteryear?)" François Villon (1431- after 1463) Now what has that quote at the top...
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- Sep 30, 2022
Dukkah - how did we do without it?
"a deeply fragrant, crunchy mix, neither paste nor powder, but somewhere in between, and deeply, headily scented. ... Sometimes I tip it...
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