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- 5 days ago
Why don't they cook?
"I've noticed, as I continue to work as a chef and grow as a parent, that there are a whole bunch of people who just don't cook at all,...
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- May 18
Saving the planet one mouthful at a time
"How we eat can actually help to shift the world we live in." Anna Jones Two things have 'inspired' this post - well one really I...
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- May 2
Fashionable foraging
"If it's had something urinate on it, it's good to eat." Mike Eggert "The face of Mussel man, a.k.a Lance Wiffen from the Sea Bounty in...
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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 18
How I learnt to shop for food
"You know you are in love when the two of you can go grocery shopping together." Woody Harrelson An interesting idea but not really what...
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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 12
They say I'm a good cook - but ...
"You have to eat to cook. You can't be a good cook and be a noneater. I think eating is the secret to good cooking." Julia Child...
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- Apr 9
Unhealthily delicious
"cooking honey with butter and chilli until bubbling makes the most glorious topping to put on a grilled cheese sandwich." Drizzle and...
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- Mar 30
Cooking for two
Lucky dip time and an old Australian Women's Weekly book called Cooking for Two. If you are a couple you may well have realised by now...
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- Mar 10
Camouflage or hidden?
"To camouflage - to hide something, or to hide the truth about something" Cambridge English Dictionary "To hide - to prevent something...
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- Mar 6
Do as you're told
"Do what you're told and everything will be alright" Norman Jewison When it comes to cooking it's a dilemma. Do you do what you're...
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- Mar 5
Cooking with gas - or not
There is nothing more annoying than being wrong about something that makes your life better." Doug Hendrie - The Age/Sydney Morning...
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- Feb 28
Fear of failure
"Relax into the rhythm, release any expectations of perfection or outcome. Go with the flow, take a breath, and remind yourself: I've...
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- Feb 20
Lessons from a family feast
“If you can eat with mates or friends or family, I mean, it's such a brilliant thing isn't it? If you feel really rubbish and you have a...
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- Feb 11
Loaded
"A look at restaurant menus makes it clear — bigger is better! Loaded dishes, jaw-dropping piles of ingredients and personalized items...
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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 5
Healthy?
“There were no significant differences between health food snacks and regular aisle snacks in terms of energy, saturated fat or sodium." ...
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- Dec 21, 2022
Excess
"You can’t just push the door and walk in; no… here you ring a bell, and wait for the door to be opened and for you to be greeted. It...
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- Dec 20, 2022
Christmas dilemmas
“A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.” Garrison Keillor I'm...
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