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- Nov 5
An unexpected delight
"God bless the French lunch hour." Elizabeth David A lucky dip. Elizabeth David's book of essays and writings from here and there, An...
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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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- Aug 24
Brunch at Nopi - well not really
"Call it breakfast, call it brunch – it’s usually something topped with a couple of poached eggs, served with a strong flat white. Hold...
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- Aug 14
Watermelon, feta, mint
"I know, I know. Yet another watermelon, feta, and mint salad recipe. Do we need one?" J. Kenji López-Alt/Serious Eats Indeed, but then...
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- Aug 2
Ottolenghi fish - a lucky dip
"One of my favourite recipes. Serve at room temperature with a chunk of bread." Yotam Ottolenghi Well possibly - here are a couple of...
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- Apr 21
Cuisse de canard rôtie aux prunes
"It is rich meltingly tender when young, and fairly cries out to be simmered with wine, herbs and brandy" Robert Carrier This is my...
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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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- Feb 21
Seriously easy
"This basil scented dish is simply delicious, there’s not really much more I can say than that. Whether you are making it for you, or...
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- Jan 26
French/Indian - did it happen?
"even while the European powers ruled, none of them had any effect on the basic diet of the local people. Rice, mainly 'boiled' rice ,...
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- Jan 15
Grilled fish Bali style
"Barbecue may not be the road to world peace, but it's a start." Anthony Bourdain This is a lucky dip because I am completely uninspired...
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- Nov 29, 2022
Green tomatoes - not always fried
"fried green tomatoes are only "Southern" because a movie made them that way." Sam Dean/Bon Appétit Yes I know - it's the wrong time of...
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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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- Oct 14, 2022
Still life
"simple, wholesome food standing on a sill or held in air by the hand of a geometer and poet adept at ordering a world of marvels: did he...
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- Aug 20, 2022
Tonnato - not what it used to be
"It’s like that Dr. Seuss book everyone gets when they graduate—Oh the Places You’ll Go!—but for a mayo-based sauce. Inspiring." Alex...
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- Jul 20, 2022
A new lucky dip - an old book
"This is not the cuisine for the housewife-in-a-hurry. But if time is available, how can it be better spent, how used to give greater...
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- Jul 5, 2022
Fatima's fingers - Greg Malouf or Coles?
"Dubai’s a really tough place to be cooking Middle Eastern food. Middle Easterners have not embraced anything modern about their cuisine...
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- Jun 26, 2022
Sicily - too much for a lucky dip
"dinners for the rich and food for the poor" Guiseppe Pitrè It's time I dealt with my Claudia Roden The Food of Italy lucky dip. It's...
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- Apr 26, 2022
Curry from the jungle - a lucky dip
The dish shown above is not Jungle curry. It is a dish called Pork curry with eggplant from an old Women's Weekly booklet Easy...
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- Mar 2, 2022
Lucky dip - how's my diet going?
"it may well be that our bodies just learn to cope better with a fast, in other words, you'd have to keep up the fasting routine forever...
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- Jan 30, 2022
I do like to be beside the seaside
Such is my lack of inspiration at the moment I am today combining two of my writer's block stimuli - a moment in time and a lucky dip. I...
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