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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
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A decor book
"It's not just what's inside them that counts – books are also the underrated heroes of home décor." Bed Threads This is my next Lucky...
Jul 3, 2024
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Stephanie's idea of 'simple'
"A lot is said about simplicity in modern, Fench-influenced cookery. I find it very difficult to find a suitable definition of a simple...
Jun 28, 2024
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Luxury
Luxury: "great comfort, especially as provided by expensive and beautiful things "something that gives you a lot of pleasure but cannot...
Jun 16, 2024
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Tablecloths
"A kid under a tablecloth insists he’s a ghost. A table underneath a tablecloth is, I guess, like the rest of us, only pretending to be...
May 16, 2024
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Detail
"Details make perfection, and perfection is not a detail." Leonardo da Vinci A week or so ago now we went to the current Lume exhibition...
Apr 28, 2024
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A guru in retro fancy mode
"This is a book for the discerning host or hostess who takes pride in serving attractive, memorable meals with that extra 'touch of...
Aug 29, 2023
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French in Fitzroy
"the things Melbourne and France value in dining: character, charm, classics executed well and an atmosphere-charged place to take it all...
Jul 26, 2023
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White hot cool and rabbit stew
"A story is way more important than a recipe. A recipe can confuse you but a story ... a story can inspire you." Marco Pierre White...
Jun 26, 2023
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Watermelon radish - tastes of Cape Schanck
"We each make our memories in different ways. But it has to be worth it." Jay Rayner Yesterday I felt far too tired and mildly hungover...
Jun 23, 2023
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A moment in time for Heston ... and me
"I think of my life as a series of moments and I've found that the great moments often don't have too much to them. They're not huge,...
Jan 26, 2023
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Baubles
"Bauble - a showy but worthless or useless thing" Collins English Dictionary In our house it's sort of Christmas Eve today because...
Dec 23, 2022
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From Aqua Pazza to Fish poached in charred tomato broth
"There are many different variations of this sauce, from light broths, to thick tomato based sauces, which have been found on all types...
Jul 23, 2022
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Precious - in what sense?
A Simple Dish of Potato Cooked in the Earth In Which It Was Grown The photograph is of a dish devised by Ben Shewry in his Attica...
Jul 22, 2022
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A street library offering and a family saga
"Of course, you’re paying for the view at Watson’s Bay. And if you’re in a retro frame of mind, it might be just what you’re looking for."...
Apr 12, 2022
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Did consommé die?
"Consommé shows skill and panache without shouting, like a Savile Row shirt: crisp, understated, but oozing style and class. Consommé is...
Jan 28, 2022
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Making dinner special with Mercer's
I think we have both been feeling a bit down of late over being so confined to a small geographical area, and so we decided to have a...
Oct 2, 2021
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This and that
which apparently means nothing specific. I do have various blog post topics in mind, but having just spent the morning in the garden...
Jul 25, 2021
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Birthday fine dining
"What restaurants need to be focussing on is their own people, their neighbours, families and friends, and cooking for them simply and...
Jun 20, 2021
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Ladies doing lunch
"The hospitality industry is well named; as has been often and wistfully noted in the past year, the pleasure in visiting a restaurant or...
Apr 25, 2021
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