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Dec 14, 2023
Orts
Ort: "Whatever is left on one's plate after they finish eating" saggy sammy/Urban Dictionary "a small piece of something, especially of...
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Oct 15, 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...
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Sep 26, 2023
L'apéro
"People who wish to discipline the sexual organs should avoid drinking those artificial concoctions which are called 'aperitifs'"...
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Aug 18, 2023
When a guru disappoints
'if you follow a recipe carefully and end up with a disappointing result, then it’s bound to be offputting.” Charlotte Pike It's a guru...
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Jul 23, 2023
Delia let me down!
"although it looks luxurious, it's actually quick and easy to cook." Delia Online Team No it's not. The comment that I have written at...
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Jul 19, 2023
An ancient wine, new to us
"The real magic of Aglianico appears to the patient." Wine Folly To go with our Crème de cassis pork ribs we drank a bottle of wine -...
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Mar 9, 2023
In passing
"done or said when your main focus is something different" Oxford Learner's Dictionary "briefly and casually" Google? My main focus in...
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Feb 9, 2023
In the middle of France is Berry
"a province unharmed by too many visitors in spite of the reputation of Georges Sand, Alain Fournier and Bourges Cathedral - and of the...
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Feb 7, 2023
En passant
"if you say something en passant, you mention it quickly while talking about something else" Cambridge Dictionary So not really 'this...
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Feb 4, 2023
Brown but so much more
"Colour fades as flavour deepens: a metaphor for much of life I suggest." Nigella Lawson Which is, indeed food for thought. In her book...
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Jan 20, 2023
A 46 year-old bottle of wine
"Appreciating old wine is like making love to a very old lady. It is possible. It can even be enjoyable. But it requires a bit of...
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Jan 3, 2023
A glass of wine
"Every time I open a bottle of wine, it is an amazing trip somewhere." José Andres A few random thoughts on wine inspired from a frame in...
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Oct 16, 2022
What was it all about?
Was it about the wine, the view, the company or the food, maybe even the cookbooks? We had a really good day yesterday, theoretically a...
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Jul 25, 2022
Coq au vin - slow food or quick and easy?
"The entire recipe for coq au vin in one popular cookbook, now in its third printing, read: 'Cut up two broilers. Brown them in butter...
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Jul 15, 2022
Six years of blogging deserves bubbles
"After a thousand blog posts you should be getting better as a writer." Black Mark Six years ago on the 15th July, 2016 I began this...
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May 17, 2022
Chicken, mushrooms, wine ...?
classic, modern or made up? This was going to be a 'kill three subjects with one post' ramble, but I have now decided to dwindle the...
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Feb 24, 2022
Saturday is "Open That Bottle Night"
"Go to your wine rack/wine fridge/climate-controlled walk-in underground cellar/box under the bed and find THAT bottle - the one you've...
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Jan 16, 2022
A recipe and Marsala
"my favourite alcohol in the kitchen ... whose warm, nutty notes marry blissfully with dairy." Nigel Slater Last night was my day to try...
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Dec 31, 2021
On wine - ancient and modern
"Save the planet; it's the only planet with wine." Journey Through Wine: an Atlas This was just going to be something on a Christmas...
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Nov 10, 2021
Titbits
"TITBIT - a choice morsel of food; a small and particularly interesting item of gossip or information." I have book group here tonight,...
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