July 2011

Food blogging: the state of the nation and some thoughts

July 20, 2011

Why do I blog? It's not a question that I often give much thought to.  After seven years, it becomes a little like asking "why do I breathe?".  It's just something I do, as a matter of course, nearly daily; a creative outlet that engages my cooking, styling, photography and writing skills all in one [...]

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Apricot and pistachio galette

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  Overheard at the recent Plate to Page workshop in Weimar: Jamie:  ”What do eating and sex have in common?  They are two of the only human activities that engage all five of the senses:  touch, taste, sight, smell and hearing.” Jeanne:  ”And the advantage that eating has over sex is that you don’t get [...]

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Saturday Snapshots #151

July 16, 2011

Tools of my trade – antique typewriter, Portobello Road London July 2011  Portobello Road Market, London, bills itself as the world's largest antique market and is definitely one of the best-known street markets in the world.  Although shops on the street are open every day, it's on Saturday when the market comes alive with street [...]

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Ora – a taste of Thailand

July 15, 2011

Thai food: I have to admit, it's not something I grew up with.  My hometown was not big on ethnic cuisine (other than Italian and Chinese restaurants) until well into the 1990s. Sure we had a couple of curry houses, but these were Indian curry - definitaly not Thai.  It was only in the late 1990s that the first Thai restaurant in port [...]

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Andrew’s Really Secret Event – an afternoon with Australia’s First Families of Wine

July 13, 2011

  So… we'd been walked around Mayfair to a secret location - with a dress code, no less.  We'd missed trains and braved walks in dark woods up precipitous hills as well as hangovers to attend.  So when the invitation for the 4th in the series of ARSE (Andrew's Really Secret Event) gatherings arrived, I signed [...]

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Mexican pork pibil (cochinita pibil)

July 11, 2011

  It's funny how some places turn out to be just like you imagine them to be.  My first glimpse of London from the Piccadilly Line windows was the row up on row of West London terraced houses and accorderd pretty much with my visions of London.  You get to Paris and people really do [...]

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Saturday Snapshots #150

July 9, 2011

Pont Neuf gargoyle – Paris, June 2011   The Pont Neuf across the River Seine in Paris was officially opened in 1607 and, despite its name ("new bridge"), it is the oldest bridge in the city.  Walking under it along the river, you get a great view of the dozens of gargoyles adorning the entire [...]

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