I am a lawyer cum food tragic.
My love of produce is powerful and inexplicable.
It is more than cultural.
It is an instinctive pull that rules my waking and my dreaming.
Al dente!
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In Italy, overcooking pasta is a sin, period. Al dente, which literally
means "to the tooth," as in, "how does it feel to the tooth," stands for
the correc...
Taste of Tasmania, 2011/2012
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As I've mentioned before, I really enjoy the Taste of Tasmania. I can
understand why some people don't like it but I love having a whole bunch of
food and ...
Weekend Gab Fest: Special “Carry on Carr” Edition!
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In a stunning shock sensational announcement, former NSW premier Bob “the”
Carr will join the Senate and take up the role of Foreign Affairs Minister
for A...
Home Hill 2012
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Lunch on Thursday was at Home Hill to mark the annual pilgrimage to visit
Rita’s roots (so to speak!).
I have to say quite honestly I could not fault one ...
White on White
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After the great bedroom swap of December, we moved into the kids old room,
which has a wonderful big window and built in cupboards. Trouble was, I
hadn't g...
Sydney’s (not so secret) laneway revolution
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There’s giggles from the suits as they pass us on the stairs. That kind of
response to looking for the secret unmarked entrance is not uncommon. We’re
head...
Fortnightly round-up (27 February)
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[image: Playing doctors]
I'll spare you the "Mexican wave" pun, but the fact is that Melbourne's
appetite for new wave Mexican dining over the last two year...
Sanity saver
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I remember being disappointed a few years ago when I went to visit a local
organic guru’s garden.
I had imagined a potager with beans climbing up wrought...
This blog has moved
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Once a Waitress has a new home, www.onceawaitress.com! I'm currently
messing about with the settings, but you'll get the general idea. If you
follow me thr...
Goats and Shanley's
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Goats form the inspiration for this post. Elysia and Iain spent the weekend
in the Huon Valley and we took the opportunity to visit a couple of our
favouri...
Friday...wardrobe
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Sorry no flowers this week.
A quiet week for me.
A little baking; Rob's favourite carrot cake recipe (Vogue Living from
1978) with, of course, cream cheese ...
Art or Craft?
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When appreciating art most people fall into two distinct categories, those
that ‘get’ the abstract and those that ‘don’t’. The latter group tend
toward rea...
The Huxtabogan: the end to Smith St cool?
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There’s a new burger in town and it’s a contender to take Melbourne’s best
burger crown from Neil Perry’s Rockpool Bar and Grill. It’s from a joint
called ...
Dear Skye Gyngell,
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I'm tired.
Please buy ut si.
We have ricketty tables, dodgy loos & service that sometimes can be a
little hit 'n miss...just like your former place of e...
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