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 ...
US Govt Prepares to Charge Julian Assange
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US Govt preparing to lay charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange
Charges cloaked in secrecy Gillard Govt accused of “cover up” ****AN
EXCLUSIVE GU...
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 ...
An extra summer's day
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An extra summer day today, before autumn arrives tomorrow. A late night of
playing, practicing, quick dinners and being out in the garden later than
w...
Australian wine label design competiton
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The Keystone Group, the company behind some of Sydney’s most popular and
coolest venues, is proud to announce its partnership with Australia’s Wine
Industr...
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...
Waiter, Don’t Take My Plate Away
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Back in the old days of my blog, I used to write Thursday Night Dinner
Songs. Those files went missing, I got older and more self-conscious, and
the days o...
Monday Menu
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I'll let the photos do the talking. Soup, steak, spaghetti puttanesca,
soup, cheese, lime and chilli chicken, chicken pilaf, macarons.
That cheese was pret...
Menu of self awareness
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*Menu*
*Prix Fixe*
*To Begin and the Journey or the Journey and to Conclude-$ Half a lifetime
To Begin, the Journey and to Conclude-$ A lifetime*
*No...
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...
Great pics Stephen. Looks delish. Much nicer weather than last year too.
ReplyDeleteThe food looks delicious! I wish I could make it this year :-)
ReplyDeleteI wasn't going to go but now I am thinking of going down for a look tomorrow. Your photos have proved too much temptation :)
ReplyDeleteLove the face Mary is pulling in the last photo.
ReplyDeleteJust came back from here on the weekend! Loved every second of it.
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