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Moving on

April 22nd 2011 12:06

So I've decided to shuffle this blog on over to Wordpress. You'll be able to find it here.

It's gonna take me quite a while to move all my posts over, but when I do start putting new posts up they'll be over there

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Would you like some chocolates with that existential crisis?

March 4th 2011 02:02

An observant reader may have noticed that this is my first post in quite a while. You may be intrigued to know that during my last few months of radio silence a whole lot of stuff has affected, left or entered my life in one way or another. In case you’re interested, I’ve put together a list of some important developments, and the foods that punctuate them for me.

Pear and Vanilla Muffins and Engagement
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An ‘Auberge Espagnole’ - The Lowdown

November 30th 2010 19:39

“What is an auberge espagnole?” is a question you may ask. “What do Spanish hostels have to do with food?” is a question you may ask if you’re handy with Google translate. Well never fear, I’m here to answer at least one of those questions for you!

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Cooking: Kid-Style

November 25th 2010 21:46

I like cooking with kids. Love it in fact. Not only do I get the chance to hang out with some kids, but they are a great excuse to really have fun with it. Cooking that is.

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Lettuce Change

November 4th 2010 20:49

Change is a funny thing. You can see it in every part of your life, right down to the foods you eat. Long gone are the days when the list of foods I don’t like included cream, butter, zucchinis and anything less than well-done meat. And many of my staple meals now can be traced back to a particular time where something changed. And I think I’ve come across a new little change for my diet in the form of mâche.

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Priorities - a quick note

October 14th 2010 22:13

You may wonder why today's blog post is rather short. I can tell you why; it's because it's five minutes to midnight and I have to get up early tomorrow to get on a plane (yay Brussels!), and I haven't even packed yet.

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A Simple Mushroom Pasta and some Homesickness

October 4th 2010 22:40

It’s autumn in Europe, and that means mushrooms. Mushrooms that you just don’t see the likes of in Australia*. As I wandered around the markets this Saturday I just couldn’t help myself but buy some meaty cèpes and delightful trompettes. I wasn’t precisely sure what I was going to do with them, but I was buying them, gosh darn it!

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Yet another guest post by J. sigh

September 30th 2010 15:20

Fair warning: firstly, it is J. writing again or at least the writer formerly known as J. (now j.b.w as I have joined the orble community). Secondly, T, once again, is having too much fun to be bother with the likes of you. Thirdly, I was severely reprimanded, and my comment removed, for using the word ‘breasts’. So, I will not use the word ‘breasts’ in this post. Not even if I were to discuss the preparation and cooking of chicken ‘breasts’. I certainly will not mention T’s ‘breasts’, lovely as they are, and hell will freeze over before I even dare think about imagining the words ‘my man breasts’ again.

Ripe red strawberries.

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Sandwiches, French-style

September 27th 2010 12:52

You've just arrived in France, and you head on down to the sandwicherie to get yourself a nice sammich.

Fournil St Nicolas, my local Sandwicherie

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Leave Rice Pudding Alone!

September 10th 2010 20:23

After a conversation I just had with J during which he decided to malign the good name of rice pudding, I suddenly realised that rice pudding doesn’t actually have a good name! And so now I have taken it upon myself to rectify this terrible situation. ‘Creamy Rice’ was always one of my favourite desserts when I was young(er). And it remains one of my favourite desserts to this day (although being in France is rapidly adding to that list).

I’m not sure why so many people shun this simple, traditional, delicious dessert. Perhaps they had a bad experience when they were little? Maybe their brother put it down their pants? Maybe their mother was too rushed and forgot to rinse the rice? Maybe their grandmother accidentally picked up the cayenne pepper thinking it was cinnamon like mine did one memorable night

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The Best French onion Soup in Paris

August 19th 2010 22:53

I had read in a blog somewhere that the best French Onion Soup (Soupe à l’Oignon) in Paris is from the Luxembourg Gardens (Jardin du Luxembourg). And you know what, for me, it was.

French Onion Soup at the Jardin du Luxembourg

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Skipping the Middle Man

July 22nd 2010 15:24

One of the things I loved most about my week in Tasmania (and maybe it was just something unique to the people I was seeing, although it didn’t feel like it) was the amount of food that got to us in ways other than being bought in a shop. There was so much wonderful fresh local produce around, you couldn’t go far without tripping over it. There were two real stand-outs though: a home made apple cider that even I enjoyed immensely, and a big feed of fresh mussels and oysters collected minutes before they were eaten by yours truly and friends.

A Fresh Water Spring on the Side of Mt Wellington

Fresh water bursting from the side of Mt Wellington...

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Delightful Delicacies in Tasmania: Scallops

July 20th 2010 09:17

Luxury foods have a special feel about them. They make you feel fancy when you eat them. What I realised though, during my trip to Tasmania, was that it is not some essential feature of the food itself. Luxury is not intrinsic. Rather, luxury is a state of mind. It’s knowing that what you’re eating is special (maybe expensive) and out of the ordinary. It’s the exciting and the unusual. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that if you didn’t know a luxury food was in fact a luxury it would taste like poo. But the feeling that comes with eating something you consider a delicacy shouldn’t be understated.

This stood out to me particularly down in Tassie because of the price difference in one item: scallops

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What do you do when it tastes like manky feet?

June 10th 2010 09:15

It can be easy to get disheartened or embarrassed when something comes out of your oven looking, smelling and tasting like a sewer worker’s foot. And not a clean sewer worker either. But you can’t let the odour of burnt chocolate or bad eggs or off stock stop you from having fun with your cooking!

Mmm, tasty

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Hey There, Honeycakes

May 6th 2010 11:01

My partner is an amazing cook. I can honestly say that I didn’t fully appreciate garlic, tomatoes or oregano before we met, let alone those things I’d never heard of like porcini mushrooms, balsamic vinegar or quince paste. But as much of a fantasy as that amazing Italian heritage is, I think the food I grew up with can stand its own ground. And when the two combine, it makes me smile that little smile people get when they think about their More-Than-Just-Friends.

One day, not too long after we started living together, we decided that some little treat was in order. Now, I’m not sure how familiar you may be with the cupboards of a Uni student, but let’s just say Old Mother Hubbard probably wouldn’t see much unusual there. What’s that though to stop two creative, educated young people such as ourselves

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