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Loaded
"A look at restaurant menus makes it clear — bigger is better! Loaded dishes, jaw-dropping piles of ingredients and personalized items...
Feb 11, 2023
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The ultimate fusion dish
"It's Japan's chilli, its bacon cheeseburger, its meatloaf and gravy all in one, a hangover-killing man meal found in bars and...
Nov 11, 2022
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Salmagundi
"The word salmagundi may be derived from the obscure 16th century French word salmigondis which means disparate assembly of things, ideas...
Oct 29, 2022
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Biscoff for a rainy day
"it is as if the deep flavour of the coffee and unique taste and crunchiness of the Lotus Biscoff biscuit were made for each other." ...
Oct 27, 2022
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How we discovered Middle Eastern Food
"It is the fruit of nostalgic longing for, and delighted savouring of, food that was the constant joy of life in a world so different...
Oct 24, 2022
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A man well ahead of his time
what to do with watermelon and pomegranates Still life with a watermelon and pomegranates is the title of this painting by Paul Cézanne. ...
Oct 17, 2022
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Serve with?
I said I would, and tonight is the night that I am going to cook Ottolenghi's Double lemon chicken with cheat's preserved lemon. It's...
Oct 13, 2022
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Crumbs
"something you wish to share with your online friends." Urban Dictionary "a small fragment" Merriam-Webster Actually I think that first...
Jul 30, 2022
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Cheese and biscuits and Vita-Weats
"If ever an area of life encapsulated the tyranny of choice, it is cheese biscuits. Olive oil and sea salt; chive and rosemary; poppy...
Jul 27, 2022
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Is there anything you can't stuff?
I dived down a bit of a TikTok rabbit hole here. I'll explain how I got there, but above is a recent TIkTok viral trend for Custard...
Jun 17, 2022
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Bubble tea - so much to learn
"I always find people spit out their first bubble tea. They're super reactive to it. Then the second one, they're like, 'this is so...
Jun 11, 2022
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Devilled eggs
"a culinary amalgam of history and taste" Food Timeline Continuing with the retro thing which has been appearing here and there in...
May 25, 2022
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Time for some mini bites
" Bite - 'a piece bitten off'; a small meal; a portion severed from the whole; a morsel of food" Dictionary.com So I suppose a bite is...
Mar 5, 2022
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Does anyone make soufflé anymore?
"It feels more like magic than cooking." Nigel Slater I'm attempting a bit of a tidy up of my desktop pile of books of potential...
Mar 1, 2022
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A week's eating according to the supermarkets
"Key words and phrases - 30 minute; 5 ingredients; Under $5.00; Quick; Easy; Fresh; Healthy" I see it is five days since I posted on my...
Feb 20, 2022
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High lunch on Brunswick Street
"There is no denying rooftops are hot right now. Something about escaping the demands of everyday life high above the hustle and bustle...
Feb 7, 2022
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Veganism
"veganism is the wellness industry’s new cash cow." David Cox - The Guardian I have been meaning to do a post on veganism for some time,...
Jan 14, 2022
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So very today
"I hope your day is a gentle one." Belinda Jeffery Continuing with my mission to clear my desk, I am turning to one of my Christmas...
Jan 7, 2022
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Iceberg lettuce
"The boring football known as iceberg." Nigel Slater "Icebergs might be mostly water but it is not watery. Its thing is crunch." The...
Dec 15, 2021
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Matcha
"powdered green tea with a bitter, chalky and chlorophyll flavour - is the Marmite of the tea world." Olive Magazine Every now and then...
Nov 2, 2021
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