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Aug 18
The daily decision
"I don't believe in taking right decisions. I take decisions and then make them right." Ratan Tata Recently I wrote a post on planning...
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Aug 5
The joy of meatballs
"I don’t have the evidence to back this up, but I am convinced that meatballs are the greatest food on the planet." Stuart Heritage/The...
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Jul 11
Busy, busy, busy, - doing nothing?
"Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings." Jane Austen It's been just over a week since I wrote a post. I have been busy,...
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May 31
The pleasures and pitfalls of dining out
"The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going." George Carlin Last night we dined out with...
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Apr 22
When I was 64 - well I thought I was
"Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 64?" The Beatles This is Collioure - on the Mediterranean coast near the...
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Apr 16
Almost 100
"There is no old age. There is, as there always was, just you." Carol Grace (Apologies - I pressed Publish by mistake when I had written...
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Apr 13
What's wrong with easy - and is it possible anyway?
"truly simple recipes are too simple to actually be published" "Learn technique not recipes." Reddit I began this post with one idea and...
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Feb 1
Too many cooks spoil the broth - or - Many hands make light work?
At worst, it is the road to realising you are the sort of person who cares about how others crush garlic." Gwendolyn Smith/The Guardian...
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Dec 18, 2023
Christmas was, Christmas is ...
"We've reached the most wonderful time of year" Coles Magazine "Christmas magic exists in the little things doesn't it?" Woolworths...
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Oct 28, 2023
My grandchildren didn't eat the sausages
"I live in fear of the phrase "just enough". I regard just enough as nowhere near enough. Just enough means too little. It means one...
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Oct 7, 2023
The challenge of feeding families
"Family dinners are more often than not an ordeal of nervous indigestion, preceded by hidden resentment and ennui and accompanied by...
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Jul 26, 2023
French in Fitzroy
"the things Melbourne and France value in dining: character, charm, classics executed well and an atmosphere-charged place to take it all...
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May 12, 2023
Kitchen satisfactions
"A kitchen is a good place to be, almost always the best place in the house." Michael Ruhlman This is my kitchen. I love it. It's one...
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Apr 12, 2023
They say I'm a good cook - but ...
"You have to eat to cook. You can't be a good cook and be a noneater. I think eating is the secret to good cooking." Julia Child...
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Apr 3, 2023
Cooking for your man
"To Reuben who married me before I learned to cook." Chairman Solomon I have recently set myself another goal - to cook something, every...
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Feb 20, 2023
Lessons from a family feast
“If you can eat with mates or friends or family, I mean, it's such a brilliant thing isn't it? If you feel really rubbish and you have a...
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Sep 5, 2022
Why do we photograph food?
"Studies show that the connection between food photography and cravings is visceral. Eating with your eyes is more than a witty saying –...
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Jan 26, 2022
A chicken breast on a hot day
"don’t subscribe to the fatalistic notion that people simply “run out of ideas.” There are infinitely more ideas than you could ever use...
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Jan 13, 2022
2021 - a shrinking world of small delights and triumphs
"People don't like change. But make the change happen fast enough and you go from one type of normal to another." Terry Pratchett 2020...
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