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Dec 8, 2021
A jug
"As cooks, we hang on to some implements for vast periods of time ... What starts out as a mere functional tool, through time becomes...
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Aug 18, 2021
A dream tea on the terrace
"Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life."...
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Jul 27, 2021
Learning from the grandchildren
I'm not sure that I can call my older grandchildren children anymore. The two oldest are technically teenagers anyway and the next two...
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Jul 19, 2021
Zoom lessons
"a chatroom that has gone from almost no one having ever heard of it to being a central instrument in our jobs." Bored Panda More than...
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Jul 1, 2021
OBE - over bloody eighty
"The advantage of being eighty years old is that one has many people to love." Jean Renoir My darling husband turned eighty yesterday. ...
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Jun 28, 2021
A question
"What’s the one thing you did [in lockdown] that you won’t change?" Rachel Cooke - The Observer As Sydney plunges into lockdown and here...
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Jun 21, 2021
A winter picnic
"Everything tastes better outdoors. There is something about fresh air and the liberating effects of nature which sharpens the appetite...
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Jun 15, 2021
Zoom food for the soul
“Happiness [is] only real when shared” - Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild Yesterday was our postponed Zoom cooking class - and here we all...
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Jun 7, 2021
Home-made enchiladas
"An enchilada is a corn tortilla rolled around a filling and covered with a savory sauce." Wikipedia Lockdown has its advantages for...
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May 23, 2021
Watch and learn - teaching kids to cook
"If I had one wish, I’d wish for everyone to help create a strong, sustainable movement to educate every child about food. To inspire...
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Apr 25, 2021
Ladies doing lunch
"The hospitality industry is well named; as has been often and wistfully noted in the past year, the pleasure in visiting a restaurant or...
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Apr 16, 2021
Goodbye Jenny
Last night my beautiful sister-in-law - my husband's sister Jenny - died. She was just about the same age as I - a few months younger in...
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Mar 30, 2021
Bring a plate
"Yes, bring a plate is an Aussie thing, but what does it mean? According to the Australian National University’s ‘Meanings and origins of...
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