Mad cow panic
Mad Cow (BSE, CJD) has been responsible for the deaths of 166 people in Britain and 44 elsewhere – and the bright sparks in Canberra have declared it’s okay to import beef products from countries that have reported… Read More
Observations and rants of a hedonistic polymath who eats between meals and drinks between drinks
Mad Cow (BSE, CJD) has been responsible for the deaths of 166 people in Britain and 44 elsewhere – and the bright sparks in Canberra have declared it’s okay to import beef products from countries that have reported… Read More
Seeing a continual mountain of empty wine bottles neatly stacked outside a gentleman’s pad does not always signify the digs of a dipsomaniac. These mounds were the constant adornment of the grass median strip outside the house of… Read More
Food blogs are an increasing trend in the online media space. At last count, there were 101 food bloggers in Sydney alone with the national list at least twice that. Therefore, it is no surprise that last week,… Read More
In the same vein that there’s a joke circulating within minutes of the occurrence of a major event, Twitter will signal the demeanour of the population in half that time, certainly in the food-fancying Twitterverse. Last time I… Read More
What do the late US actor George Peppard and Aussie supremo chef Tony Bilson have in common? They both “love it when a plan comes together”. Peppard coined the phrase in TV’s The A Team while Bilson would… Read More
I have always been impressed by New Zealand’s canny invention of names when marketing food products. There was the tamarillo that had previously been the tree tomato, the Chinese gooseberry that became the Kiwi fruit and the New… Read More
The traditional hot Christmas has been eroded somewhat over the years in favour of the seafood extravaganza. It is doubtful that the fish symbol representing Jesus and Christianity has much to do with it. It’s more to do… Read More
How many countless tales of ecstatic cheese consumption have you been regaled with by friends returning from Europe? Australia and New Zealand are the only countries on the planet that don’t – can’t – make raw milk cheese…but… Read More
Products named after celebrities aren’t unusual. There’s generally a logical relationship between the celeb, their claim to fame and the product. And as a rule, particularly if they are fast moving consumer goods, those brands are short lived…. Read More