Observations and rants of a hedonistic polymath who eats between meals and drinks between drinks
When ‘Balls: the all-round cook book‘ by Aussie food divas Lyndey Milan and Loukie Werle was first published, some people thought it was a pretty provocative title for a recipe book. Move over girls. ‘The Testicle Cookbook: Cooking… Read More
An IBISWorld snapshot of what we can expect to see in the average shopping trolley at supermarkets in 2013 was a bit of an eye opener. But it also appeared to be a little optimistic in its… Read More
In life I have a few simple rules. I don’t do: babies, certain suburbs …or heights. With dining I have some similar guidelines of don’t. I avoid restaurants that don’t take reservations, don’t take credit cards and have… Read More
While chocolate is a shoe-in for a Valentines Day sweetener, it is also drug, a pick me up and a ‘functional food’. Functional foods were a buzz word about a decade ago but now seem to have been… Read More
I do find it odd that people get weird about what they eat. There was a huge furore in the UK a year or so ago when Gordon “F**king” Ramsay announced that he would be putting horsemeat on… Read More
This Christmas I received several food hampers. The fact that I’m wasting away to a block of flats and will be eligible for my own post code seemed to elude my gift-giving friends. The common denominator in each… Read More
I must confess when I was a slip of a lad I was pretty good at pressing seaweed. The girls pressed flowers – I did seaweed. Possibly it was an early indication of my predilection to be bit… Read More
The Aussie Christmas seafood extravaganza probably has a lot to do with the spawning of Virgo and Libran children. Nine months prior to these September births a festive feed of oysters, prawns, fish, beer, wine, salad and more… Read More
I love a good myth or bent fact and the smoke and mirrors that surround food is often pretty bizarre. Let’s stay with the red end of the spectrum – and red food colouring. A recent survey found… Read More
