Well, I was told upgrading to WordPress 2.2 was essential and easy. it turns out there are a couple of blips to iron out with my chosen blog template design. Hopefully everything will be normal again soon.
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Clotilde also reports the opening of an underground restaurant in Paris known as Hidden Kitchen and points to the Wikipedia entry from my report in the Herald Sun. Readers may recall that there is one Zingara Cucina in Melbourne and Subculture Dining in San Francisco from my recent post. There’s also this story from the [...]
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I know I’m only meant to have one idea in each sentence. but can I have two ideas in a blog post. The common thread is Clotilde Dusoulier’s Chocolate & Zucchini where she brings a French perspective to the salty marsh crop. Known as salicornia she first ate it on family holidays to Brittany, a [...]
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I’m about to embark on the next of my molecular gastronomy experiments with Heston Blumenthal’s roast chicken which will take several days to prepare. But first a survey of other chefs’ approaching to roasting chicken. It is perhaps apprpriate to kick-off with this one which I found in The Futurist Cookbook, first published in 1932. [...]
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Yes, Paul Levy the man who invented the F**die word in August 1982 writes about it on the Guardian’s food blog, Word of Mouth. “I was derided in the anonymous article (edited, as it happens, by me) as the ghastly, his-stomach-is-bigger-than-his-eyes, original, appetite-unsuppressed, lip-smacking ‘king foodie’. I had to sign a legal undertaking not to [...]
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May be gone a few days without blogging. Just delivering this ($398, can you believe it) huge birthday cake to Queensland for the 90th birthday my father-in-law Alphonsus. The dogs and cat have their baby sitter. Back to normal on Monday. In the meantime, there are plenty more new great comments, out of a total [...]
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Regulars will know that I refuse to use the above F-word but anybody who has a food blog the Foodie Blog Roll is a great way to add a few links.
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Oh yes, bring on the runny Camembert LaClarines and stinky blue Roquefort. As steve says below it’s a bit like vacherin although a bit more creamy. Somebody sold me this while using Camerbert in the same breath. Hmmmm.
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The freshness of oxygen, nail polish, flash of metal, cellulosic smell, pure air of the high mountains, sand dunes, fire energy, ultimate fusion, washing drying in the wind, burnt rubber, mineral intensity of carbon, flaming rock. What on earth am I? I couldn’t resist.
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Worth it: the $15 wagyu burger. Now that’s what I call a burger. A Wagyu burger to be precise from Rockpool Bar & Grill at Crown Casino in Melbourne. The bun was more like a brioche in texture. The whole construction is designed to be eaten rather than slip out down my front. There was [...]
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Three years ago I went on a boozy winery tour with a busload of artist mates. Somehow along the way I managed not only to buy two small olive trees, but also two magnificent French oak wine barrels to plant…
There’s a rumour that Melbourne hospitals lay on extra staff in the Emergency Department at this time of year. Yes, it's tomato season and given our vast migrant population, there will invariably be a few home-bottling and canning disasters. Every Italian…
Making yoghurt at home is really simple and doesn't take much science. Here we make two different styles of yoghurt using both cows' and goats' milk.
It took four hours of a Saturday afternoon to construct this gigantic pie.
The recipes available are all pretty similar, three different types of pork with herbs and spices surrounded by jelly and encased in a hot water pastry. This one…
There's a lot of meat and fat in a pork pie including the hot crust pastry which is made with lard and butter.
I bought a whole tub of dripping, which is basically like lard (pig fat) but from beef, as…
Five days later and the bacon is cured. Salty and sweet, with a hint of juniper and sage, it was worth it.
Nothing is ever easy for me. Frustrated by the poor quality of filling and pastry in local pork…
Recent journalismWe don't see much innovation in cookbooks nowadays but The Family Meal: Home Cooking with Ferran Adria is as you'd expect from one of the world's most innovative chefs.
What most…
Consult a financial adviser before drinking from a Riedel.
Dishwasher tablets erode your glasses and crockery. Use liquid instead.
Decant heavier reds at least 8 hours before drinking.
If you want to drink…
Three years ago I went on a boozy winery tour with a busload of artist mates. Somehow along the way I managed not only to buy two small olive trees,…
There’s a rumour that Melbourne hospitals lay on extra staff in the Emergency Department at this time of year. Yes, it's tomato season and given our vast migrant population, there…
Making yoghurt at home is really simple and doesn't take much science. Here we make two different styles of yoghurt using both cows' and goats' milk.
One of the most exciting chefs to be in town for the Sydney International Food Festival was the witty and erudite David Thompson. If you aren't familiar with Thompson, the…
I recently had a non-brush with death while eating what turned out not to be my last meal.
It made me think of all the meals I'd wasted. A bad…
Neil Perry (left), Thomas Keller and Heston Blumenthal (bald). Courtesy of the Melbourne Wine and Food Festival.
On the SBS Food site you can see my story on meeting Thomas Keller…
Typical. Just as the world peaked Paul Levi, the man who had no small part in bringing us the slightly dubious word “Foodie”, launches the Gastrosexual, a man with more…
With thanks to the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival.
It's 3.50 on a Friday afternoon. I've just finished a great meal cooked by Scott Pickett at The Point in Albert Park…
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