Tomato is hosting the FIFA (Fuck I can’t Face Another) Beer World Cup and anybody is welcome to join in. You don’t have to be a food blogger. In fact, you don’t eve have to own a blog. All you have to do is email me your winning beers from each round of the game, [...]
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Well, A$9.99 from IGA in St Kilda: 650ml of 5% alcohol imported premium Sapporo. Drink with your $100 wagyu beef burger (order by prior arrangement).
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Tomato has been exclusively buying Coopers for a fortnight now as it comes under threat from a brewing giant. Now its supporters are calling for next weekend to be Coopers Brewery Weekend.It is the last significant and oldest independent family owned Australian brewery, founded in 1862 by Thomas Cooper.Lion Nathan the New Zealand based, 50 [...]
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There were only a few of us out of 56 deviated from the norm in Clotilde at Chocolate & Zucchini’s Like wine for chocolate Wine Blogging Wednesday. I’ve indulged my fetish for Chimay beer. Also spiritueux de cacao, vodka and a raspberry wine and a chocolate orange wine both from Oregon. What’s up with Oregon?
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Here’s the scenario. A bunch of friends over. Loads of stinking blue cheese, piles of chocolate and chocolate cake. We try all the usual sweet suspects with these foods. But what are the stars of the night? One surprise for the traditionalists was how well a bold, robust shiraz can go with chocolate. The bombshell [...]
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Been enjoying the new Foo Fighters plastic disk. This is what they want backstage when they tour OZ: 12 bottles imported or micro-brewery beer on ice, one case of Coors Light in bottles, Half case Victoria Bitter, six cans of Boddingtons, 12 bottles of Becks et.c. Oh, and Cauliflower blows!
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Usually for something special I’d walk up Flinders Lane, duck right just before the Flinders Lane Gallery and into the basement known as Yu-u. I did last night but the best thing I had all night was a large glass of Asahi on tap – the only way to drink it. Oh, okay, the sashumi [...]
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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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