Image pinched from the Rockpool Bar & Grill WebsiteHas anybody noticed the amount of art finding itself onto menu’s of late? I’m not going to get into the definition of art
Shock horror I’m English and, yes, I rely on at least two of what have been revealed to be the UK’s four staples, despite having lived in Australia for 11 years now. Spaghetti Bolognese Guilty as charged. This is a winter staple for me. Perhaps every two months I will cook a great vat of [...]
Julie Poulson is looking for inspiration Inflation is the bain of artist Julie Poulson’s life; pie and coke now costs $4.80. Nevertheless she is beavering away creating works for her exhibition in Cairns opening on 9 March. Her current work is ” Mango cheeks $14 a box” is taken from roughly painted roadside signs, printed, [...]
Veteran food writer Rita Erlich talks good sense in The Age over absurdly long wine lists. Giant wine tomes are best avoided: “Even a speed-read list would help – say, a dozen whites and reds, chosen because they’re appropriate drinking and fairly priced. The longer the list, the higher the individual bottle prices, since stocking [...]
I have one update at the end here from Betel at Rustic Food, Ay Coregi, a crescent roll from Turkey. By now we all know the reasons for staging this monthly event. I need say no more. A crew of ten cheese sandwich munchers (plus myself) show what cooking at home is really about and [...]
I had high expectations of myself when I launched this Pete Wells leftovers thing. I imagined I’d go to the fridge and conjure up some amazing dish without buying a single thing. My kitchen comprises lots of little leftovers and sometimes they do require a trip to the shops to put them to good use. [...]
Merde! I forgot some links and I’ve opened as can of worms here. Huguenots, Bourbons…religious wars and bad French. Several regional dishes were planned but a late night meant an unexpected demand from J (avec a hangover) for steak au frites avec sauce béarnaise. Actually, she wanted a steak haché or probably a royale with [...]
Thanks to The Reader for putting us onto a site translating Chinese menus. This quote explains it best: “I have never quite been able to sit down to a meal in a Chinese restaurant without wondering. Wondering if the Chinese characters on the menu said the same thing as the alleged English translations.” “The goal [...]
