02
Nov
Roasted Chicken Wrapped with Streaky Bacon and Stuffed with Potatoes and Sage
Cookbook Challenge Week 42 Bird Book: The Return of the Naked Chef by Jamie Oliver Theme: Bird Recipe: Roasted Hamilton poussin wrapped with streaky bacon and stuffed with potatoes and sage Wow that’s a mouthful of a name. I have to say I miss poetic names in food. There’s no fun naming food after its...
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29
Oct
Crayfish Caesar Salad (with Swedish Crayfish from Ikea)
One day in the Ikea’s Swedish food section, I discovered that every August, the Swedes celebrate their crayfish season by having crayfish parties where you basically gather around, eat a whole load of boiled crayfish and drink a tonne of booze. The Swedish sure know how to party! Ikea was* selling boxes of frozen crayfish...
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25
Oct
Melbourne Food Review: Breakfast at Brisq, Lt Collins St., CBD
I am not a morning person. Oh, no. To be at work at 8.30am (yes, bummer), I literally hop out of bed at about 7.30 before rushing through everything to get to work on time. When you see a very heavily-pregnant chick running for a tram on Collins St. heading west-end, give way to her...
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18
Oct
Chinese Olive Fried Rice with Prawns, Bok Choy and Green Beans
This is one of those dishes that we always go back to when it’s a week night and we’re starving. The prawns are always in the freezer, the rice can be made in 20 minutes (while we watch something on ABC iView – yes that’s right, still no TV) and any random Asian greens are...
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01
Oct
Melbourne Food Bloggers’ ‘Mad Hatter’ Spring Picnic
I am off sick and incredibly grumpy today from having a very painful gout attack overnight (a condition relatively rare in my demographic, I know. So lucky me… I guess) and since I can’t really take any medication for it, I have decided on a more natural approach: focus on the lovelier things in life...
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