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Monthly Archives: October 2014
Long-distance travel plans
Don’t you enjoy that feeling of the uplifted spirit that you experience when you have booked and confirmed the last of your flights and tours for an overseas trip? You know, the one that is closely followed by “Thank God … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, Wine
Tagged Croatia, Insight Vacations, Kiewa Valley, King Valley, London, north east Victoria, UK
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Fresh lasagne with cauliflower, mushrooms and hazelnuts
We’re not big fans of cauliflower cooked plainly and then served as is. However, we do eat it regularly enough – in a potato mash, along with mild English mustard, to accompany a beef dish; as the main ingredient in … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking
Tagged cauliflower, Home made pasta, lasagne, mushrooms, Taleggio cheese
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A fish dish to celebrate our baby kipflers
By traditional Melbourne standards, our home and the land on which it sits are modest in size. The garden plots in front of the house are ill suited to growing edible plants, including their exposure to the harsh summer sun; … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Home life
Tagged garfish, herbs, kipfler potatoes, meuniere sauce
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Steak diane
Steak diane is the kind of dish our parents used to prepare and serve in the 1960s to impress friends or special guests. With robust flavours and a rich sauce, it belongs on a depths-of-winter menu. So, (a) what is … Continue reading
Chocolate, almond and hazelnut torte
I think of this as a special occasion cake for grown-ups, including those who are intolerant of gluten. Yes, it’s full of other things that can kill you if you over-indulge habitually. Fortunately, one small piece provides plenty of pleasure, … Continue reading
Pasta with tuna, rocket and preserved lemon
This is a recipe for one of those ‘that tin of tuna has been sitting in the pantry for a while and I made sandwiches with the previous tin’ moments followed by ‘I really feel like a bowl of pasta, … Continue reading
Navarin of lamb
Autumn is a very attractive season in some parts of Melbourne, with leaves changing colour on the introduced deciduous trees that line many main thoroughfares and local streets in older suburbs. If I could only spend one season per year … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking
Tagged Ashburton Meats, Lamb casserole, Melbourne food, Navarin of lamb
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Okay, it’s not quite 10am on Wednesday. Maggie has long ago left for work, fuelled by my fresh hand-squeezed orange juice – navels are still in season, just – and a short black coffee; the pots and pans from yesterday’s … Continue reading
Spring chicken
There is not much that is remarkable about roasting a chicken, is there? You buy a free-range or organic bird from a reputable supplier, get it to room temperature, add some flavourings inside or out, brush the skin with some … Continue reading
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