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Festive food: Christmas Day in pictures
Words to follow later this week.
Not dreaming of a white Christmas …
… but we are remembering one Our first visit to France was in 2009 and we arrived in Paris in the second week of December. The first three days were sunny but more and more chilly. Then, on our fourth … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Aix-en-Provence, Avignon, Christmas markets, Musee Rodin, Paris, santons
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Festive food: delicious retro lunch
My mother and father have resided in a nursing home since early 2012. Mum has severe Alzheimer’s disease and can no longer be taken out of the home. Dad has some physical issues but is strong mentally and his appetite … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking
Tagged poached peaches, prawn cocktail, raspberries, roast chicken, trifle
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Beaune-inspired-and-infused chicken dinner
This is the second-to-last of the many dishes that we enjoyed during our travels in Europe earlier this year and have since added to our repertoire. (Tafelspitz will be the last but that is a project for winter 2015.) We … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Eating out, Travel
Tagged chicken breast, Dijon mustard, Dining in Beaune, La Grilladine
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Festive food: the ham
Maggie and I both enjoy ham. Through much of the year, we buy two types of sliced ham – one lightly smoked, branded as Grandmother Ham, with a lovely texture that is perfect for sandwiches; the other, a triple-smoked ham … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking
Tagged Ashburton Meats, baked ham, Christmas food, glaze for ham, leg of ham, Otway Free Range Pork
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I spy, with my little eye …
… something beginning with ‘k”. Ketchup? No, it’s known as tomato sauce in my part of the world. Not kangaroo either; that said, I’ve eaten it willingly enough in restaurants or Aboriginal communities, but we haven’t cooked any at home. … Continue reading
Pig on a carpet ride?
Last night’s dinner was tasty and refreshing – Weber-roasted pork ribs; a salad of orange, fennel, sesame seeds, carrot and beetroot; and some Basmati rice. The pork had been marinated overnight in a wet paste of berbere spice mix, cumquat-infused … Continue reading
Not rushin’ this dessert
Most Australians are very fond of strawberries; Maggie and I are active members of this majority. We use them in several ways: with meringues, on a cheese and cream tart, in a fruit salad with banana and fresh pineapple, with … Continue reading
Busy-ness but not as usual
Out for dinner, three times in nine evenings. Working for a political party for the first time in 25 years. No new recipes to share. Definitely not the usual program! Not that we’ve suddenly come into some money and commenced a tour … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Eating out, Home life
Tagged basil, night noodle market, sardines, The Greens
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The other omelet
In my recent post about some of the ways we use the fresh tarragon from our garden, I wrote about what I call my ‘French omelet’. I mentioned that I make a second omelet, with mushrooms, parsley and cheese. I’ve just … Continue reading
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