Author Archives: rmgtravelsandfood
Our itinerary
At 9.30pm on Thursday night, Melbourne time, Maggie and I will hop into a private taxi and begin our latest travel adventure. At around 9.30pm on Friday night, Paris time, we will arrive at our hotel in Le Marais district. … Continue reading
Poulterer’s Pie
For this dish, we have overhauled an on-line recipe for chicken pot pies with puff pastry lids, ditched the pastry and added a layer of mashed potato as in the well-known Shepherd’s Pie. The result is very tasty and reheats … Continue reading
A fresh apple cake
A few posts back, I mentioned that I would be baking an apple cake; this would provide morning tea for Maggie at work, including some pieces for her immediate colleagues, and for me to snack on in the days leading … Continue reading
Love that duck!
We are a little obsessed about duck, forever tracking down suppliers of quality fresh duck, looking for new duck recipes, reflecting on our palate experiences and tweaking our established duck repertoire. However, one particular duck recipe has met our exacting … Continue reading
A peach of a dish
Since May 2013, we have been making extensive use of My Umbrian Kitchen by Patrizia Simone. (Patrizia is famous in Victoria for the restaurant she and her husband established in the country town of Bright, in the north-east of our … Continue reading
At last, a visual!
To date, this blog has comprised words, words and more words – thousands of them! In my defence, it used to be possible to follow a link from one of my old posts to several photo albums relating to our … Continue reading
Another Saturday afternoon in the kitchen
We were supposed to be going to a 21st birthday party last Saturday night. However, we are not party animals, unless it is a party involving three or four courses of delicious food, up to six guests and several bottles … Continue reading
Pre-flight victuals
We spent some happy hours in the kitchen yesterday, producing a chicken, leek and noodle soup; some cooked down tomatoes; a bowl of creamy spinach; and, for the first time in many years, some strawberry jam. As were cleaning up, … Continue reading
Travel plan Ins and Outs
So, here we are, a fortnight out from being on a plane not long before our descent into Dubai en route to Paris. In the last 24 hours we have confirmed a culinary appointment and discovered a cultural disappointment. Such … Continue reading
What we cooked on Sunday
A careful reading of my previous post would reveal a mystery – what did we eat on Sunday? And did it involve any meat, as everything we bought at the butcher on Saturday has been accounted for? Well, I forgot … Continue reading
Rick and Maggie's food and travel adventures 