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About rmgtravelsandfood

Maggie and I were both born in the early 1950s and we live in Melbourne, Australia. This blog is mainly devoted to our shared passions for travel and fine dining at home. Recently, I added Australian politics to the scope of the blog, inspired by the election of a Labor Government at a national level. Rick Grounds

Last weekend in the kitchen

Posted on April 2, 2014 by rmgtravelsandfood

Maggie and I will flying out of Melbourne on 25 April (Anzac Day in Australia) to spend just under a month in France and Central Europe, concluding with a 48-hour stopover in Dubai.  (I will be writing posts about this … Continue reading →

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A birthday dinner

Posted on March 26, 2014 by rmgtravelsandfood

On the 16th of March, I qualified for a Victorian Government Senior’s Card.  To celebrate this event, we invited two couples to have dinner at our home on the evening of 15 March. We had decided well in advance that … Continue reading →

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A delicious apple cake

Posted on July 27, 2010 by rmgtravelsandfood

In the course of a year, I cook 10 different cakes.  Of these, all but two include fresh fruit (or carrot) as an ingredient.  The carrot cake has always been popular but in recent years I have given priority to … Continue reading →

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