Category Archives: Cooking
Spinach, ricotta and chestnut gnocchi
Chestnuts, the first time. 54 years old. A Saturday morning in September 2008, beside Lago Maggiore. Local volunteer firefighters roasting chestnuts as a fund-raising activity. The second photo has nothing to do with the chestnuts. No, I just wanted to … Continue reading
Goat PS
I was a bit tired when I wrote the post about our latest meal of goat, so my apologies for reading as if I was going through the motions of being satisfied with our experience. The availability of goat meat, … Continue reading
Capretto alla romana
In August, I published a post about what we had cooked with pieces of shoulder meat on the bone from milk-fed baby goat. When we went to Cester’s to buy the meat for that meal, our eyes were bigger than even … Continue reading
A satisfying, simple dinner
Friday night dinner. End of a full-on week for Maggie, filling in as Personal Assistant to the school Principal. Early start Saturday morning, to be in Healesville by 9.30am, taking lunch for four adults and sustaining morning-tea-cake for the home … Continue reading
Hot and spicy chicken wings
Hot, as in chilli; spicy, as in cardamom, clove, cumin and co. For this post, I will work backwards some of the time, beginning with the end result of our explorations. A serve of roasted, marinated chicken wings is one … Continue reading
Mardi, avant le deluge
It’s Thursday morning in Melbourne. I was scheduled to spend the morning with the residents’ cooking group, one of my four voluntary gigs at Strathdon aged care facility. However, I learnt yesterday the kitchen is not available, so we’ll have … Continue reading
A day
My day began routinely enough: shopping, including supplies from Ashburton Meats; and errands, including items for both my father and my sister. By 10.30am, I was doing the prep for a batch of bolognese sauce, some to be enjoyed with … Continue reading
Meatloaf
I have written this post for the benefit of a fellow-blogger. We haven’t had room in our menu for meatloaf this winter – too busy trying to relive our travel dining experiences – but we always enjoy it when we … Continue reading
There’s a pear in there …
… and apple as well. Australians who spent their childhood here will be able to make sense of the above; it’s not so clever that further discussion is warranted! For most of my life, I haven’t been a fan of … Continue reading
Dijon inspiration
Earlier this year, Maggie and I spent three days in Burgundy, dining and wining as if we were heirs to the French throne. Our next stop was Dijon, a city we expected to enjoy while staying two nights at the … Continue reading
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