Category Archives: Home life
How to please your palate prior to, ahem, a procedure
A mild ‘gross-out’ alert applies to what follows. However, if you or someone you care about is scheduled to have a c****oscopy, as I did recently, I might be able to help you get through the preparations without your palate … Continue reading
Healing journey for a heavy heart
(This post begins with some sad stories but eventually opens out into some pleasant travel and food experiences.) In a short post late last month, I said that I would be having a quiet period, blog-wise, due to a task … Continue reading
A quiet period
This is a short post to let you know that I have entered a quiet period as far as blogging is concerned. I have to undertake a substantial administrative task on behalf of my family of origin over the next … Continue reading
Iris turns heads, Iris turns one
On 17 January 2014, I became a grandparent, when Iris was born to my son, Julian and my daughter-in-law, Sara. To celebrate her first birthday, Julian and Sara held a party at their home in Healesville last Saturday afternoon. A … Continue reading
Festive food: Christmas Day in pictures
Words to follow later this week.
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
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
Estragon: le roi des herbes!
In France, estragon (tarragon) is known as the king (roi) of herbs. I imagine this is in deference to its pronounced flavour, which can subjugate other ingredients, or because, when used expertly, its contribution to a dish is sans pareil. I … Continue reading
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
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
Rick and Maggie's food and travel adventures 