October 2010
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New Day Rising
Stumbling across a new cafe is always a good thing. Stumbling across a cool new cafe after getting lost cycling on a hot day is even better.
And this is exactly how we discovered New Day Rising. It can’t be more that 3 metres square, including the ‘kitchen’, but it has all you could want from a local cafe. I felt like I’d stepped into Brunswick East’s version of the...
December 2009
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Watchthere’s a party in my tummy,
so yummy, so yummy!
james
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Al Albero Fitzroy North
As a great mathematician once put:
(m + t)L = TW
Monday plus Tuesday multiplied by the universal constant Laziness equals Takeaway on Wednesdays. And tonight it was time to try out the new pizza place just up from Danny’s Burgers on St George’s Rd.
Al Albero has been open barely a fortnight, but judging by tonight’s standards it’ll be around for a very long time to...
November 2009
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A delicious serendipity
Being the well-organised person I am, I arrived at work last Monday with a delicious serve of pasta bake a la Jamie (Oliver) that I had made on Sunday. But after an unexpected lunch invitation from a close friend who I rarely get the opportunity to see, I left my lunch safely in the staff room refrigerator to be enjoyed another day. Come Tuesday lunchtime, I went to the fridge to retrieve my pasta...
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Butchering a chicken (intentionally)
Tonight I tackled a culinary task that has always made me nervous. Butchering a chicken is one of those skills I feel I should be able to do with a few deft blows of my knife, but a slight squeemishness and an inability to believe that I could turn a whole chicken into 6-8 beautiful cuts has prevented me from trying, until now.
After planning to make two separate chicken dishes for dinner this...
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recipe for tea
Get a tea bag
Add boiling water
Wait
Remove tea bag
Add a dash of milk if desired
Sugar’s for losers
Drink with timtam
james