More fat food writers and critics. While writing his latest book The Man Who Ate the World: In Search of the Perfect Dinner The Guardian’s Jay Rayner did what any self respecting food writer would do. He ate at Gordon Ramsay pretty much everywhere in the world he could. He even took more than a… Read more »
Monthly Archives:: April 2008
Curry Wallah out for an English
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Is wine blogging good for wine?
WIne blogging takes a backseat to food. But still it attracts the usual debate and criticism. A Wine and Spirit investigation tackles the subject: “… is blogging good for wine? The blogosphere seems to be at a crossroads, with an investigation by W&S revealing it is coming under increasing commercial pressures that threaten its very… Read more »
Cronyism in Farmers’ Markets while Slow Food only survives thanks to subs
The food world is a small one in Australia, tiny in Melbourne. The same goes for the food media. In these cramped conditions it is not difficult for cronyism to develop and you might look carefully when you visit the farmers’ market this weekend. I for one wonder why Phillipa’s a company that makes excellent… Read more »
Food pairing: Frankenstein cooking?
Some food pairings speak for themselves. I ask you, who is going to squirt chocolate sauce on beef? And do it so that you’d want to eat it? Okay, Heston Blumenthal may and he’s certainly proved that blue cheese matches with chocolate. This useful site of foodpairing trees offers some pretty whacky combinations. Like I… Read more »
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Truffle hunting trips this winter in Western Australian
Local truffle growers have as many rivalries and secrets as their European counterparts. A few years ago there was a certain amount of biffo in a Tasmanian pub between two of the industry’s pioneers Duncan Garvey of Perigord Truffles and Tasmanian Truffle Enterprises’ Tim Terry. No doubt none of that is in the past. Back… Read more »
Harold McGee spears the microwave myth with a metal fork
If you haven’t heard of or don’t have Harold McGee in your kitchen then I’m afraid you are not a serious cook. McGee on Food and Cooking is definitive guide to the science behind most of his subect matter and you should buy it now. I need to as my edition is out of date…. Read more »
ACCC food price investigation begins
So we all know food prices are up. And it will get worse, rising perhaps by 50 per cent over the next five years. But how bad is it? Today The ACCC Inquiry into food prices began and all submissions can be found on its site here. The Victorian Farmers Federation’s submission is revealing: “These… Read more »
GMO: Bad seeds
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