food Archive

  • We had two good lunches and an impressive dinner this month. The first lunch was in regional Victoria: a restaurant called Brae, which featured fresh produce grown on site, seasonal […]

    Two lunches and a dinner

    We had two good lunches and an impressive dinner this month. The first lunch was in regional Victoria: a restaurant called Brae, which featured fresh produce grown on site, seasonal […]

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  • How was the wedding? If I had to identify one of the happiest weekends of my life, the wedding would be on it. ‘I’m eagerly awaiting the explosion of pleasure’, […]

    Western Wedding

    How was the wedding? If I had to identify one of the happiest weekends of my life, the wedding would be on it. ‘I’m eagerly awaiting the explosion of pleasure’, […]

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  • I’m pretty pleased with myself this week. On my three allocated days for making dinner for the family, I made three very tasty meals; but more than that, I used […]

    Getting organised with food

    I’m pretty pleased with myself this week. On my three allocated days for making dinner for the family, I made three very tasty meals; but more than that, I used […]

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  • The babies are now nearly one year old. They have grown from loose-fitting 00000-sized clothes to a respectable size 0. That journey, as much as anything, has been about food. […]

    Grub

    The babies are now nearly one year old. They have grown from loose-fitting 00000-sized clothes to a respectable size 0. That journey, as much as anything, has been about food. […]

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  •   Paris – the gastronomic capital of the world. City of fabulous and fabulously expensive restaurants, we sampled one and I will describe the experience. But you don’t need to […]

    La grande bouffe

      Paris – the gastronomic capital of the world. City of fabulous and fabulously expensive restaurants, we sampled one and I will describe the experience. But you don’t need to […]

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  • If you come to Paris for a few days or a week, conscientiously or gladly doing the rounds from one museum to another, interspersing a cruise along the Seine perhaps, […]

    Paris. Paris!

    If you come to Paris for a few days or a week, conscientiously or gladly doing the rounds from one museum to another, interspersing a cruise along the Seine perhaps, […]

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  • Spain is a country neither of us had been to before and we were curious to experience it for ourselves, and to see how long we could keep a straight […]

    Snippets of Spain

    Spain is a country neither of us had been to before and we were curious to experience it for ourselves, and to see how long we could keep a straight […]

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  • Our holiday started in March with a jetlagged 48 hours in Frankfurt and Madrid on the way to Casablanca in Morocco. It was interesting to stop in Frankfurt instead of […]

    Marvelous Morocco

    Our holiday started in March with a jetlagged 48 hours in Frankfurt and Madrid on the way to Casablanca in Morocco. It was interesting to stop in Frankfurt instead of […]

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  • Monday, twelve thirty, Serviers (population about 200), Southern France. We were at the only restaurant in the village – the only commercial centre in the village too, there are no […]

    Lunch at Serviers

    Monday, twelve thirty, Serviers (population about 200), Southern France. We were at the only restaurant in the village – the only commercial centre in the village too, there are no […]

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