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Michael on Julia’s legacy
Does anyone in Australia understand the Julia Child adoration thing, or is this purely an American phenomenon? I have known virtually nothing about her except her name – but in the New York Times this...
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Eager for Uighur
This week’s column from the Empress in Good Living is a beauty, and extra fun for us to read because we were crash test dummies for one of these Chinese muslim restaurants with her – the Western Orient...
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In love with labneh
Inspired by the happy coincidence of my friend Ms Melba’s recent gift of her incredibly good homemade labneh – that creamy, unbelievably smooth yoghurt cheese – and Miss J’s birthday gift of the...
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Empress roundup
Another bit of falling down on the job I’ve been doing lately is omitting the Empress’s last two weekly columns – ! – and now am annoyed that it seems I’ve left her fish and chippy one too late to find...
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Oils aint oils
The Lunging Latino’s remarks on his fave Italian olive oil in this post here reminded me of a conversation with my friend C recently, where she declared, having read a bit on the subject, that she...
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Ay, carumba!
The Empress has ventured into Mexico – well, the kind of Mexico you find in Oz restaurants – in her column on burritos this week. I’ve never been a fan of Mexican restaurants, scarred by the country...
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Taste, memory, chickpeas & Dorothy Porter
111. My Young Nose Jerusalem has one delicious smell - a fried chickpea raucous savoury cooked in tantalising mouthful balls it sizzles aroma from grubby stalls suffused with donkey and camel my first...
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On the street: Shanghai snacks
The best thing about Shanghai for us was just strolling the streets, and clapping eyes on a new kind of street food stall every day. Lots of snack foods are sold from carts and barrows, and others from...
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Oh my dahling: my deskside devotion
Some of you may remember my ill-fated experiment with dhal many mooons ago – an experience that made me gag. Well, thanks to a fantastic vegetarian Indian cookbook I was sent recently, I have not only...
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Lawar love affair
Well hello everyone … I am hoping you haven’t all taken your pots and pans and gone home! Apologies for my long absence; things have been a little overwhelming round here what with trips away and...
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