Continuing the Americana theme from my last post on Bowery to Williamsburg: it’s only a month ago that I had my aunty’s birthday celebration over at my house. Given that she had just come back from a holiday in the USA – Noo Yawk to be more precise – and her birthday falls in a … Continue reading
At work we like to think we’re on top of the laneway openings and closings near us – after all we work in property! But I must confess that Bowery to Williamsburg snuck up on us unawares. By that, I mean it was at least a week after the initial blog posts went up on … Continue reading
For a special occasion Mr B sought out some tips from his workmates and booked us in at Josie Bones, in Smith Street Collingwood. Josie is the brainchild of Chris and Julia who met on Masterchef, hooked up and opened a restaurant focused around Chris’s good meat and good beer philosophy – that’s probably not … Continue reading
Red Spice Road 27 McKillop Street Melbourne CBD http://www.redspiceroad.com/ I credit Red Spice Road for turning me on to pork belly. Having never had it before, I went to a friend’s birthday party there some years ago now and couldn’t believe how delicious their famous crispy pork belly with apple slaw and chilli caramel was. I … Continue reading
I’m trying to cook as many recipes from my Nigella cookbooks as possible, and started a series to cook through How To Be a Domestic Goddess some time ago. Well, it’s been on the back burner but here’s a review of her Salty Sweet Peanut Cookies. Nigella says that there’s “something about the contrast between … Continue reading
The Merrywell Crown, Southbank (West End) http://www.themerrywell.com.au/menus/ Wow, isn’t American food popular at the moment? I don’t know if it’s Man vs Food inspiring everyone, or what, but the number of interesting places we have to go and eat American-style food is multiplying exponentially in Melbourne. Just to croak in a quavery, sort of old … Continue reading
I’m always on the look out for gluten free recipes due to having a couple of friends who are coeliacs. In my travels across the internet (goodness, I sound like a wandering star) I have come across several mentions of putting chickpeas in brownies. Odd, I thought. That seems like a very strange thing to … Continue reading
Fresh Bread 