I pulled out a rosemary hedge that’s been growing down the side of my house for a few decades, in about two hours. Not even the keenest lamb cook can eat that much rosemary and I still have a massive plant in the backyard to attract bees to pollinate more desirable food. It’s somehow emblematic… Continue reading Goodbye, Rosemary
How to make money with your food blog in 2013
Selling eggs near Russian Market, Phnom Penh, Cambodia I’ve been trying to update this post for about a year. My first attempt ended in me saying that you shouldn’t bother trying to make money from your food blog, or at least, you should not feel entitled to recompense for your creative endeavours. It’s pretty hard… Continue reading How to make money with your food blog in 2013
Footscray Market – Opening Hours, Christmas 2012
In what is fast becoming a tradition, my local market, Footscray Market, has failed to post opening hours anywhere online. Opening hours for the market over the Christmas/New Year’s period 2012 are: Monday 24 December (Christmas Eve): 7:00am-4:00pm 25-26 December: Closed Thursday 27 December: 7:00am – 6:00pm Friday 28 December: 7:00am – 7:00pm Saturday 29… Continue reading Footscray Market – Opening Hours, Christmas 2012
Heirloom Tomato Name Generator
I like building random things because it satisfies my innate need to make lists of synonyms. At the tweeted request of Steve Cumper, here’s a heirloom tomato name generator. If you were a delicious heirloom tomato variety, your name would be:
Deactivating almonds: foodie backlash and the commitment to food
Overcommitted. If you’ve been on Twitter over the past week in Australia, the slightly bewildering hashtag #activatedalmonds has been in ascendency. Pete Evans, chef, reality television judge and corporate spokesperson for Weight Watchers and Sumo Salad was eviscerated 140 characters at a time over a weekend newspaper fluff piece that documented his day of eating:… Continue reading Deactivating almonds: foodie backlash and the commitment to food
Australian food blogging list updated; no longer tracking freebies
I’ve updated my Australian Food Blog list: it will forever be incomplete but the best that I can do. I’ve decided to stop tracking bloggers who receive free meals, cash or other incentives in exchange for writing posts because I can’t keep up with them and for the most part don’t ever read them. It’s… Continue reading Australian food blogging list updated; no longer tracking freebies
Restoran Siti Fatimah, Langkawi
Self portrait with nasi campur at Restoran Siti Fatimah, Langkawi
How to introduce your two year old to Malaysian street food.
1. Buy a street food. 2. Hand over the chopsticks. So, I had a kid and thought that I should mention it for when she’s old enough to ask about why she’s not in any of the blog posts, which will be soon now that she can negotiate devices with screens and understands conceptually that… Continue reading How to introduce your two year old to Malaysian street food.