Monthly Archives: March 2009
A Discussion of Sustainability, Life on the Farm.
I grew up on an organic farm, before organic food was trendy. My dad grew Avocados, and for most of my childhood years during the season on a weekend, we would drive into town to the truck company depot and drop the carefully packed boxes of fruit. And they were gone, to Sydney or Melbourne [...]
Sugar Plum Crostata
Google sugar plums and you will get all kinds of confectionary recipes. When I think of sugar plums I get an Ani DiFranco song in my head and a yearning for those last weeks of summer where I can feel the season slipping away and endeavour to enjoy it’s bounty to the max. Sugar Plums [...]
Chat Thai, Haymarket
It seems like everyone knows about Chat Thai. Well, everyone except me, and until now. I had walked past the Haymarket branch, pushed my way through the waiting crowds and wondered what the fuss was all about. Somehow, though, Chat Thai managed to rate on my radar and I had to visit. Immediately! Som Tum [...]
Roast Duck and Noodle Salad, the perfect mid-week indulgence
Sometimes work is such a drag, you know, going to the same place everyday doing that 9 – 5 thing (or til 6 if you’re lucky like me) can really get you down. Holidays feel like they happened an age ago and it’s months until the next long weekend. You wonder why you have to [...]
