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Meat, Recipes

Lamb and Apricot Tagine

Having bought a tagine in the post-Christmas sales, it had been sitting on the shelf, staring longingly at me and whimpering “please, use me…” Definitely a winter thing, the tagine had its debut last Monday night. What does a tagine actually do? The conical-shaped lid is designed to promote the […]

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Eightysix

Although the nation’s capital may be seen as a bit of a sleepy hollow (with a few headless horsemen galloping around, the victims of the latest political war) one corner of the city is certainly anything but sleepy. It’s Friday night, 9pm and the otherwise sedate Elouia Pl has one […]

Sydney, Sydney Burgers

The Shakespeare Hotel

The best burger in Sydney is not at The Shakespeare Hotel. Famous for its $12.50 meals, The Shakespeare Hotel (the Shakey) is somewhat of an institution, yet one that had eluded me all these years. I thought I’d try the burger not only to satisfy my quest for burgerial perfection […]

Chocolate, Desserts

Chocolate Cardamon Pots

If you do not have a weak spot for incredibly rich chocolate, this recipe is not for you. Best you go and eat a Milky Way or some other frivolous candy bar that won’t ruin your appetite, as this dessert certainly will. It will obliterate it to kingdom come and […]

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Playground

Playground – one definition is thus: A place where a particular group of people choose to enjoy themselves. Bang on. Visiting the nation’s capital is something I have done three times in my life: for the obligatory, if not national rite of passage, where year 6 goes to visit Canberra […]

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Nordburger

After last night’s almost transcendental burger experience, the burger I ate next had big burgery shoes to fill. So it was off to Nordburger, with my new-found hip Adelaide guide, Ross. Having only opened last weekend, the word is out and on a relatively quiet Tuesday night, in pokey ol’ […]