We’ve had a very weird winter this year – well, it is probably normal but the last 5 years or so have been drought years so this year feels cold and wet in comparison. As a result, it has taken what feels like ages to warm up and I am frankly over the cold and [...]
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Spring Delights
Posted in Australia, Garden, Veggies on November 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Best Onion Rings in Waikiki
Posted in American, Deep-Fried Food, Dessert, Hawaii, Restaurant, Travel, Veggies, tagged kona coffee ice cream, Lewers St, onion rings, Waikiki restaurants, Yard House on December 4, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Honestly, I have no idea how many places in Hawaii serve up onion rings but every time I go home, I crave the ONION RING TOWER at the Yard House (chain restaurant found in nine states) on Lewers St. in Waikiki and I think that it’s the best I’ve ever had. It comes with both [...]
Oxford Symposium 2008 – Vegetables
Posted in Symposiums, Television, Travel, United Kingdom, Veggies, tagged Academic Food Writing, Alan Davidson, Claudia Roden, Daikon, Elizabeth Andoh, Fuschia Dunlop, Oxford Symposium, Raymond Blanc, Sophie Coe, St. Katherine's College on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend, the 2009 Oxford Symposium on Food & Cookery will be held at St. Catherine’s College in Oxford and I cannot be there. Instead, many of my friends will be there and I will hear all about it when they return. This year’s topic is on “Food & Language” and although I had an [...]
Giant Winter Veggies
Posted in Miscellaneous/Quirky, Veggies, tagged Australia, Beetroot, Beets, Cabbage, farmers market, huge vegetables, Veggies, wayville farmer's market, winter vegetables on June 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
While I still work on composing many of the posts regarding my trip to Hawaii, I wanted to post a few photos of some beautiful winter veggies from our local Wayville Farmer’s Market. In my previous post on GIANT SPINACH, I must stress that Australia grows the biggest vegetables I’ve ever seen in my life [...]
A Bouquet of Spinach
Posted in Veggies, tagged spinach on April 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In North America, what we call “spinach” is something that is about a foot long, dark leafy green with fairly tender stems which also comes in the “baby” form. Imagine my surprise when I was at my local greengrocer and saw this gigantic bunch that I first mistook for flowers, then I thought it was [...]
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