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Theme:  Barbecue Cookbook:  The Food I Love by Neil Perry Despite it being autumn, Melbourne managed to provide some beautiful weather for this week’s theme of barbecue.  I love seafood on the barbecue and decided to try Neil Perry’s way of doing prawns. Recipe: Barbecued Marinated King Prawns with Tarator Firstly I must confess that [...]

Cookbook:  Food Fast by Marie Claire (Donna Hay) Recipe:  Peppered Beef and Cucumber Salad Each time I see this theme, “Cool” I have the urge to add “…as a cucumber”. Not sure why it springs to mind.  It’s not a phrase I tend to use, but because it kept popping into my head I decided [...]

One night, in the only somewhat distant past, The Beloved and I went to an art exhibition’s opening night.  The paintings and sculptures were a dynamic and diverse sampling of Melbourne’s women artists (including The Beloved’s mum).  The food at the exhibition, in stark contrast to the fine quality of the art, left rather a [...]