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Welcome!!one!
Buongiorno, bonjour and “g’day”! (don't you like how they're all the same thing? ~ who knew Australian vernacular was so cosmopolitan???).
Also, "a good day to you, sir/maam" for our American pals, "Ni Hao" to China, and "Здравствуй" to our Russian comrades, "etcetera etcetera and so forth"... (for Yul Brynner).
It’s your old pal Kit (Christof) Fennessy here. I've been writing this blog with your help for ten years, and there's over a hundred and fifty recipes, restaurant reviews of Australia and around the world, and general gourmet articles in these pages for you to fritter away your idle hours on.
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Now, what's on the bill of fare today?
Friday, May 27, 2022
Best Italian bread recipe ever: "Let them eat... bread!"
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Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Let’s Make Pesto (Facciamo il pesto): a sneaky Genoese pasta dish for instant dinners... later
So what did we do while they visited? Why, learn how to make pesto “properly”, of course, as well as having it served as it was designed to be in the Ligurian (or Genoese) fashion, with the traditional hand made pasta served with potatoes and beans.
See full method and photos below!
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Saturday, August 1, 2020
Poached Pears Royale
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Monday, May 18, 2020
Fred Bread: Learning to Make Sourdough
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Thursday, March 5, 2020
Ice Cream Cake
"What are we going to do for our 20th Wedding Anniversary?"
My reply?
"Eat ice cream cake."
Well, I'd had it with the calorie counting.
I said it flippantly, but it fired up everyone's imagination, and I was called upon to make one come the fateful day.
A first timer, I had to find out how one actually manufactures such a thing, having anxiety dreams the night before. It was simple, but there are hazards. So what did we learn? Read on...
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Wednesday, February 5, 2020
South Wharf quicky lunch: Melbourne Cellar Door
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Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Scugnizzo! Melbourne Italian Restaurant
558 Little Bourke St
Melbourne VIC 300
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