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Posted in Taste test on Mar 26th, 2010
Around Christmas time, I took much evil delight in distributing mail order Pimientos de Padrón at various holiday season parties. These peppers are lovely little delights that are randomly ‘hot or not’. The story goes that nine in ten are deliciously sweet, and one in ten is seriously hot. I found that the ratio was [...]
Posted in Taste test on Mar 2nd, 2010
Which potato reigns supreme? (I love Iron Chef) My friend S is quite the roast potato expert. While we were in Queensland over December and January (enjoying lovely meals here, here and here) S lamented the quality of the oven in our apartment. As we tucked into some pretty darn good roast potatoes she [...]
Posted in Taste test on Jan 18th, 2010
A little while ago, I wrote about my love for Gentle Annie’s Berry Garden and Tearooms and of course, their jam. I usually refer to GA’s strawberry jam as my favourite and I faithfully buy more of the stuff every time I am in Lorne. However, the other day I started thinking about this and [...]
Posted in Taste test on Oct 30th, 2009
I enjoy The Age Epicure section. Less so now in the post-Lethlean era, but it still pleases me somewhat. This week there was a little note on the first page about fish sauce. Not just any fish sauce – it was about the David Thompson endorsed brand, Megachef. Apparently, Mr. Thompson, Thai-food extraordinaire, is ‘truly [...]
