Cooking Down Under - The Blog
Blog URL http://cookingdownunderblog.blogspot.com
Located Melbourne, Victoria Australia
Tags food, wine, dining out, cooking, cookbooks, city life, odd food stories
Food writer Pat Churchill blogs from Melbourne on food, wine, this and that. Spin-off from her www.cookingdownunder.com website.
Latest Blog Posts
- Julia's omelet on Nov 20, 2009 in Julia Child omelette omelet cress
I was flicking through Twitter and noticed @stickifingers had posted a YouTube link to a video showing Julia Child making an omelet. It was just on lunchtime so I headed for the kitchen, grabbed a couple of eggs laid by a chook living the good li...
- Saucy surprise on Nov 17, 2009 in surprise sauce Lady Maclean
I was browsing through an old cookbook this morning - Lady Maclean's Book of Sauces and Surprises. The book failed to survive a purge at Wellington Library about 10 years ago and I picked it up, along with a few others, for a mere dollar. It emerge...
- In Julia's kitchen on Oct 29, 2009 in Julia Child cookbooks
As last I’ve joined the rest of the food-writing world and seen Julie and Julia, an enjoyable two-hour journey that made me remember what an influence she had on my own cooking. I first became acquainted with Julia Child in the 1970s when her TV p...
- Fusion, profusion, confusion on Oct 19, 2009 in confused palate Balgownie Estate Vineyard Resort
Last weekend I had a very surreal food experience. So surreal I’m still wondering if it really happened. A group of us were staying at Mercure’s Balgownie Estate Vineyard Resort in the Yarra Valley for the annual Opera in the Vineyards. Friday...
- Kiwi accent sux (Oz 13) on Oct 15, 2009 in Kiwi accent Australian accent sliced bread Accents fush and chups
I’ve lived in Australia now for four years and I’ve grown very fond of the place, particularly Melbourne. I’m not a complete foreigner. My maternal grandfather was born in Footscray in 1891 and worked there as a butcher. He used to travel to...
- The grass diet on Oct 5, 2009 in cat grass cats cat diet
When we moved recently to a townhouse with only a minute piece of land attached, our cat had to get used to being an indoor animal. While she has now grown accustomed to going out on the balconies and likes to have a roll on the paving and challenge...
- Lunch at Coda on Sep 19, 2009 in Melbourne dining Coda
Fellow bloggers and tweeters have been enthusing about Coda of late so I was delighted when the family invited me there for lunch to celebrate my umpteenth birthday. Chef Adam D’Sylva, The Age Good Food Guide's 2008 Young Chef of the Year, was for...
