Apr 24, 2013 | Post by: Phil Lees 2 Comments

A trending history of Australian home-baked goods

The relative Google search volumes for various popular Australian cake recipes.

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Apr 22, 2013 | Post by: Phil Lees 1 Comments

Two links on the cult of authenticity

The quest for authenticity is an ugly thing. Will there never be an end to the spectacle of (usually white, middle-class) people draping themselves in exotic tribal fabrics, bribing sherpas to haul them up mountains, spending $15 for turkey-burgers in urban hunting lodges, throwing out perfectly good kitchen tables for

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Apr 20, 2013 | Post by: Phil Lees 3 Comments

Goodbye, Rosemary

I pulled out a rosemary hedge that’s been growing down the side of my house for a few decades, in about two hours. Not even the keenest lamb cook can eat that much rosemary and I still have a massive plant in the backyard to attract bees to pollinate more

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Mar 04, 2013 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments

Ambient intimacy

While I’m working for Tourism Victoria, I’m not writing Victorian restaurant reviews or about Victorian product more generally on this blog. This is very much self-imposed. There is too much scope for conflicts of interest. I can hardly accuse a TV show’s kitchen of sucking while having to front up

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Jan 06, 2013 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments

How to make money with your food blog in 2013

Selling eggs near Russian Market, Phnom Penh, Cambodia I’ve been trying to update this post for about a year. My first attempt ended in me saying that you shouldn’t bother trying to make money from your food blog, or at least, you should not feel entitled to recompense for your

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Dec 22, 2012 | Post by: Phil Lees 5 Comments

Footscray Market – Opening Hours, Christmas 2012

In what is fast becoming a tradition, my local market, Footscray Market, has failed to post opening hours anywhere online. Opening hours for the market over the Christmas/New Year’s period 2012 are: Monday 24 December (Christmas Eve): 7:00am-4:00pm 25-26 December: Closed Thursday 27 December: 7:00am – 6:00pm Friday 28 December:

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Nov 15, 2012 | Post by: Phil Lees Comments Off

Heirloom Tomato Name Generator

I like building random things because it satisfies my innate need to make lists of synonyms. At the tweeted request of Steve Cumper, here’s a heirloom tomato name generator. If you were a delicious heirloom tomato variety, your name would be: Beef Asset Tweet Press reload for a better tasting

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Nov 08, 2012 | Post by: Phil Lees 3 Comments

Deactivating almonds: foodie backlash and the commitment to food

Overcommitted. If you’ve been on Twitter over the past week in Australia, the slightly bewildering hashtag #activatedalmonds has been in ascendency. Pete Evans, chef, reality television judge and corporate spokesperson for Weight Watchers and Sumo Salad was eviscerated 140 characters at a time over a weekend newspaper fluff piece that

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