May 03, 2012 | Post by: Phil Lees 2 Comments

Blogger entitlement: Not making money with your food blog.

For quite a while I’ve been meaning to update the “making money with your food blog” post that has drifted out of relevance over the past few years. I’m no longer certain that you can make money with food blogs, reliably, through advertising or affiliate links. By reliably, I mean

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Apr 20, 2012 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments

When fried chicken went awry

He still puts on a white linen suit every morning, rides in a chauffeured white Cadillac, visits Kentucky Fried Chicken’s white column headquarters and plugs his “finger lickin’ good” chicken around the country. But Harland D Sanders, everyone’s favourite Kentucky colonel, is disturbed about what has happened to his chicken

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Apr 15, 2012 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments

Melbourne Restaurant Name Generator: Mexican Edition

Since the City of Melbourne passed an edict that no new restaurant can get a liquor licence in Melbourne unless it serves a fish taco, my Melbourne restaurant name generator has become redundant. I’ve been meaning to write some reviews, but most of the new joints do a pretty good

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Feb 10, 2012 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments

Melbourne Restaurant Name Generator Twitter Bot

I’ve just released a new bot into the wild, who invents a new name for a Melbourne restaurant twice a day, just like the Melbourne Restaurant Name Generator but delivered directly to the loving bosom of your twitter feed. Follow it for regular, nonsensical updates.

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Jan 11, 2012 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments

Police on an Olympic Doughnut break, Footscray

Sampling Victoria’s finest jam doughnuts in downtown Footscray

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Dec 21, 2011 | Post by: Phil Lees 4 Comments

Footscray Market Opening Hours – Christmas 2011

Another year down, another year where my local market, Footscray Market, fails to build a website. Opening hours for the market over the Christmas/New Year’s period are: Saturday 24 December (Christmas Eve): 7:00am-5:00pm 25-27 December: Closed Wednesday 28 December: 7:00am – 4:00pm Thursday 29 December: 7:00am – 6:00pm Friday 30

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Dec 16, 2011 | Post by: Phil Lees No Comments

NGO Development Program Generator

In my last post Dr Maytel requested something that would generate development issues, and seeing that I’d neglected to send her (or anyone) a Christmas card and about half of my friends work for non-government organisations, here it is. You should hassle the UN to support: EMPOWERMENT CAPACITY BUILDING GOVERNANCE

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Dec 07, 2011 | Post by: Phil Lees 6 Comments

2012 Food Trend Generator

Once again, it is the time of the year when food journalists wheel out the world’s worst portmanteau, the listicle, and predict where food trends will head in 2012. For a writer, they’re brilliant content. No editor is going to sack you if Cambodian does not become the new Thai

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